Tag Archives: Culture
Tracking American Masculinity Through Advertising
Advertising puts a mirror to culture, allowing us to track changes in everything from music and hairstyles to attitudes and social mores. While researching a 2010 cover story on how the definition of masculinity needs to change if America wants … Click to read more…
Pew: The State of Millennials
Some interesting information in a Pew Research Center presentation given earlier this month. The demographic changes that have occurred in the U.S. since the 1960s are particularly dramatic (and not just with regard to race; check out the levels of … Click to read more…
Three First Couples, Three Male-Female Dynamics
In talking about the evolution of marriage in recent decades, we noted that changes in gender roles and attitudes can be seen clearly in the relationships of the last three U.S. presidents and their wives. George W. Bush, Laura Bush, … Click to read more…
Are Color Codes Crumbling?
The debate over gender-appropriate colors continues, with signs that boys are finally beginning to gain some of the latitude that has long been accorded girls. In this video, television show “Good Morning America” tackles the topic, first with dads and … Click to read more…
Richard Scarry and Gender Stereotyping
The Sociological Images blog has pointed out some interesting changes in how children’s author Richard Scarry depicts the roles of men and women. Take a look at these differences in a page from Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever circa … Click to read more…
Charting a New Course for Manhood
Just in time for Father’s Day (U.S.), Rob Okun, a commentator at womensenews.org, pays tribute to all the good guys out there–the men not making headlines but raising children and living a type of life utterly foreign to that of … Click to read more…
RIP Kate Swift
Last Saturday, the world lost a pioneer in the effort to eradicate sexist language: Kate Swift. With her partner, Casey Miller, Swift wrote two groundbreaking books: Words and Women and The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing, both of which call attention … Click to read more…
Millennials Sighting: Hooked on Hookah
In keeping with their globalized connections and outlooks, millennials in the U.S. are driving the return of the hookah lounge–only this time with a modern touch (think loud vs. relaxing). Plymouth State University student Alexandra DeBlois discusses her generation’s twist … Click to read more…
Father to Son: How to Be a Real Man
David Mulhern is married to Jennifer Granholm, a star within the Democratic party and former governor of Michigan. After reading Newsweek‘s recent cover story on how the Great Recession has left many men feeling inadequate, he wrote the following open … Click to read more…
Understanding Youth: Three Key Differentiators
By whatever name they’re called—Generation Next, Gen Y, echo boomers, millennials—today’s youth are a generation like no other. They are true digital natives, born into a world of bits and bytes, of ever-improving technologies and rapidly proliferating modes of communication … Click to read more…
