An Overlooked Double Standard

It’s like being told your brother is allowed to go out at night without a chaperone because boys will be boys, but you’re not because you’re a well-behaved young lady.

A Female Version

The fact that women are treated as deviations from the norm means that even independent of any policy issues, the way we think about gender is messed up.

Dos Besos

Who knew that the simplest of cultural differences would give me so much trouble?

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Searching for Real-World Villains

As hard as it is to determine the right course of action, it is harder yet to determine which people are good and which people are bad.

Knowing When You Don’t Know

Arguably, as much as it pains me to admit as an avid feminist interested in science, even outrage over Larry Summers’ comment about women in STEM was unjustified. As psychology professor Steven Pinker aptly pointed out, Summers’ statement actually does have potential logical justification— there is evidence suggesting differences, be they the result of genetics or socialization, between men and women’s natural preferences for certain fields. Anyone who disagrees with this argument (myself admittedly included) should argue against it instead of simply ending discourse on the topic and calling for Summers’ resignation.

Dreidels and Drumsticks

This year, November 28 marks something truly phenomenal. For fascinating reasons relating to the interaction of the Gregorian and lunar calendars, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah will coincide for the first time in over a century, and the last time for millennia. The holiday, in all its glory, has come to be known as Thanksgivukkah. Excitement has proliferated, with recipe contests, themed gear, and cheesy videos popping up across the Internet.

What Miss Utah Should've Said

It shows that our societal impression of the average American family is out of check with reality

Coding is For Everyone

With so many people struggling to find jobs at all, a shortage of workers available to fill positions that pay very well is a big deal. Simply increasing the number of computer science majors could actually go a long way toward solving current economic problems. Further, an increase in computer science education can help the U.S. protect its international standing.

He, She, and They

Often, a writer will reach a grammatical road-block when…the writer…reaches a point in a sentence in which…the writer… has to use a pronoun to identify an individual whose gender is not specified.