creativity, instrumentality, and expressiveness:  psychological and physical androgyny in scientific american 

gender non-conforming children in the nyt magazine

“People rely on gender to help understand the world, to make order out of chaos,” says Jean Malpas, who heads the Gender and Family Project at the Ackerman Institute in Manhattan. “It’s been a way of measuring someone’s well-being: ‘Are you adjusted? Do you fit? Or are you unhinged?’ The social categories of man/woman, boy/girl are fundamental, and when an individual challenges that by blurring the lines, it’s very disorienting at first. It’s as if they’re questioning the laws of gravity.”

how to wear make up and influence people: cosmetics, women, and career success in the nyt

the atlantic’s cover story about women and their changing relationship with marriage

“When Gloria Steinem said, in the 1970s, “We’re becoming the men we wanted to marry,” I doubt even she realized the prescience of her words.”

the New York Times reports on the emerging difficulty of finding a male psychotherapist

commander vs. explorer?: men, women, and ambiguity in The Atlantic

Are women really more anxious than men? Eventually, yes.

Parents coddle girls who cry after a painful scrape but tell boys to suck it up, and this formative link between emotional outbursts and kisses from mom predisposes girls to react to unpleasant situations with “negative” feelings like anxiety later in life. On top of this, cultural biases about boys being more capable than girls also lead parents to push sons to show courage and confront their fears, while daughters are far more likely to be sheltered from life’s challenges. If little Olivia shows fear, she gets a hug; if little Oliver shows fear, he gets urged to overcome it.

Slate magazine

Niobe Way talks with The New Yorker about the danger of the loss of intimate friendships between boys.

what are social science’s biggest challenges?

Jan Moro (Russia) - http://cur.im/fuAw6e