Archive for 'depression'
Kremlin Outlaws Emo Styling, Behaviors Starting 2009
Hat tip to Sabotabby of Punkassblog for the scoop on this one: the Russian Government has released a statement officially limiting children’s toys that are “psychologically incongruous” (thus, threatening irony in the next generation of Russian childhoods) and stating that, as Sabotabby has it, “Apparently, the Russian government feels it necessary to fight the growing [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2008 under biology, bisexual, depression, emo, employment, oppression, prostitute, prostitution, psychology, punk, sexual, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual violence, suicide.
Tags: abuse, America, American, band, bands, biology, bisexuality, cultural misogyny, d.c., depression, diy, duma, edge, emo, fugazi, Gay, goth, guy picciotto, hipster, hormones, irony, kremlin, mainstream, mayo clinic, mental health, Misogyny, music, oppression, physical abuse, prostitute, psychology, puberty, punk, punk rock, rites of spring, russia, sex, sexual abuse, sociology, straight, straight-edge, subculture, suicide, toys, washington, western medicine, youth
Comments: 1
Out of Reach of Children: The Degradation of Women, and Accepting It
So I was talking to my friend about porn the other night. She said that the most successful relationship she ever had was one in which she was “chill” about all of the things that might previously have caused her jealousy: her boyfriend’s tendency to slap her friends’ asses, and his giant porn collection. “I [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2007 under Pornography, ass, behavior, boyfriend, children, culture, degradation, degrading, depression, double standard, eating disorders, gender, jealousy, macho, masculinity, out, porn, rape, sex, sexual, sexuality, women.
Comments: none
Depression, Oppression, Gender Socialization, Other Pressing Things
It has come to my attention that about twice as many women are depressed as men. So let’s read about it. Here’s an excerpt from an essay by Marwan M. Kazimi on the link between gender and depression (or you can read the whole essay). Personality attributes of girls and boys have been linked to [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Research, Western, achievement, adolescent, anxiety, biological, child, children, cultural lens, dependence, depression, eating disorder, emotionality, fear, gender, gender differences, gender socialization, helplessness, hormone, intelligence, mental health, parental, passivity, peer, personality, psychology, rejection, risk, self-esteem, sex difference, sexual abuse, social, social stigma, societal factors, stereotype, stereotypes, symptom, women, women's studies.
Comments: 2
I, Fembot: the Object and Subject revisited
Sit back and grab a drink, because this might be a long haul. You’re back! Sweet. Here goes: a good friend recently brought up self-objectification in a frank conversation about sex. “Really, I don’t see what’s wrong with it,” she said, “I like feeling sexy.” I listened to her argument, but I remain skeptical that [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2007 under Barbara Stanwyck, Barbie, Equal Pay Act, Female Sexuality, I'm in love with a stripper, Lady of Burlesque, National Committee On Pay Equity, PTSD, Perfect Gentleman, Pornography, Renegade Evolution, Self Objectification, Sex Roles, T-Pain, Wyclef Jean, agency, black women, blogging, boyfriend, cartoon, depression, empowerment, expatriate, feminism, fucking, hispanic women, jean, objectification, porn, posttraumatic stress disorder, power, psychology, renegade, self, self image, sex, sex object, sex work, sexual advance, sexual harassment, sexual inequality, sexual pleasure, stripper, stripping, violence, violence against women, wage gap, wyclef.
Comments: 2