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iGuy challenges out-dated masculinity pressures

Vancouverite Saleema Noon is doing more great things. She already educates young girls about the pressures of being a girl (iGirl) and now has a new program for guys: iGuys, aimed at empowering guys. The essence of these programs is to teach young kids how they are being squeezed into a “girl box” or a

On Jan 29: Guy Land- Proving Masculinity On The University Campus

On Wednesday January 29th, one of the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today, Michael Kimmel, will speak at Middlefield Group Lecture Theatre (098), Henry Angus, Sauder School of Business, 2053 Main Mall. Guy Land: Proving Masculinity On The University Campus, The perilous world where boys become men. Find out where this

Great video on how media images impact your daughter

See this one minute video that shows media impact on your daughter. http://vitaminl.tv/video/2153

Five Ways to Create a Gender Aware Classroom

Worth the read. http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/01/creating-a-feminist-classroom/

Fantastic parody of photoshop of women’s images

This is the result of a class project. I love education today! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/photoshop-parody-ads-anna-hill_n_4427839.html

12 Outrageous questions pressure women to have babies

Here is a excerpt from a Huffington Post article. Though someone’s reproductive choices are really no one’s business but their own, strangers and family members alike seem to feel justified in commenting a woman’s childfree lifestyle. Redditor Jezebel* asked childfree women on the site to share the most ridiculous questions they’d been asked about

Interesting research being done on girls and technology

Two Ottawa professors are looking into the impact on girls of their digital presence. No surprise that they found that girls feel extreme pressure to be slim and beautiful. See more at: http://www.egirlsproject.ca Or listen to an audio interview of Professor Jane Bailey at www.lawjournal.mcgill.ca. I love these audios produced by law students!!