The radical woman
March 18, 2009
This week I’ve engaged in some exceptionally stimulating conversations about gender politics, feminism and what it means for both men and women to engage in this movement towards true gender equality. [Read more]
Prostitution – it’s just a service
March 16, 2009
Recently I was asked by a colleague what I thought about prostitution and it’s prevention.
This is an issue that I have had many discussions with friends and colleagues about, especially in the context of doing gender equality work in south-east Asia where this issue is just more pronounced. [Read more]
He’s Just Not That Into You: Sorry, just not into this movie
March 4, 2009
Point taken. If a guy doesn’t call or doesn’t propose within a set period of time, He’s Just Not That Into You.
But while the self-improvement book of the same name, penned by former Sex & The City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, drives women to feel empowered, the film fails to do so.
Perhaps it’s in the pigeon-holing of women as desperate, clingy and inherently stupid that makes this deceptive chick flick disappointing. [Read more]
Gender politics and the art of listening
March 2, 2009
Gender politics. I live and breathe this issue at a professional and personal level.
It is absolutely fascinating to me how deeply rooted gender roles are that even for those of us working in the promotion of gender equality, we are susceptible to perpetuating the gender roles we have been assigned. [Read more]
Ian Luff
Bernard Bratusa
Jeff McGill