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By Julia Leask Illustration by Renee Klahr As we progressed through the lectures in my social psychology and human sexuality classes I realized that I am almost every stereotype about females, girls, women, that we have discussed. I am passive in most arguments, really every social situation, and incredibly indecisive about simple things like choosing what/where to eat. I hate the idea of ever having children or even a house, yet I still find babysitting jobs the easiest to s

By Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement Music videos may be one of the most degrading pieces of media out there. I, for one, can’t remember the last time I watched a music video that didn’t incorporate women of the lip-licking, hip-humping, nearly-naked variety. Some experts suggest that almost 90% of music videos incorporate objec

By Laura Hooberman At a recent family event, I was talking to a twelve-year old relative, who asked me, unprompted, if I had seen the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. I said that I hadn’t, and he proceeded, of course, to immediately and gleefully spoil the episode for me. I was less concerned about the spoiler (as a weirdo, I actively enjoy spoilers and sometimes even seek them out) than I was about the fact that a child in his early adolescence had just casually discl

By Maria Owen James Bond, Tony Stark, Chuck Bass – all these characters have one big thing in common: they are playboys. Not only do they represent the desirable bad boy that all women are supposed to want, but they are idolized by many men too. These guys have confidence, good looks, money, and power. And of course, as you may have guessed, they have sex with a lot of different women. I grew up in the age of Gossip Girl, and Chuck Bass was all my friends’ crush. He was styli

By Jessica Lin The recent #MeToo-inspired Gilette commercial has stirred up quite the controversy with responses ranging from positive feedback to pledges to boycott Gilette products. The razor ad shows boys bullying and fighting, men touching women and dads saying, “Boys will be boys.” It questions, “Is this the best a man can get?” and cuts to scenes of men intervening to stop violence, sexual harassment and bullying. While some praised the message that men can be great rol

by Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement Getting guys’ attention can be tough. I’m smart, friendly, and can bring down the house with my rendition of Lady Gaga – yes, I’m a little monster. But if you take a look at magazines and TV these days, you’d think that the only thing guys are after is super-sexy-looking gals who act in supe