When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women? In some ways we're as committed to the old madonna-whore dichotomy as ever. And…

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I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...