Read more gender roles stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9519/gender-roles.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:59:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73802/boys-pornified-from-birth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLyn Brown and Sharon Lamb determined in their 2006 book Packaging Girlhood that our culture conditions girls early on to behave as sexual objects. But what about boys? In their new book, the researchers take a look at the other side of the playground and find that the “stark commercialization...http://www.newser.com/story/73802/boys-pornified-from-birth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71761/men-more-likely-to-abandon-sick-partners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRelationships fail seven times more often when illness strikes the female partner than when it strikes the man. Researchers don't know why, but theories abound: “There is an immediate shift in a relationship when an illness is diagnosed,” a counselor tells the Times of London. Gender roles change more radically...http://www.newser.com/story/71761/men-more-likely-to-abandon-sick-partners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 12:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63083/boys-hardwired-to-like-trucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe gender stereotypes found in the toy aisle may merely be a reinforcement of genetic preferences, the Daily Mail reports. In a recent study of infants aged 3 to 8 months, boys expressed more interest in a toy truck, whereas girls preferred a doll—leading researchers to believe the predilection...http://www.newser.com/story/63083/boys-hardwired-to-like-trucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 6:33:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60832/obamas-marriage-once-frosty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt may be hard to believe now, but Barack and Michelle Obama have weathered "frosty" times in their marriage because of politics, according to a new book. During a painful stretch in 2000 "there was little conversation and even less romance," said Renegade author Michael Wolffe, who covered Obama's campaign...http://www.newser.com/story/60832/obamas-marriage-once-frosty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 2:15:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49468/men-are-the-new-old-maids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget single women—men are the real hopeless romantics, writes Liz Hoggard in the UK's Evening Standard . "Trust me, men are the new spinsters," she says. "They dream of being married to The One," but that "one" must be a mother, a wife, and a handy helper. Single men of...http://www.newser.com/story/49468/men-are-the-new-old-maids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Jan 2009 14:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46170/critics-rip-popes-homophobic-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGay and Christian groups have slammed Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that defending the “natural order” of man and woman is as important as protecting the rainforests, the Times of London reports. British Catholic leaders have countered that the pontiff didn’t explicitly mention homosexuality in his annual Christmas speech, but critics...http://www.newser.com/story/46170/critics-rip-popes-homophobic-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 7:51:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46091/pope-save-rainforest-and-heterosexuality-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI used a Christmas address today to call for a defense of heterosexuality, which he suggested was as endangered as the rainforest. He called homosexuality and deviance from gender norms "a destruction of God's work." The pontiff said "the tropical forests do deserve our protection; but man, as...http://www.newser.com/story/46091/pope-save-rainforest-and-heterosexuality-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Dec 2008 8:08:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38077/salary-gender-gap-may-be-all-in-your-head.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot only is the gender gap in pay persistent, it affects men as well as women. Men with traditional views on a woman's place in the world earn, on average, $12,000 more per year than men who believe in egalitarian business practices, the Washington Post reports. Traditionally minded women...http://www.newser.com/story/38077/salary-gender-gap-may-be-all-in-your-head.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Sep 2008 12:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36800/single-men-seek-fatherhood-partner-optional.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ranks of do-it-alone dads are increasing, and many of these men are becoming single fathers by choice, reports the New York Times . There are no specific statistics, but evidence suggests that both gay and straight single men are increasingly seeking fatherhood. “I absolutely would want a partner, but I...http://www.newser.com/story/36800/single-men-seek-fatherhood-partner-optional.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Sep 2008 5:26:03 CDT