Search Results for: dimorphism
Tangled up in Disney’s dimorphism
How Disney’s dimorphic distortion makes a human couple fantastically patriarchal. Continue reading
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Delusions of dimorphism
Are 1-day-olds who stare at a mobile for 52 seconds more likely to be engineers when they grow up than those who only stare for 41 seconds? Continue reading
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All hands dimorphic: Gnomeo and Juliet edition
He’s only a little taller and a little older. But look at those hands! Continue reading
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Teaching family inequality: Some posts by subject
Some you might find helpful for your own teaching, organized according to the chapters of my forthcoming textbook. Continue reading
Homogamy: Start the presses
The waiting is over for “homogamy unmodified.” Continue reading
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The royal heads up
Imagine a society in which men competed for women taller than themselves, while women competed for shorter men — and those taller-woman couples were celebrated as fortunate or blessed. Continue reading
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Good woman child language
On language, simplification is only one thing we should have heated debates about. Continue reading
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Gay and lesbian parents making the grade
Children living with partnered gay and lesbian parents show no educational delays, once education and income are taken into account. Continue reading
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Dr. Woman
More women are PhD’s. Segregation among PhD’s persist. Continue reading
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Gendered outfits for the birds
A lesson on the concordance of gender and sex differences: matching the different bodies with the appropriately different clothes. Continue reading
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