The Rational Man & the Emotional Woman: Questioning the Myths that So Often...
In all species where there is a male and female, “except the bear and leopard,” Aristotle wrote, “the females are less spirited than the males. The females are softer and more mischievous.” Continuing,...
View ArticleIs the Current Leadership Crisis a Crisis of Masculinity?
The Demise of the Heroic Leader In Sleepwalkers, the fascinating history of the events that led Europe to war in 1914, historian Chris Clark asks an intriguing question: Was a crisis of masculinity an...
View ArticleConchita Wurst, Cyborgs, and Our Postgender Future
When I watched Conchita Wurst sing her way to victory in the Eurovision competition in May 2014, I was thrilled. It wasn’t simply because her win was a triumph for transgender people everywhere...
View ArticleDancing a New Humanity
The Potential of We Beyond the Gender Binary Sometimes, when watching Kirstie Simson dance with others in concert, a different possibility for women and men arises before my eyes. Unlike the swan-like...
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What Makes a Truly Global Education?
In the middle of nothing—that is, nothing but sand stretching in every direction—there is a peculiar oasis. It has huge palm trees with thick rough trunks and wild leafy tops placed in a grid: six by...
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Beyond Polarity: A New Encounter between Women and Men
The day after my very first appearance on New York cable TV—it was the 80s, so cable was new and small—I got a message at my office at the National Organization for Women where I was VP. It was from a...
View ArticleThe Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
I don’t know what “equality” really means any more. It’s so strange that after fifty years of movement toward gender equality, so much has changed, and yet what we have now is not the social...
View ArticleThe Subtle Imperialism of Western Gender Identity
Gender, in a diverse global context, is an ongoing confrontation. The ways that we embody being male or female (or neither) vary remarkably from culture to culture, place to place. However, I find it...
View ArticleDignity Is Sacred
The hope for a united, pluralistic German culture within a larger unity of Europe will, to a considerable degree, depend on how we think about who we are as women and men. Just look at the gender...
View ArticleLiberating Eros: Thoughts on Creative Power
Creation is the realm of Eros. No, I don’t mean eros as in erotic. There is a deeper meaning and experience of Eros that includes and goes beyond sexuality. This other, less known Eros comes from the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Hillary Clinton – 1
Dear Hillary, We don’t know each other, although we have some contacts in common—my mentor, Carol Gilligan, and one of my co-authors on Mother Daughter Revolution, Marie Wilson. Of course, I say this...
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