Tag Archives: Sydney

“The Male Stare”

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Abigail

“The Male Stare” The other day, a young woman walked for ten hours through the streets of New York while her associate, walking in front, managed somehow to film her pilgrimage. What did she find? About 100 instances of street … Continue reading →

Posted in Chivalry, Class, Cool, Courtship, Culture, Desire, Erotic Life, Fashion, Femininity, Gender Balance, Guilt and Innocence, Ideology, Male Power, Masculinity, Political, Psychology, Race, relationships, Roles, Sexuality, Social Conventions, Sociobiology, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Woman, War | Tagged "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman", being set up, big city, body language, Catwoman, cosmetic, embarrassment, erotic appraisal, exercise classes, fair play, fashion models, form-fitting jeans, gentleman, harassment, hidden camera, hollaback, http://www.ihollaback.org, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A, London, male/female desire, maleness, New York City, Paris, provocation, race, Rob Bliss, Rome, sex, Shoshana B. Roberts, social class, street harassment, Sydney, the male stare, the walk, woman alone, World of Desire | 1 Comment

“Finding Mr. Right”

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Abigail

“Finding Mr. Right” To marry off Abigail was never a cinch. My undergraduate years passed in a women’s college to which I commuted from a home that interested me more than my professors did, much less the callow young male … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Desire, Erotic Life, Femininity, Feminism, Gender Balance, history of ideas, Masculinity, Philosophy, Political, Psychology, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Woman | Tagged American woman, Chronicle of Higher Education, female friendship, Feminism, Feminity, Finding Mr. Right, Gender, gender roles, Long-distance calling, love, Marriage, Masculinity, Mr. Right, New York City, Paris, philosophy, relationships, Romance, Sydney, Western Wall | 4 Comments

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“Finding Mr. Right”

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