The Sexual Double Standard and You
Maria Pawlowska unpacks the problems with the sexual double standard. Does the sexual-double standard really exist in the 21st century? Is it not just an element of academic feminist discourse?...
View ArticleLiking Penises Doesn’t Mean Envying Them
Any societal arguments for penis envy have dissolved in the 21st Century, Maria Pawlowska argues. I was prompted to write on penis envy (or rather the feminist deconstruction of it) by a comment on...
View ArticleBash Patriarchy, Not Men
Maria Pawlowska argues that all, including men, are victims of patriarchy. One of the most exciting things about social media is the interaction with readers that the comments section provides. It...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name: Vaginas, Clitorises, and Bravery
Maria Pawlowska asks how we can seriously discuss sex, gender, or equality when we can’t even say “vagina” aloud. My mom recently attended a conference about the results of a new study on Polish...
View ArticleThe Unnamed Genitals Have a Name: Vulva
Marcus Williams wishes our earliest sexual vocabulary acknowledged that boys and girls both have interesting parts, not just a penis and the place where penises want to go. In a recent GMP article...
View ArticleThe Men of ‘How I Met Your Mother’
When it comes to combining comedy and the diversity of masculinity, Maria Pawlowska writes, not many do it better than Marshall, Ted, and Barney. Your friends know better—they really do (at least...
View ArticleAn Abortion Doctor Is My Hero
What makes a hero? Maria Pawlowska looks to the late Dr. George Tiller for some answers. I love movies based on comic books—there’s nothing quite like staring at a big screen on which attractive...
View ArticleThe Marmoset Conundrum
Maria Pawlowska calls out the hypocrisy in biologists’ defense of rape as natural. There’s a tonne of ‘evolutionary psychology’ work explaining every human tendency from our fondness for music to our...
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