gender roles
A Group of Girls Is Petitioning to Join the Boy Scouts
"When we get into the real world, we're going to have to work with other people who are, like, not just girls."
Girls Only
In this comic for tomboys, Stephanie Hurtado tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a tomboyish female dog and putting up with bird ladies passing judgement.
Snövit Hedstierna Talks About Her Art and Looking at Your Genitals
The Swedish artist has made headlines for inviting people to spoon, as well as an exhibition that featured men and women examining their private parts in public.
How to Pick Up Your Teacher
'Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side' is an enormously successful video game where young Japanese girls can pick up their teacher. I figured fans of the game would be the most experienced teacher temptresses in the world, so I asked them for tips.
This Ex-Muslim Started a Tumblr for Women Who Have Abandoned the Hijab
I talked to Hiba Krisht about the 15 years she spent wearing the Muslim head covering against her will and how Islam can hypersexualize women.
This Guy Would Like All Men to Wear Skirts
He says it's very liberating and a substitute for the Like button in social media.
If James Franco Directed 'Othello,' He Would Lose the Sexism
It is time for a shift in perception about Shakespeare’s Othello. Since its first performance in the early 1600s, the production has gone different permutations.
Gay Men and Their Not-So-Cute Misogyny Problem
What’s up with all the misogyny, gay dudes? Seriously. I’m not saying you have to staple a copy of 'Feminine Mystique' to your forehead while blasting Julie Ruin, but could some of you (emphasis on SOME) not have such thinly veiled contempt for women?
The VICE Podcast Show - Stoya on Gender Roles and the Future of Monogamy
'The VICE Podcast Show' is a weekly unedited discussion in which we go inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people we come across. This week, host Reihan Salam talks to adult performer and VICE columnist Stoya about...
Stoya on the Pitfalls of Heteronormativity and Monogamy
Being outside of heteronormativity tends to come with a need to consider one's personal views on roles in relationships, how our appearance affects the way we are perceived, what sex actually is, what monogamy is, and what arrangements are right for us.