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The Astounding She Monster



If you like the trailer above, watch the whole film below!


Watch The Astounding She Monster [1958] in Entertainment | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Apr 28, 2012 | Comments (3)
Category: Aliens, Movies, Sexuality, Gender, Women, 1950's, Fictional Monsters

Sex Indicator

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Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Apr 29, 2011 | Comments (4)
Category: Technology, Gender, 1920's

No Sex Please, I’m Australian!

When Norrie May-Welby of Paisley in Scotland was growing up he didn't feel quite at home as a man, so when he moved to Australia 20 years ago he decided to undergo a sex-change and live as a woman. Now he's decided he doesn't much like being a woman either and has become the world's first officially recognised "neuter". Now neither a Mr, Mrs or Ms, May-Welby stopped taking the hormone supplements that were keeping him female and instead has convinced the Australian government to issue him a new set of documents that list his sex as "not specified" (Sify News).
Posted By: Dumbfounded | Date: Mon Mar 15, 2010 | Comments (7)
Category: Eccentrics, Government, Sexuality, Gender, Gender-bending

Boys Will Be Boys

The Washington School for Boys Drama Club, circa 1910. (via Shorpy)

Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Apr 21, 2009 | Comments (7)
Category: Photography and Photographers, Gender, 1910's

Herrings Workers on Romance Covers

I don't think anyone will accuse Jane Liffen's article, published in a recent issue of Social Semiotics, of being overly broad in its focus. It's title is: “A very glamorized picture, that”: images of Scottish female herring workers on romance novel covers. Here's the abstract:
This article analyses portrayals of Scottish female herring workers on the covers of romance novels and investigates how far these representations conform to, or subvert, the genre of romantic fiction. Covers are analysed to establish whether they accurately portray Scottish female herring workers at their labour. If romanticisation of the women's working role is evident, the ways in which this manifests itself and the possible reasons for this romanticisation are examined. Composition of images and the mise-en-scene of covers are analysed, as well as aspects concerning the narratives of the novels, and elements of herring processing work that are noticeably absent in the depictions are also considered. These elements excluded from the covers are examined through theory relating to the abject in an attempt to ascertain whether the covers potentially provide models of female empowerment for the reader.

And here are some of the romance novel covers in question.



I'll spare you the trouble of reading the article by summarizing its findings. Gutting herrings is smelly, dirty work. This is not accurately portrayed on romance covers. (Thanks to Dave Monroe!)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Apr 07, 2009 | Comments (10)
Category: Literature, Gender

Male interest in visual cues of sperm competition

This study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior offers some interesting insights into male psychology:

The Puzzle:
Pornography produced for men does seem to appeal to their evolved interests in sexual variety and multiple matings by depicting numerous women who are willing to engage in casual sex without investment. However, perhaps the most direct way in which pornography could cater to these aspects of male sexual psychology would be to depict situations in which a man gains sexual access to multiple women. By embodying male "harem fantasies," such material should tend to appeal to male interests in sequestering, and monopolizing sexual access to, numerous women. However, a cursory examination of commercially produced pornographic videos and photographs reveals that depictions of situations in which a man gains exclusive sexual access to multiple women are, in fact, relatively rare. Moreover, depictions of sexual activity involving a woman and several men appear to be much more common. In extreme forms, this type of orgiastic sexual activity can involve one woman and a very large number of men.

Bonus (It's not just humans):
The sexual performance of domesticated farm animals can be enhanced by allowing them to view other conspecific males engaged in copulatory behavior. After observing another male copulate with a female, bulls ejaculate more frequently and male goats show reduced latencies to mount and ejaculate. Similar improvements in sexual performance are seen in stallions that display a lack of sexual interest. Crucially, the stimulatory effects associated with viewing a female copulating with another male are greater than are those of watching a restrained cow by herself. Moreover, similar effects are seen in boars that have merely viewed another male mounting and ejaculating over a dummy sow.

The scientific explanation: Sperm Competition!
Sperm competition is the competition between the sperm of different males to fertilize a female's gamete(s). In a species with internal fertilization, it can occur whenever a female engages in "double mating" such that live sperm from two (or more) males are present within her reproductive tract...
If sperm competition has been an important selection pressure during human evolution, then sexual arousal may be an adaptive response to its occurrence since frequent copulation can be an effective method of paternity assurance. Consequently, although men should generally find mate sharing to be aversive, they may nevertheless find cues of increased sperm competition risk to be sexually arousing.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Feb 23, 2009 | Comments (3)
Category: Pornography, Science, Psychology, Gender, Men

Makeup for Men

Makeup for Men is the hot new thing in the cosmetics industry. A few of the products available include:

Sport & Sun Tone Enhancer, which "simulates the healthy glow that a faint sunburn and exercise create." When sold to women it's called blush.

Confidence Corrector to hide blemishes and tattoos. I think women call this foundation.

Double Stroke Cream Mascara "for men who want handsome looking lashes without a 'made-up' effect."

And Blo-Job Bronzing Powder, "An instant tan at the end of the brush."

via Sociological Images
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Feb 03, 2009 | Comments (12)
Category: Fashion, Gender

She Doesn’t Have to Shave

Following up on Alex's "Couvade" post: here's a musical exegesis of the eternal tradeoff between daily facial shaving for men, and monthly menstruation for women.

God, I miss Squeeze!

Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Dec 04, 2008 | Comments (6)
Category: Music, Video, Gender, Men, Women, Body Fluids, 1990's, Facial Hair

Men’s Premium Brassiere

What I find odd is that the men in the ad don't seem to need a brassiere. So are these being marketed to cross-dressers? But wouldn't cross-dressers want genuine female clothing? (via Gizmodo)

In case you want to buy one, they're available from Wish Room.


Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Nov 19, 2008 | Comments (12)
Category: Fashion, Gender

Follies of the Mad Men #39

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[From Life magazine for April 23 1971.]

The other day, watching that commercial of Lucky Strike cigarettes square-dancing, I speculated on how one could distinguish female from male cigarettes. Twenty years after that commercial, Madison Avenue had the answer! Female cigarettes are "pretty" and have decorative floral emblems on the filters!

Wasn't it wonderful that "women's lib" allowed tobacco companies to sell more cigarettes to a previously under-served population?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Comments (4)
Category: Addictions, Business, Advertising, Death, Fads, Gender, Women, 1970's
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