Gender
-
Metro history: When the Motor Maids rode to D.C.
Comment
Motorcycles, let it be known, are not for men alone. Enter the Motor Maids, a band of female motorcyclists that formed more than 70 years ago. For their 20th convention they decided it was finally time to visit the District of Columbia.
-
D.C.'s bicycling gender gap begins at the bike shop and at home
Comment
WABA's first Cycling Forum destroyed the image of the American bicyclist as an older white man. A panel of nine women brought up the many obstacles that prevent girls from biking and plotted ways to change the statistics revealing two-thirds of bicyclists are men.
-
The District's bike lanes need more women
Comment
Men are far more likely than women to take to the handlebars in the District of Columbia. Why and what can be done? The Washington Area Bicyclist Association plans to tackle some of these questions in its first-ever Women's Cycling Forum next Monday night.
-
What transportation looked like in Washington, D.C., 2010
Comment
The American Community Survey showed that more and more people travel to work without a car, that our city's bike commuting has increased, and that more men than women rode bikes to work in 2010.
-
Craigslist posters revel in nopacalypse hookups
Comment
The world didn't end! What better reason is there for a NSA hookup?
-
How gay is D.C.?: Your sex and gender morning roundup
Comment
More people are saying they're gay now.
-
D.C. to 'walk for choice' again
Comment
Walk—er, stand—for abortion rights this weekend.
-
More women arrested for D.C. voting rights
Comment
The detainee gender gap shifts toward equality.
-
Albert Haynesworth, Taylor Swift, and Geronimo!: Your sex and gender morning roundup
Comment
Wednesday morning links on gender politics, Native American appropriation, and high-concept bullying.
-
Sexual myth-busters: The week in college sex
Comment
The 18-to-21 demographic weighs in on campus rape, failed sex shops, and how to have sex with HIV.
-
Georgetown begins talking about sex—carefully
Comment
Georgetown University begins to draw the sex ed battle lines.
-
Examiner favors tests to determine gender of newsmakers
Comment
At the Examiner, reactionary pronoun play is in style.
-
Free girl culture! The royal wedding doesn't make women dumb
Comment
Watching Kate Middleton and Prince William wed isn't dumbing women down.
-
In Manassas, a sex shop battle drawn along class lines
Comment
The fight over Kim and Kristina Skokan's KK's Temptations reveals Manassas' class rift.
-
How should journalists identify drag queens?
Comment
He or she for drag queens?
-
Abortion bans, Bachmann, and gerontophilia: Your sex and gender morning roundup
Comment
Wednesday morning links on abortion bans, Michelle Bachmann's run, and talking down to survivors of sexual assault.
-
Sridhar Pappu on crafting the white male 'brat pack' narrative
Comment
Why "Washington's new brat pack" looks a lot like media's old guard.
-
Placenta: Should you eat it?: Your sex and gender morning roundup
Comment
Wednesday links on eating your placenta, surrendering your eggs, and losing your job.
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
-
Team up with the Home Team afternoons at 4 on ABC7
"Katie" weekdays at 4pm on ABC7 followed by Leon Harris and Alison Starling on ABC7 News at 5. Click here to find out more about "Katie!"
