mwalsh @ November 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Andrew Schaefer
There is an interesting topic regarding gender and politics known as the “gender gap.” The gender gap refers to the difference in political party preferences of men and women. This difference, which began to be seen in the early 1990s, shows that women are about five to ten percent more likely [...]
mwalsh @ November 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Lauren Rosenzweig
Over the last forty years, the Sex Revolution evolved rapidly and left a small space for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community to rise up and begin a separate revolution. As the sex era redefined the boundaries for fluent use of sexual references within the media, homosexuality gradually gained more attention. After [...]
mwalsh @ November 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Katie StCyr and Lauren Lanciani
Not so long ago, sex was not a topic that was openly discussed. Today, sex comes up in everyday conversations, on just about every channel on TV, in most songs, and in the majority of popular magazines. But do our views of sex and the male and female gender come [...]
mwalsh @ April 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
By Liz Panneton
Today we are bombarded by media on a constant basis, whether we know it or not. Cell phones, blackberries, television, radio, billboards, magazines you name it. It’s there, and along with all of these images, are ideas of the ideal, what we are supposed to gravitate toward in order to feel acceptance [...]
mwalsh @ April 10, 2008 # One Comment
Gender Roles
By Jessica Stone
Have you ever wondered why things change in our society? One specific thing that has changed is gender roles. According to Wikipedia encyclopedia gender roles is a set of perceived behavioral norms that is associated to the genders of female and male. In the United States gender roles start to influence someone [...]
mwalsh @ April 10, 2008 # 3 Comments
Women and Occupations
By Lindsey Smith
When I was 12 I decided I was going to be a firefighter. This decision stemmed from the most traumatizing experience I’ve ever been through. My next-door neighbors’ house caught on fire in the middle of the night. It was one of the scariest scenes I have ever witnessed. Kelly (the [...]
mwalsh @ April 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Main Street
By Kristen Duquette
These pictures represent some of the different eating establishments in Keene. Just on Main Street alone there are at least five “ethnic” restaurants. The variety and exposure to different cultures helps our Keene community become more diverse in not only what we do but what we eat. Choices in restaurants allow people [...]
mwalsh @ April 10, 2008 # One Comment
Men and sports: Can’t get enough
By Hannah Sortino
Throughout my life I have learned and seen so many things in this world, and there is more to come. But the relationship between men and sports has always been one of those things that stuck out to me. Being a woman myself, I have always [...]