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Semenya Is a Girl: S. African Birth Certificate

Aug 21, 2009 4:32 PM CDT

Semenya Is a Girl: S. African Birth Certificate

Track star feels 'humiliated' over gender controversy

(Newser) - The mother of South African track and field star Caster Semenya has produced a birth certificate showing the runner is female, the BBC reports. "I have no doubt about what I see. It's a girl," said Dorcus Semenya despite calls that Caster take a gender test. Caster fell...

Is She a Man?
Is Phelps a Fish?

OPINION

Aug 21, 2009 8:55 AM CDT

Is She a Man? Is Phelps a Fish?

(Newser) - It's wrong to be subjecting South African sprinter Caster Semenya to "a public slaying," writes Antonia Senior, who says that debating her gender has no more credibility than asking if "Michael Phelps is really a fish." For the Times of London columnist, sports are now "...

S. African
Track Star
Told to Take
Gender Test

UPDATED

Aug 19, 2009 1:35 PM CDT

S. African Track Star Told to Take Gender Test

Gender confusion has followed Semenya's meteoric success

(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Federations has asked South African track star Caster Semenya to undergo gender testing, the BBC reports. The 18-year-old Semenya won the 800-meter final today at the World Championships in Berlin, just weeks after becoming African junior champion by smashing the South African record.

Girls Bond,
Boys Compete:
Brain Study

Jul 17, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

Girls Bond, Boys Compete: Brain Study

Scans confirm gender split on one-on-one interaction

(Newser) - Ever wonder why girls are so fixated on swapping friendship bracelets? They may just be wired that way, according to a new study. Using MRIs to look inside tweens' and teens' brains, researchers found that one-on-one interactions got girls’ synapses firing, Time reports. Boys focused less on other individuals than...

Why Ruth Is Our Punching Bag

glossies

Jul 6, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

Why Ruth Is Our Punching Bag

She's the top target for Madoff attacks—thanks in part to gender, bad PR

(Newser) - Ruth Madoff “has become the primary punching bag for the media and the victims” of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, “maligned more than any other Wall Street criminal’s wife in memory,” Sheelah Kolhatkar writes in New York—but are the attacks fair? We don’t know...

Asian Boy Bias
Skewing US Birth Stats

Jun 15, 2009 4:11 AM CDT

Asian Boy Bias Skewing US Birth Stats

(Newser) - Many Asian American parents' strong bias for sons is beginning to emerge in US birth statistics, reports the New York Times. Chinese, Korean and Indian immigrant families are more likely to abort female embryos and use in-vitro fertilization to have a treasured boy, particularly after the first or second...

Chastity Bono Will Change
Sex to Male

Jun 11, 2009 3:50 PM CDT

Chastity Bono Will Change Sex to Male

Sonny and Cher's child began process just after 40th birthday

(Newser) - Chastity Bono—the 40-year-old activist-artist child of Sonny and Cher—is in the early stages of changing his gender from female to male. “It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘...

Pregnant Man
Gives Birth
to Second
Child

Jun 9, 2009 7:42 PM CDT

Pregnant Man Gives Birth to Second Child

(Newser) - Pregnant Man is no one-baby wonder. Thomas Beatie gave birth to his second child this morning, reports ABC News. Beatie, who was born a woman but is now legally a man, catapulted to fame last year when images of his pregnant belly surfaced. Though he's had some surgery toward his...

Parents of Daughters
Lean Left: Study

May 20, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

Parents of Daughters Lean Left: Study

(Newser) - A new study shows that parents with daughters are more likely to align themselves with left-wing parties, FiveThirtyEight.com reports. Building on earlier research that showed that parents of daughters leaned left on gender issues, sociologists surveyed a nationally representative random sampling of men and women, mostly from Great Britain....

Male Suicide Tracked
to Childhood

Apr 7, 2009 4:20 AM CDT

Male Suicide Tracked to Childhood

Female suicides don't reveal problems until after puberty

(Newser) - Suicidal men are more likely to have had troubled childhoods than their female counterparts, Reuters reports. A new study found that 78% of male subjects who tried to kill themselves by age 24 had serious behavioral problems at age 8, whereas suicidal females usually developed emotional problems after puberty. The...

A Rose by Any Other Name Might Smell
... Manly?

Apr 6, 2009 2:19 PM CDT

A Rose by Any Other Name Might Smell ... Manly?

Language influences perception, study finds

(Newser) - Think of the Golden Gate Bridge. Would you describe it as fragile, elegant, and slender? Or strong, dangerous, and sturdy? When they pictured a bridge, a group of German speakers offered the first group of words, while Spanish speakers offered the second, NPR reports. The difference, believes the psychologist behind...

Porn Comes to Calif. Campus

Apr 1, 2009 3:18 PM CDT

Porn Comes to Calif. Campus

Free skin flick spices up discussion of gender issues

(Newser) - Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge—a hardcore porn film—will be shown for free at a seminar tomorrow on the campus of the University of California-Davis, KCRA-TV reports. The school’s Entertainment Council said it means to use the film as a lighthearted way to invite discussion of serious gender...

Fewer Sons Born Close to Sun

Apr 1, 2009 7:18 AM CDT

Fewer Sons Born Close to Sun

New study finds more girls born closer to equator

(Newser) - Women who live near the equator are more likely to give birth to baby girls than boys, the Independent reports. A new study has found a small but significant shift in gender ratios depending on latitude, with males comprising 51.1% of tropical births; the global sex ratio is 51....

Finger Length Holds Key to Running Skill

Mar 13, 2009 9:29 AM CDT

Finger Length Holds Key to Running Skill

Measure digits to predict aggression, math scores, arthritis

(Newser) - Boys with ring fingers longer than their middle fingers may be speedier than peers with more symmetrical hands, a study of Qatari adolescents suggests. The speed difference is associated with exposure to testosterone in the womb, LiveScience reports. Finger length can also predict men’s aggression and SAT math scores,...

Men Smell Like Cheese, Women Like Onion

Jan 29, 2009 11:13 AM CST

Men Smell Like Cheese, Women Like Onion

Find an animal that smells like tomato and voila—pizza!

(Newser) - Working out at the gym may stimulate your appetite—or maybe it's the enticing scent of the person next to you. Sweaty men smell of cheese, and sweaty women smell like onion or grapefruit, New Scientist reports. Body chemistry accounts for the difference, say Swiss researchers who based their conclusions...

Should She Delay the L-Word?

opinion

Jan 7, 2009 9:47 AM CST

Should She Delay the L-Word?

Women should say 'I love you' first as much as men

(Newser) - It may seem dated to say women can kill relationships with a poorly timed or premature "I love you." Or it may just seem dated to women, observes Sarah Hepola, who read an article advising women never to be the first to show their cards, emotionally, and was...

Critics Rip Pope's
'Homophobic' Speech

Dec 24, 2008 7:51 AM CST

Critics Rip Pope's 'Homophobic' Speech

Pontiff's call for defense of gender roles seen as stoking homophobia

(Newser) - Gay and Christian groups have slammed Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that defending the “natural order” of man and woman is as important as protecting the rainforests, the Times of London reports. British Catholic leaders have countered that the pontiff didn’t explicitly mention homosexuality in his annual Christmas speech,...

Pope: Save Rainforest
—and Heterosexuality, Too

Dec 23, 2008 8:08 AM CST

Pope: Save Rainforest —and Heterosexuality, Too

Benedict's Christmas message decries erosion of 'traditional' gender roles

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI used a Christmas address today to call for a defense of heterosexuality, which he suggested was as endangered as the rainforest. He called homosexuality and deviance from gender norms "a destruction of God's work." The pontiff said "the tropical forests do deserve our...

Chemicals Hitting Males Where It Hurts

Dec 7, 2008 5:28 AM CST

Chemicals Hitting Males Where It Hurts

Toxins triggering sex changes across species, research finds

(Newser) - Common chemicals are speeding the pace of evolution and having a feminizing impact on males across several species, reports the Independent. New research reveals that baby boys whose mothers have been exposed to more "gender-bending" chemicals—endocrine-disrupters like many pesticides—have smaller, feminized genitals. "This research shows...

What Makes Him Different Makes Him Scary

OPINION

Sep 29, 2008 3:40 PM CDT

What Makes Him Different Makes Him Scary

Obama must overcome the stereotypes that come with his heritage, and success

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s revolutionary candidacy is in trouble, and the very things that make him a breath of fresh air are to blame, James Carroll writes in the Boston Globe. “Race, gender, and class define American identity, but Obama, just by being who he is, directly challenges the core...