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November 15, 2010
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

Boys, Boys, Boys

November 15, 2010
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

This morning, Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, contributed to a segment on ABC’s Good Morning America called “Pageant Boys,” examining the increasing participation of young boys in beauty pageants. Corbett’s book adds to recent literature such as Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble and Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia on expectations

November 4, 2009
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

Parenting a gender-variant child

November 4, 2009
in Humanities, Psychology, Social Science

The most recent issue of TimeOut Kids features a series of articles on children and sexuality, highlighting the many dilemmas that parents face when educating their children about the realities of sex and gender. Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, is quoted extensively in a piece on the particularly