Topic: gender

Help! There’s A Man In My Yoga Class!

Help! There's A Man In My Yoga Class!

Although most beginner yoga classes are open to any person, regardless of their athletic ability or background, it seems like every class I take is all-female. And when I recently went into a class where there were fifteen women and one man, several women in the class were visibly uncomfortable by the guy’s presence, even moving their mats away from him so they wouldn’t get assigned to partner exercises with him. The guy did and said nothing to give a bad impression of himself, but it’s not the first time I’ve seen women get uncomfortable having a lone guy in the class. I polled a few yogis – male and female – to get their stories about guys in yoga studios. More »

People Magazine Is Trying To Make The Word ‘He-vage’ (Male Cleavage) Happen

People Magazine Is Trying To Make The Word 'He-vage' (Male Cleavage) Happen

Remember the scene in Mean Girls where head Mean Girl Regina snaps at Gretchen, “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen”? Coining a new slang word isn’t always as easy as merely thinking it up. Today’s “huh?” neologism is from People.com: “he-vage.” That means “man cleavage.” Showing that’s it not enough to objectify the breasts of female celebrities, People now hones in on the chests of male celebrities and either mocks them for having too much skin or fat there or objectifies them for having nice muscles. More »