Thinking Like A Woman

Acknowledgments Introduction From Memories Introduction Gradmother's Presence in the Cottage Like Father, Like Daughter: Work in the 1990s Saying Goodbye to a Whole Generation A Brother, a Son, and Two Halloweens Wading and Splashing in the Dog Days of Summer Stepping Out of Boots and Into Springtime Remembering Grandfather a Century After His Birth For the First Time in My Life, I Saw My Father Cry Looking Forward to the Next Twenty-Five Years of Marriage And So a New Role Begins: "Mother of the Boyfriend" From the Body Introduction Our Social World Helps Determine the Extent of Our Disabilities Acupuncture Defies My Western Scepticism Painful Illness Taught Some Valuable Lessons An Evening Sewing Sequins on a Figure Skating Costume There's No Short Answer to Solving Tallness Bias Mandatory Retirement Tramples on Rights of Seniors White People Have Distinct Advantages in Canada Getting a Handle on Half a Century of Living Visible Bra Straps Show Women's Body Confidence Finding Practical, Comfortable Clothes a Boomer Challenge Insomniacs and Sound Sleepers Make Strange Bedfellows Menopause Has Become a Booming Industry From the Home Introduction A Most Unscholarly Hair-Raising Episode The Kids of the Kid Chosen Last for Every Team Childhood: You Blink, and It's Gone Forever Her Auto-Dyslexia and His Diaper-Dyslexia Where Do Odd Socks Go, and Other Questions of Laundry Philosophy Why Do Feminists' Daughters Want a Barbie? Mixed Emotions When the Nest Begins to Empty When the Prodigally Spending Son Returns Home The Wonderful Teenage World of Wedgies and Wisdom When Children Disappear from Our City Streets Let's Home Women Can "Have It All" in the Twenty-First Century Feminist Ideals Don't Hinder Raising a Good Son From the Not-So-Ivory Tower Introduction High Tuitions Keep Universities for Middle Class Abolish Tenure? Gee, This Guy Harris Might Be On to Something The Things That Dare Not Bare Their Names Celebrating Older Women as a Precious Resource Superomnian Reflections on High School Latin Schools Are No Place for Religious Indoctrination Class Differences Are Very Clear in Canadian Society Saving Face Isn't Just Cause for Changing One's Mind Tories' Competition Funding Theory Deserves Failing Grade Stockwell Day's Homophobic Reasoning Lacks Consistency From the Newsroom Introduction Cloning Expresses Fear of Personal Difference How Far Are the Anti-Abortionists Willing to Go? Homolka Case Suggests Some Women Can Choose to Be Monsters Minor Hockey in Need of Major Overhaul Should Sperm Donors Be Paid More Than Blood Donors? Sexism Discourages Women from Seeking Office Now We Need a Ban on Bad Smoking-Ban Arguments Will Sexualizing Women's Bodies Ever End? Women's Role Is Still a Matter of Contention Latimer Had No Right to Kill His Disabled Daughter We Need More Ways to Protect, and Empower, Young Women Mother of Septuplets Faces Difficult Road Ahead Storing Onions in Pantyhose the Least of Women's Concerns The Cultural and Racial Pitfalls of In Vitro Fertilization Whites and "Straights" Have No Need to Hold Pride Marches From the Philosopher's Heart Introduction The Little Things Life Without Television: The World Offers Us Many More Enticements Avoiding the Smurf Theory of "Women's Issues" No Generation Is an Island Entire of Itself: Why Baby Boomers Don't Have It So Easy, Either Buying More Products Won't Save the World Fast-Paced World Overlooks Value of Introversion It Doesn't Feel Right to Eat Beings That Have Faces What's It Mean to Be a Feminist? Not What You Might Think The Great Debate: Can a Man Be a Feminist? There's No Reason Women Can't Do "Male" Jobs Refusing Rights to Homosexuals Boils Down to Prejudice Communing with Nature Reveals Humanity's Inhumanity Church-Imposed Celibacy a Burden, Barrier to Priesthood How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Conditions Nine Good Reasons Why the 1990s Were So Important Afterword References