Women’s Gray Matter Isn’t Pink? - The ConsumHERist

by Delia Passi
This week’s Newsweek magazine had a column by science editor Sharon Begley that discussed a new book by neuroscientist Lise Eliot, entitled Pink Brain, Blue Brain:  How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps - And What We Can Do About It.  The book throws doubt upon (debunks according to Begley) the many scientific [...]

Where are the Wiki Women? - The ConsumHERist

by Delia Passi
A few days ago, a Wall Street Journal blog revealed that a study of Wikipedia users showed that only 13% of contributors to the site were women, and that 31% of just readers of the site were women.  The contributors figure is perplexing to me, and the blog offered nothing in the way [...]

Men and Women Are Different - Duh!

by Delia Passi
For millions of years, men and women have been labeled, identified, assigned tasks, appreciated, accepted and often underestimated for their gender. A second is all it took for the brain to identify the opposite sex, and it accepted the opposite sex for the qualities they contributed to the survival of the species. [...]

Body Language - The ConsumHERist

by Delia Passi
Body language is one of those subjects that fascinate me, and my fascination with it is the only reason I sometimes watch the popular new Fox TV series called Lie to Me.  It’s about an expert on body language who consults in various criminal cases and exposes liars through the subtle signals they [...]

Generalization - The ConsumHERist

by Delia Passi
This past weekend, I came into the office alone to get something finished and off my desk.   It took me a few hours and when I accomplished my goal I closed up my desk and went for my car keys, which are typically in a tray at the corner of my desk.  They [...]

Shopping Role Reversal Wrap Up - The ConsumHERist

The following is the last in a series of blog entries I did with my comedy writing husband for the Readers Digest website on differences in the ways men and women holiday shop.
The differing attitudes of men and women with regard to shopping are certainly real.  They may not be as dramatic, or humorous, as [...]