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Oops! Wrong Sex Assigned at Birth
From upcoming book "Gloriously Weird Gender in Tragically Weird Times." Child with Eyes Closed. Picture by Freya Clark S ex assigned at...
Feb 43 min read

We Need to Dig Deep in 2025
Francine with her best friend Tux. Francine excels at digging deep. Meet Francine and her best friend Tux. Francine came to the farm a...
Jan 75 min read

Should Women be Leaders? or Should they Step Aside and Let Men Lead?
This question was texted to me by an unknown source a few days ago. It was accompanied by a video of a prominent football player and...
Oct 29, 20243 min read

Women Politician Stereotype Tracker
Alright. We have another woman running for the President of the United States. Not only is she a woman, but she is Black and Indian. You...
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Love More, Love Bigger, Love Better--This is my Challenge to You
Growing up, I had always been told that love was to be limited to a life partner, to family, and maybe to a few pets and a best friend....
Feb 13, 20243 min read


Don't be a Jerk: Words to Live By in 2024
It all started with my cat. Yoda is one of those hairless cats and he is not very nice. Oh, he is nice to me. As I write, he is snuggled...
Jan 2, 20245 min read


Looking for the Messiah
Let's all agree on a few truths. We are not going to find the savior on the internet. We are not going to find the savior in politics.
Oct 17, 20235 min read

10 Years to Diagnosis (If You are a Woman).
Something really weird happened this summer. I am talking really weird. My husband got sick and his doctor called him to see how he was...
Sep 26, 20236 min read

Why don't women think about the Roman Empire? Because it Is Built on a History of Sexual Violence.
By Fionna Clark and Debbie Dougherty Last week, I arrived early to my undergraduate organizational communication course to find two women...
Sep 19, 20235 min read

Ken Represents Flat Earth Masculinity
One of my readers reached out to me and asked me to write about Ken. He had strong feelings he couldn't put into words, so I promised...
Aug 23, 20235 min read

Hey Barbie, Where are Your Mama and Grammy? The Erasure of Older Women.
If my Facebook and LinkedIn feeds are accurate barometers of women’s (and some men’s) leisure activities, we have pretty much all watched...
Aug 15, 20235 min read


Why Do We Need Tenure? Have You Ever Heard of Galileo?
Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...
May 30, 20237 min read

Hey Bud, This Frog's for You! An Allegory in Three parts (with advice for Bud Light at the end).
Once upon a time, in Frogland, the greatest frog nation on earth, there were frogs. Throughout time, and every year, the frogs in this...
May 23, 20236 min read

Can Men Control their Sexual Impulses? Are Women who Flirt and Walk Away Sexual Harassers?
Dear Dr. D.,What do you call it when a young woman flirts and teases a young man, getting him all aroused, then laughs and runs away,...
Apr 12, 20235 min read

Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
Apr 4, 20235 min read


The Age of Feminism (or Should I Say "The Ageism of Feminism"?)
I went to visit my Grandmother last week. She told me that my new book, Sexual Harassment and Organizational Culture, reads like a novel...
Mar 28, 20233 min read


A Tale of Two Men (As Told by A Woman)
Let me start with a confession. I have been in a bit of trouble lately. Yep, as a woman, apparently I am not supposed to have opinions on...
Mar 14, 20236 min read


Victim Blaming. Six Stupid Things People Say.
One of the most ridiculous, mean spirited things that we do as a society is blame victims for being victimized. Victim blaming is a well...
Mar 7, 20237 min read

Where do these Wicked Workplace Problems Come From?
How do we recognize wicked problems, like sexual harassment? This blog provides advice about how problems become embedded in an organization
Feb 7, 20234 min read

Damned if You Do. Damned if You Don't. The Paradox of Femininity
The paradox of femininity makes it impossible for women to be judged as good, or even as good enough.
Jan 31, 20234 min read
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