Tribune Content Agency Opinions

Missouri bureaucrats are tracking menstrual cycles: A sign of the times

More than 30 years ago, feminist icon Gloria Steinem wrote an essay titled "If Men Could Menstruate."

The short piece flipped the script on the biological differences between the genders to examine the way society thinks about those differences. Steinem wrote:

"So what would happen if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?

"Clearly, menstruation would become an enviable, worthy, masculine event:

"Men would brag about how long and how much.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Tribune Content Agency Opinions

Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min read
Clarence Page: Campus Protests Carry Echoes Of Five Decades Ago
As pro-Palestinian protests, along with some arrests, have spread to colleges across the country in recent days, I have a feeling akin to what Yogi Berra is said to have called “deja vu all over again.” I’ve seen this rodeo before. We’re a long way f
Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min read
Cal Thomas: The Empires Begin To Strike Back
By Cal Thomas With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough. Google recently fired 28 employees from its New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices for protesting the company’s cloud-co
Tribune Content Agency Opinions4 min read
Mary Sanchez: The Challenge To US Universities – Free Speech Can’t Lead To Antisemitism
A dual threat is sweeping American campuses. Antisemitic speech and abuse of students’ right to free speech are both escalating, just as Passover, normally a joyous time commemorating Jewish freedom from slavery, begins. Many students, of all faiths

Related Books & Audiobooks