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Dr. Peggy Drexler is the author of Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family. She is an assistant professor of psychology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and a former Gender Scholar at Stanford University.
Critics are wrong to call out the New York Times for writing a piece about the temper of the women aiming to become the city’s first female mayor, writes Peggy Drexler.
JUST DO IT
Sheryl Sandberg cries at work. So do a lot of people—even men! Peggy Drexler breaks down the do’s and don’ts of getting weepy with your coworkers.
Two-Way Street
Blame the worker bees, too. Intolerance among women is entirely mutual, writes Peggy Drexler, and it isn’t getting us anywhere.