Gerund: got it

1: no hassles

2: why does men's require women's? The "making more money than women" is possessed by the men.

3: him: I assume this result means that the majority prefers "his".

3: child: however, in this instance, I assume the result shows lack of acceptance of the structure of the sentence as a whole, rather than a preference for "child's", or "infection's" for that matter. Quite apart from the subordinate clauses (is that even the right term) is losing an acceptable gerund in this case? I would use "loss of hearing", fwiw.

Conclusion 1: "Dog's" is strictly correct, but both are acceptable.

Conclusion 2: The panel is somewhat inconsistent.

Conclusion 3: "The American HeritageŽ Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, 1996" is neither.

Conclusion 4: Gerunds are funny.