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Although Ghana has not been affected by religious conflict, the ways youth from the Muslim minority relate to their nation is an important question.
In the 19th century, Baartman was dehumanized and mocked for her large posterior. So what does it mean when Black women today strive for ‘Sarah Baartman hips’?
Digital assistants have been defaulted to having female voices because of how developers and coders view women’s labour.
Sex is not gender but research continues to treat these as the same concept, with potentially damaging consequences for health studies, health policies and health programs.
Labour MP Stella Creasy’s battle over maternity pay shows the need for gender-sensitive parliaments.
Australian writer Eve Langley, author of the 1942 novel The Pea Pickers, resisted gender expectations and wrote acutely about the landscape.
An online influencer’s desire to identify as ‘transracial’ reveals their own racism, transphobia and privileged perspective.
Both men and women play a role in perpetuating attitudes toward sex that are hypocritical and logically inconsistent.
Many aspects of American society, from language to sports to fashion, remain structured or separated by gender.
Concerns about socioeconomic well-being were the main reason why people voted for a certain political party.
Boosting the number of female inventors isn’t just a matter of fairness. Inventions by men are more likely to ignore women’s needs.
Focusing solely on home working neglects the fact that most employees in the UK rarely or never worked from home after the pandemic
New Zealand’s honours system has come a long way since colonial times. But a glaring gender imbalance reminds us of its historical origins.
The proportion was the largest the study’s authors had ever seen.
In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen.
A new study finds that women are just as likely as men to assume something’s wrong with a woman who decides she wants to sleep with a handful of partners.
Some critics are complaining that sex scenes have vanished from cinema. But they’re still very much present – in all their awkward, perverse glory.
Since there is no typical transgender athlete, broad rules don’t seem appropriate. But that’s exactly what legislation seeks to do.
A Jewish studies scholar discusses the societal changes that women are leading in ultra-Orthodox communities.
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