Australia is now having a national conversation on domestic violence. Yet the way violence degrades women’s financial status remains in the shadows. Much more needs to be done.
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Nakedness has long been employed as a gesture of defiance, highlighting the plight of the oppressed.
The gender gap matters, and we need to recruit, train and retain more men to care for and educate our youngest children
Clinton won women by 12 points and lost men by 12 – creating a 24-point ‘gender gap.’ While that’s the largest gender gap in history, the record shows that female voters were always different.
The dress Marilyn wore to sing happy birthday to JFK sold at auction recently for a record-breaking $4.8m.
Like so many other countries, the UK is experiencing a shortage of primary school teachers - especially one’s of the male variety.
Women have always had to fight gender rules in order to gain power.
Women are underrepresented in the film industry, but it’s not their fault. New research analyses the system that ensures male dominance and identifies the ‘gender offenders’: men who work predominantly with men.
Want to know why Hillary isn’t president? Just turn to the Bible.
A fashion historian describes the controversial history of the pantsuit – and how Clinton transformed her signature ensemble into a rallying cry for female empowerment.
The words we use to describe male and female leaders are a good guide to our deeply held sexist assumptions.
For many, it is Rice’s advocacy of gender equality and diversity that define her short tenure at the Globe. So what happens next?
There are powerful but hidden psychological forces at work that make it difficult for many women to utter the f-word.
The female body should maintain warmth better than the male, but this doesn’t seem to be the case.
The recent violent rape and murder of a 16-year-old Argentinian girl has sparked a region-wide protest movement against sexual violence in Latin America.
A new database that shows the use of gendered words in major Australian newspapers tells us much about whose voices are being heard.
Women already face high levels of violence in Haiti. But natural disasters can provide a good opportunity to intervene.
Too much research focuses on “fixing women”, so let’s hear the male line on what needs to be done.
Research shows that many young Australians are not aware of appropriate boundaries in relationships. It’s important that children are informed by research rather than rhetoric.
Who am I, as an academic, to decide in advance what is or what is not triggering to others?
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Associate Professor/Reader in Gender and Advertising Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
