At its best, opera can, indeed, be a powerful form of allegorical theatre.
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A gang-rape scene in a new London staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell was greeted with audience booing, and has sparked ongoing controversy. Are opera directors at risk of miscomprehending the medium?
Female serial killers are more likely to murder friends and family.
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Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
The latest season of Orange is the New Black is currently screening on Showcase – but do female showrunners get treated in the same way as their male counterparts?
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There’s more prestige than ever on our screens – but there’s also gender problem both in terms of the reception of female-centred shows – and the treatment of female creator-showrunners.
Tackling the legacy of the men’s game.
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The terrible reputation of cheaters, divers, fraudsters and hooligans in the Premier League and beyond may be placing an artificial cap on the growth of the sister sport
Rom-com with a twist?
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The recently released Les Combattants is just the latest addition to a fast-expanding body of Hollywood-style rom-coms to come out of France.
Moms are in a position to either encourage or discourage help from their spouses.
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Moms don’t have to be designated worriers.
A protestor at a demonstration against rape. Rape statistics collected by the police do not reflect the high levels of under-reporting.
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South Africa needs a new rape policy that will change the way the police collect statistics.
Gender equality is associated with less use of violence by men.
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To prevent men from using violence in their households, violence against children needs to stop before they become adults.
Funding CCTV cameras annihilated a proposal in NSW to create a mentoring program directed at young women in prisons or undergoing release.
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Women coming out of jail require forms of assistance that are not simply directed at technologies for prevention or elimination of recidivism, but rather that are focused on health and well-being.
This is what leadership looks like.
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We need more Louise Richardsons. Here’s how to get them.
A viral article written by a female college student celebrated the average male body, but for the wrong reasons.
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Why is so much attention being given to making average white males feel better about themselves?
Millions tune in to the Women’s World Cup, but how many follow teams at the club level?
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The Women’s World Cup has become a hugely popular, global event. But what’s happening at the club level?
Country music executives seem intent on crafting a homogenous genre for the masses.
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For 50 years, country music executives in Nashville have tried to dilute the genre’s rich, diverse history.
In both of photographer Annie Leibovitz’s shots, deviance is synonymous with beauty.
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Caitlyn Jenner evokes Demi Moore’s controversial 1991 Vanity Fair cover shoot, done when pregnancy was something to be hidden.
Rita Yao Kakou belongs to the Association of Women Researchers, which works to raise the profile of women in science in the Ivory Coast.
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Men rule the roost in science and technology as women continue to battle against the glass ceiling.
Just you wait.
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There’s much more to the naked male bodies of these programmes than the simple titillation that meets the eye.
Transgender is an umbrella term, encompassing a number of different identities and practices.
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Transgender is a relatively new word. So when an academic seeks to create a transgender historical archive, complications abound.
Critics have been preoccupied with the gender politics of Fury Road. Enter the Doof Warrior …
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The Doof Warrior in Mad Max: Fury Road is a red-jumpsuited, masked guitarist, bungee-strapped to the front of the Doof Wagon, a massive, mobile speaker stack, replete with on-board drummers. What’s not to love?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are supporting their daughter Shiloh’s decision to be called John.
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If you want to know a child’s gender, just ask them and then listen to the answer.
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Eurovision is popularly heralded as the song that unites Europe, but recent controversies about gender, social justice and human rights paint a different picture.