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Today, beer is marketed to men and the industry is run by men. It wasn’t always that way.
The availability of data by sex and gender is important for national responses when it comes to prevention, treatment and control.
Experts reviewed the literature on climate change and gender in developing countries, and found many unhelpful, outdated assumptions are still kicking around.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade Organisation is a win for women globally.
Younger and older American men tend to identify more with being religious ‘nones’ than women of the same age, but between 35 and 45 the rates merge. A data and religion expert probes why.
Although the terminology we now use to describe gender would have been alien in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the concepts were understood by many.
Living in societies with gender bias can harm women’s health.
While there are small differences between male and female brains, most of us have a mix of both.
Female office workers have faced a growing burden during the pandemic.
The country still has a way to go in addressing the challenges of social inequity. But there has been some progress in every sphere of government.
Three women of color with Ph.D.s weigh in on their experience being in the academic field.
Hollywood continues to dramatically exaggerate the medical risks associated with abortion while downplaying barriers to access.
New legislative proposals want to allow ‘sex testing’ of girl athletes through genital exams and genetic and hormone testing.
Trying to get help for gender dysphoria is rigorous and stressful for young people and their families, it shouldn’t be this way.
In Sherlock, domination is something to be revered, rather than challenged.
So-called “puberty blockers” work by temporarily suppressing the action of a specific hormone in the body.
Ever since players tweaked the game to reflect the medieval social order, poets and writers have used chess as an allegory for love, duty, conflict and accomplishment.
In Australia, between 1930 and 1950, women repeatedly stepped in to play the role of Santa. So the figure in the red suit could be gender neutral today.
It’s limiting to think about about sexual enhancement in purely negative, physical terms.
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
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