The modern Olympics share many things with the ancient games.
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A scholar of ancient Greek literature explains what the Olympics of modern day have in common with the 776 B.C. games at Olympia.
Ghanaian students attend a class in a madrasa or Muslim school.
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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.
Sarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification.
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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’?
Changing Siri’s gender so the virtual assistant isn’t female by default is a significant step.
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Digital assistants have been defaulted to having female voices because of how developers and coders view women’s labour.
Both sex and gender analysis are crucial to health research to enable access to appropriate health information, diagnoses and care for gender-diverse populations.
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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.
The image of women MPs holding their children in Parliament shows we need more gender-sensitive institutions.
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Labour MP Stella Creasy’s battle over maternity pay shows the need for gender-sensitive parliaments.
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Australian writer Eve Langley, author of the 1942 novel The Pea Pickers, resisted gender expectations and wrote acutely about the landscape.
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An online influencer’s desire to identify as ‘transracial’ reveals their own racism, transphobia and privileged perspective.
The mating game often involves convoluted rationalizations.
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Both men and women play a role in perpetuating attitudes toward sex that are hypocritical and logically inconsistent.
The issue of trans rights was bound to butt up against realms of American society separated by gender.
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Many aspects of American society, from language to sports to fashion, remain structured or separated by gender.
Residents in a Cape Town suburb queue to vote during previous municipal elections in South Africa.
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Concerns about socioeconomic well-being were the main reason why people voted for a certain political party.
Inequality has cost women the benefits of thousands of “lost” medical inventions.
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Boosting the number of female inventors isn’t just a matter of fairness. Inventions by men are more likely to ignore women’s needs.
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Focusing solely on home working neglects the fact that most employees in the UK rarely or never worked from home after the pandemic
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New Zealand’s honours system has come a long way since colonial times. But a glaring gender imbalance reminds us of its historical origins.
Many surveys aren’t designed in a way that captures the true diversity of gender identification.
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The proportion was the largest the study’s authors had ever seen.
In Morocco, most women’s lives, choices and mobility are controlled by men.
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In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen.
There’s virtually no association between self-esteem and sexual behavior.
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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.
Today’s sex scenes are, first and foremost, fun.
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Some critics are complaining that sex scenes have vanished from cinema. But they’re still very much present – in all their awkward, perverse glory.
Few Americans would care about how to best accommodate transgender athletes if they weren’t winning events.
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Since there is no typical transgender athlete, broad rules don’t seem appropriate. But that’s exactly what legislation seeks to do.
Ultra-Orthodox women have become the primary breadwinners in their families.
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A Jewish studies scholar discusses the societal changes that women are leading in ultra-Orthodox communities.