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Assessment scales for ADHD have been developed using mostly male research samples. As a result, the behaviours indicating ADHD in girls may not be what you expect.
A new study provides a more nuanced understanding of the role food plays in healthy eating and family life.
Throughout history, metaphors based around the testes and semen brought out very different sides of masculinity.
Sometimes small changes can be the most effective at reducing violence – and these are seldom acknowledged.
Five food experts peer under the bread to plumb the histories of the country’s unique sandwiches, from favorites like tuna fish to lesser-known fare like the woodcock.
The twentieth anniversary celebrations of the highest-selling book series of all time are now coming to a close. 2017 has been a milestone year for Harry Potter fans in their twenties and thirties, who…
A new campaign targeting sexual assault on public transport is a positive development in some respects, but is unlikely to generate substantive, longer-term change.
There are several ‘gendered risks’ in assisted suicide that challenge the idea that women will always be acting autonomously.
Why do roboticists dream of electric women?
Traditional notions of femininity and masculinity are in conflict, resulting in a surge of violence against Kyrgyz women.
The 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner is genetic researcher Professor Jenny Graves, well known for her 2002 suggestion that the male Y chromosome will self-destruct.
A new movie about a female ghost has scared millions in Indonesia. Female ghosts have been center stage in Indonesian folklore and their stories can serve as a warning to the state of women today.
Engineering has long been a male-dominated profession. Now engineering schools globally are making extraordinary efforts to attract the creative female talent they really need.
A new workplace wellness program leverages masculine interests and targets blue-collar men - with success.
There can be a difference in the way some dogs react to men and women, and it can also matter if the dog is a he or a she.
Data show parents with daughters are slightly more likely to separate than those with sons, but the risk disappears where the fathers grew up with a sister.
Most people have probably already made up their mind which way to vote in the same sex marriage postal survey. But the recent SMS campaign may distract some from even voting.
There is a strong and statistically significant association between respondents’ cognitive ability and their support for equal rights between same- and different-sex couples.
Evidence shows that otherwise high-performing female students under-perform compared to their male peers on certain questions in physics. We don’t know why.
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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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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor/Reader in Gender and Advertising Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Sociology, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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