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Shea is a key economic crop for poor women in the northern parts of Ghana.
Only a small fraction of women have received any financial education at all.
Feminists are about as man-hating as men are.
Female bodies have an advantage in endurance ability that means Paleolithic women likely hunted game, not just gathered plants. The story is written in living and ancient human bodies.
A common criticism of women’s sports is that female players aren’t as entertaining or skilled as their male counterparts. Two researchers decided to put this notion to the test.
Growing awareness of sexual harassment and discrimination in the field prompted an international survey and research into potential solutions.
First used in the 1970s, the social theory known as intersectionality triggered widespread debate on racial identifications and the interplay among categories.
Spanning evolutionary biology, genetics, development, neurobiology, endocrinology and psychology, as well as current events and sports, students explore the complexities of the biology of sex.
A new wave of research shows how working-class young men are changing their behaviour. But some remain hostile to the term “toxic masculinity” and see it as a vehicle for shaming men.
Gendered words can be offensive in certain contexts – it’s all in what’s being signaled, according to a sociolinguist
A new survey finds working from home is removing barriers for women, but also blurring the barrier between work and the “safe space” of home.
Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.
From primary school to academic positions, despite some progress, gender inequality continues to be rife.
The book makes invaluable contributions to subjects of race, identity and belonging and how they shape human interrelations.
Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.
The jokes, memes and skits came thick and fast – but behind the humor were serious points.
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.
Research has long suggested that women shift left on a generational basis, but we think something else is happening here.
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