Female engineers were more likely to ask for help from their female than male colleagues.
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In the male-dominated engineering industry, where women represent only about 11% of the workforce, gender influences whom individuals turn to for answers to questions.
For centuries, societies have used visions of the afterlife to discipline people’s behavior.
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Ancient Christian and Jewish texts threatened women with hellfire if they stepped out of line – and those terrifying visions still resonate in U.S. society today.
People protest in Texas after the governor signed a bill to outlaw abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
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‘Heartbeat’ abortion laws like the one enacted in Texas are often based on particular Christian views, but there are many religious perspectives on abortion. What do Jewish texts say?
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women have started telling their own stories via social media, challenging television’s sometimes one-sided depictions of their lives.
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The #MyOrthodoxLife movement challenges both mainstream and ultra-Orthodox media to tell more nuanced and complex stories about Jewish women.
Providing child care facilities at markets, like this one in Abijan, Ivory Coast, could ease the burden on women traders.
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Globally, experts are beginning to recognise that focusing on one aspect of food overlooks the trade-offs or sacrifices people make.
There’s nothing inherently male about playing video games. Videogame culture, on the other hand, is decidedly anti-female.
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Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Canada’s Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys and Kristen Kit celebrate on the podium after winning the gold medal in women’s eight rowing competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Canadian women’s success at the Tokyo Games bodes well not only for our future generations of athletes, but for our nation as a whole.
Boys are often allowed to stray farther from home without adult supervision than girls are.
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Although some parents may be reluctant to let their children explore their surroundings alone, allowing kids to wander can help build their sense of direction.
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Despite serving for decades, women in the armed forces around the world still face obstacles throughout their military career.
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.