How androgynous are you?
Thomas Piercy, University of Cambridge.
While there are small differences between male and female brains, most of us have a mix of both.
Seorang pegawai perempuan mengenakan masker saat bekerja di Dinas Informasi Komunikasi dan Statistik Riau di Kota Pekanbaru.
A woman office worker wearing mask while working in Riau Department of Information Communication and Statistics in Pekanbaru City.
Female office workers have faced a growing burden during the pandemic.
Growing poverty and unemployment have seen shacklands mushroom in post-apartheid South Africa.
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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.
Despite their high level of education, women of color with Ph.D.s say they are still treated differently in their academic fields.
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Three women of color with Ph.D.s weigh in on their experience being in the academic field.
Seventy-four percent of shows and films with an abortion plot line centered on an impregnated white character, including ‘Little Fires Everywhere.’
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Hollywood continues to dramatically exaggerate the medical risks associated with abortion while downplaying barriers to access.
High school athletes, including Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, both transgender girls, compete in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2019.
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New legislative proposals want to allow ‘sex testing’ of girl athletes through genital exams and genetic and hormone testing.
Protester holding a transgender flag sign encouraging social distancing at Trans Pride 2020 in London.
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Trying to get help for gender dysphoria is rigorous and stressful for young people and their families, it shouldn’t be this way.
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In Sherlock, domination is something to be revered, rather than challenged.
Keira Bell, one of the claimants in the High Court case, was prescribed puberty blockers at 16.
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So-called “puberty blockers” work by temporarily suppressing the action of a specific hormone in the body.
In ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ chess doubles as a game of life for protagonist Beth Harmon.
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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.
Nancy Bird Walton preparing to fly a female Santa into north-west New South Wales in 1935.
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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.
Despite its long history, our understanding of the relationship between sex and drugs remains limited.
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It’s limiting to think about about sexual enhancement in purely negative, physical terms.
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Women felt more worn out by restrictions – while men complained of boredom
People’s Zoom style differs according to gender.
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Preliminary research shows that men and women tend to use Zoom differently because gender dynamics influence online activities.
The coronavirus pandemic has increased the prominence of women’s voices in the media. Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau and Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam take part in a videoconference on July 31, 2020.
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More women are making appearances in the news media, and this is due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is not all good news: women are interviewed about the effects of the pandemic on their lives.
Art featuring the slain Rio politician Marielle Franco, whose 2018 murder remains unsolved.
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The 2018 murder of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco inspired record numbers of Black women to get involved in politics. Winning proved harder – but it isn’t the only point of their campaigns.
Maids, who invariably lived with their employers, were especially vulnerable.
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An ex-minister named John Lyford arrived at the nascent colony hoping for a fresh start. But he couldn’t escape his past.
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Judith Beheading Holofernes.’
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Women continue to be stereotyped as passive and meek. For this reason, international courts often let women war criminals off the hook.
A protester wears a mask of the late Marsinah at a rally demanding justice for the female labour activist
who was killed during the rule of Indonesia’s New Order government.
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Our two-year study explores how female writers and journalists use online platforms to engage in gender activism, and how they navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with digital media.
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There is a renewed discussion about the role of News Corp in Australia. But so far, this is ignoring how the Murdoch press is particularly hostile towards female politicians.