Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
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A controversial policy could make women prove they were raped before they can get benefits is set to come into effect despite a wide coalition of opponents.
Some deride a Carnival trend in which women revel in the streets wearing swimsuits and feather boas. But to feminists, ‘bikini mas’ is a highly political act.
Most revenge isn’t violent or dramatic, but instead involves petty acts against coworkers or lovers. And some types work better than others.
What do you do if you marry a beast?
This is a thought-provoking, odd, shocking and beautiful movie about feminism, fantasy and film history.
It has been a rough year for the women of this world, which makes a day of recognition even more important.
Western countries are wising up to the fact that you have to deal with how the world is, not how you want it to be.
The Somali election didn’t deliver the long-awaited universal suffrage, but was another exercise in limited democracy that extended only to a small part of the population.
This rough and tumble sport has smashed through gender stereotypes – can it now be a force for social change?
Since the 19th century, a long line of black women preachers set in motion a tradition that spoke against injustices and questioned patriarchal attitudes. Here’s their story.
From witch-hunts to the suffragettes, belief in womanly werewolfs has flourished at times when the female gender was under threat. But in contemporary fiction, film and art, werewolf lore is evolving in surprising ways.
As the series draws to a close, it will leave in its wake controversy and debate.
While Clinton’s popular vote win shows progress toward gender equality, her rival’s nomination of just three women to his Cabinet is a reminder of how much work still needs to be done to overcome bias in management.
Sport remains the most evocative public demonstration of difference between the sexes, so its importance to feminist politics cannot be neglected.
It is possible to trace the links between patriarchy, violence, gender roles, and the state further into the past. It’s also possible to trace the ongoing resistance to these by some women.
It was a vintage year for women’s visibility, but that’s not necessarily a good thing.
An MP’s attempt to block a bill to address violence against women was utterly misguided – here’s why.
By getting young women hooked before they’ve even formed wrinkles, Botox peddlers have realized they can enlist them in a lifetime of treatment.
Pornography has been prescribed to treat ‘sexual disfunction’ for decades. Yet research shows that the vast majority of mainstream commercial porn is violent and degrading to women.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
