Ford works toward dismantling the idea that feminism is harming men. Instead, she proposes that a patriarchal society can be as harmful and destructive for individual men as it can be for women.
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Parliament has a problem retaining experienced women – and so does science. Working in STEMM places women in an ideological dilemma that is exhausting to confront, and feels impossible to change.
Social psychologists have been busy documenting the harmful effects that this brand of chivalry has on women. But are they missing something?
Perfectionism-driven social anxiety means young men will also be susceptible to ideological scripting of behaviour on TV.
Once artificial intelligence takes over task-based and calculative jobs, the invisible care work that underpins our offices, marketplaces and institutions could finally become more visible and valued.
Dorrit Black, Grace Cossington Smith and Grace Crowley were some of many talented modernist women artists. But only with the advent of second wave feminism in the 1970s was their work properly acknowledged.
We need to know more about what is going on for women in sex – what makes them suffer and what gives them pleasure.
Fear of a Non-Nuclear Family
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In 1968 the idea of the ideal American family was the father as breadwinner, stay-at-home mom, two kids and a white picket fence. But the women's movement and other forces were beginning to change this – and inspire a conservative backlash that persists to this day.
Dress codes in schools can mask a lot of inequality issues around gender, race and religion. Why not go with a simple policy that applies to everyone equally and discuss the underlying issues instead?
In the 1970s, a young urban planning professor, Dolores Hayden, believed that city design was the key to unlocking patriarchal structures that trapped women in the home. How much has the city changed?
Saudi Arabia has arrested a number of feminists, while bringing in reforms for women. An expert argues why this goes to show that the kingdom remains adamant on not opening space for more voices.
The broader nature of today’s pro-choice movements show that a specific injustice can be a vehicle for highlighting wider social inequalities.
The stoush between Senators Sarah-Hanson Young and David Leyonhjelm harks back to age-old - not to mention nonsense and deeply sexist - dichotomies about women’s sexuality and moral character.
The HBO series was a big hit in 2008, but is it still relevant two decades on?
No one legal ‘solution’ is right for all sex workers.
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
In a historic move, the national parliament has legalised procedures up to 14 weeks.
Incels compare themselves to other men, before blaming women for withholding sex from, in their perception, deserving men.
During the war, few Americans actually saw the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster that’s become a cultural icon.
His recent death will lead to some old debates about his work returning – but are they still valid?
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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