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.
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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.
From washing the dishes to saving tribes from oblivion: Disney’s women have come a long way.
Estrogens also have many positive effects on mental health, cognitive function, libido and protection of the brain, possibly even slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Australia is now having a national conversation on domestic violence. Yet the way violence degrades women’s financial status remains in the shadows. Much more needs to be done.
Nakedness has long been employed as a gesture of defiance, highlighting the plight of the oppressed.
Coercive and controlling behaviour is a crime – police now need to join the dots to save women at threat from partners.
Women have always had to fight gender rules in order to gain power.
The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
A fashion historian describes the controversial history of the pantsuit – and how Clinton transformed her signature ensemble into a rallying cry for female empowerment.
Making sexual assault seem normal or like no big deal can have profound effects on millions of victims.
Too much research focuses on “fixing women”, so let’s hear the male line on what needs to be done.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin 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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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, 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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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
