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Automated systems that watch online chats and flag racist, sexist and bullying behavior could help curtail internet abuse.
Don’t like dresses or skirts for schoolgirls? Then let them wear pants.
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There’s a simple solution to the school uniform conundrum: have a range of sanctioned options and allow students to choose, no matter their gender.
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From women in the kitchen to Santa’s huge ego, Christmas ads are still ridden with conservative gender messaging.
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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.
John Glenn stands in the NASA mailroom surrounded by thousands of letters sent to him.
John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University.
Letters from would-be girl astronauts in the 1960s tell part of the complicated story of sexism – in both NASA and the US at large – at the dawn of the space age.
Tanya Shatseva
We may think we’re comfortable with female bosses and politicians but research into implicit biases suggests otherwise.
BBC Question Time: one out of six ain’t bad… it’s pathetic.
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When it comes to ‘experts’ men still vastly outnumber women in the media.
Hillary Clinton walks off the national political stage on Nov. 9, 2016.
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Overt discrimination based on race is discouraged in American society. But the bar is lower when it comes to gender bias. The 2016 election is a good case study.
Hillary Clinton concedes defeat flanked by her husband Bill Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
Great expectations.
EPA/Mike Nelson
The words we use to describe male and female leaders are a good guide to our deeply held sexist assumptions.
Do we grade our candidates on the same level?
There often appears to be a double standard in how voters and pundits evaluate the candidates. Being perceived as a leader may have a lot to do with it.
Outside the courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Two major trials in the killings of black victims in South Carolina start this week. Learn about the state’s past and present struggle with racial violence in this roundup.
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The Fall writer Alan Cubitt is ‘hurt and upset’ at being accused of misogyny. But maybe misogyny isn’t the point.
Young women still see many obstacles to their advancement in life based on gender.
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Girls and women still face implicit and explicit discrimination, and a key to changing that is for more women to take on leadership roles.
FMRI scan during working memory tasks.
John Graner, Neuroimaging Department, National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
Science has shown that women are better at nurturing and men are better at logic. Or has it?
New linguistic studies show the ratio of “he” to “she” in Australian news reporting is 3.4 to 1.
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A new database that shows the use of gendered words in major Australian newspapers tells us much about whose voices are being heard.
Toxic masculinity is bad for everyone.
EPA/Shawn Thew
Donald Trump’s popularity despite his chauvinism is an ugly reminder that economic inequality and gender inequality go hand-in-hand.
Pat Hutchens
Speculation has fallen on whether Labor will maintain its planned policy of enforcing a binding vote on marriage equality.
The virulence of some of the contemporary sexism against female politicians reflects the unrestraint that characterises the social media age.
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Four years after her famous ‘misogyny speech’ attacking Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard reflected this week on her experience as a woman at the top.
Donald Trump hovered behind Hillary Clinton for large stretches of the debate.
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In reducing his aggressive, sexist banter to ‘locker-room’ conversation, Donald Trump reveals a regressive and oafish masculinity.