While things are improving for the women’s game in terms of equality, a series of depressing instances of blatant misogyny show there is a long way to go.
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Labour’s deputy leader was forced to justify her own response to comments made about her.
Mirrors, selfies and knowing other people are looking at you all cause people to think of themselves as objects. Video calls are all three in one and are likely increasing the harms of self-objectification.
Putin has been consumed with presenting a hyper-macho image throughout his presidency. And in recent years, he’s ramped up sexist and LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric.
Women in films are often damsels in distress. Psychology shows such representations can impact how people feel about violence and gender roles in real life.
Extreme abuse directed at Jacinda Ardern is part of a wider problem of sexism and misogyny in politics. Research suggests it may be on the increase.
A speech expert wonders what this says about the pressures women in leadership roles feel – and the broader cultural impulse to police the way women speak and sound.
Despite seismic cultural shifts since the last movie, the 2022 version of Batman seems to be trotting out the same old tropes.
Darwin thought female animals were non-strategic and uniform, making similar decisions.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
‘Benevolent sexism’ - opening doors for women, offering a hand - may seem harmless enough, even gentlemanly. But a growing body of evidence shows it can have harmful effects on women.
Today’s social media is plagued by racism and sexism. Without intentionally building the metaverse to be inclusive, it will be, too.
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
While the style and fit of sport apparel may seem like a minor detail in the broader scheme of things, what if it’s not? Let’s let women and girls dress for the role they want to play in women’s sport.
She never ages. Her visage morphs. And yet women used to write letters to this brainchild of advertising executives, a cultural icon who still looms large in the nation’s imagination.
A survey of 251 women engineers who graduated from college in the 1970s sheds light on the experiences of these professional pioneers.
Jon Gruden’s resignation signals a much needed shift that hopefully forces franchises to be introspective when shaping their team’s social climate.
Ancient Christian and Jewish texts threatened women with hellfire if they stepped out of line – and those terrifying visions still resonate in U.S. society today.
Helen Vatsikopoulos began her career as a TV journalist in the 1980s. Watching a new ABC drama set in this world brought her a sense of deja vu, with one caveat.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
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Associate Professor/Reader in Gender and Advertising Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies, University of Oregon
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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