There is a wider social, economic and cultural context in which sex work occurs. The criminalisation of consensual adult sex work does not prevent violence – it exacerbates it.
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Cosplay involves fans dressing up as a favourite pop culture character, but it’s also a way to experiment with gender. Is there a difference between the way men and women crossplay?
National Women’s Day in South Africa marks the historic protest in 1956 of women against apartheid policies. But, six decades on, black women have yet to fully embrace feminism as a discourse.
What produces the differences between men and women? Are they trivial or profound? Are they genetic or environmental, or both? And are men really closer genetically to chimpanzees than to women?
“Too emotional”. “Lack talent”. “Can’t manage a career and family”. It sounds like a episode of Mad Men, but that’s what regional women hear every day at work.
Thanks to quotas, the proportion of women in parliaments across the world has nearly doubled in the past 20 years.
The first film to see The Beatles in technicolour is 50 years old.
Global cities must guarantee women safe access to public space. But in cities like New Delhi, this access is conditional and bound by moral discourse.
Why oversharing, the act of sharing “too much information”, is a buzzword in contemporary culture.
Many public awareness campaigns fail to change attitudes and behaviours because they start from the flawed premise that just telling someone something is bad will make them stop doing it.
What can Star Trek teach us about today’s trek of life?
To reduce family violence, we need to examine the culture of masculinity and the way we socialise our children into gender roles.
David Bowie has long confounded us with enigmatic acts of gender transgression, with gestures and personas drawn from Hollywood stars, literature and avant-garde art. That flame still burns brightly.
The tech industry is known for having a notably non-diverse workforce. But bias training – when not validated by research that shows it works – isn’t going to solve the problem.
Language can subtly undermine women’s sports in a number of ways.
A gang-rape scene in a new London staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell was greeted with audience booing, and has sparked ongoing controversy. Are opera directors at risk of miscomprehending the medium?
Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
There’s more prestige than ever on our screens – but there’s also gender problem both in terms of the reception of female-centred shows – and the treatment of female creator-showrunners.
The terrible reputation of cheaters, divers, fraudsters and hooligans in the Premier League and beyond may be placing an artificial cap on the growth of the sister sport
The recently released Les Combattants is just the latest addition to a fast-expanding body of Hollywood-style rom-coms to come out of France.
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Associate Professor/Reader in Gender and Advertising Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
