Women may be happy in roles that are associated with gender stereotypes but the gender pay gap persists and women certainly aren’t happy with that.
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Women who publicly state their desire never to be mothers in the traditional sense challenge the idea that woman and mother are synonymous.
The Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton said he was concerned about body modification, gender reassignment surgery and future suicide risk. We check the research.
Ghanaians believe that boys and girls should be raised very differently. This feeds into strongly defined traditional gender roles and ultimately leads to women having a lower social status.
Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in formal leadership positions and particular speciality areas.
A Senate inquiry into the links between gendered marketing and domestic violence has been secured, but this is only the beginning of necessary cultural and social changes.
Who is the smart home for and why has it not taken off as expected? Perhaps because it has been primarily envisioned by and for men.
Men might not wear purity rings, but some are pledging abstinence, too.
Gay fathers often operate outside traditional gender roles and provide a model of “conscious parenting” that could offer some important lessons to heterosexual partnerships.
The risk of harm in sex selection stems from the fact that parents don’t desire any child, they want a child of a particular sex, who is to remain within the limits of binary gender roles.
Past hiring discrimination appears to lead African Americans to cast a wide net, while women tend to seek out roles historically associated with their gender.
Despite macho career advice, it’s time for scientists – and everyone else – to understand that the point is to work smarter, not longer and to strive for a realistic and livable work/life balance.
The famous portrait, usually resident in France, is on a rare tour in the US. From looking at it, one might assume its subject had a tranquil, even monotonous, life. But one would be wrong.
Research on gender roles has shown that individuals consider men to embody more masculine (e.g. assertive, dominant) traits than women, and women to embody more feminine (e.g. gentle, sensitive) traits…
“Get your hand off it,” says the girl in the ad. Here is a cowgirl type telling men not to play with anything while driving. It’s the mobile that she means, ha ha. Why should we be concerned? Because yet…
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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 African Studies, University of Ghana
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology, Keele University
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Social economy research manager, Intellidex and research associate, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Education, Deakin University
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Casual Academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, History & Philosophy of Science program, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
