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India is struggling to curb sexual violence against women.
A Hollywood star whose career goes into free fall as she turns 50 makes a Faustian pact with explosive consequences.
It’s a difficult question that has no easy answers, even if Kamala Harris wins in November.
The rise of misogynist attitudes among Australian boys occurs alongside an existing crisis — endemic levels of gender-based violence and murder perpetrated against women.
Exposure to extreme content does not guarantee radicalisation. Extremist messaging is most effective when it taps into real and perceived grievances young people may be experiencing.
Mambo’s Chicken regularly uses chicken breasts and thighs to objectify women. What does that say about men?
Around the world, violence against girls and women is on the rise. Researcher Stephanie Lamy has investigated misogynistic online subcultures to find out why.
Our research on school students’ sexist behaviour towards teachers shows some school leaders, colleagues and parents are downplaying harassment and abuse.
There is a corner of the internet that preaches male violence as a response to male violence.
Missing from the conversation is what’s behind the emergency: the misogyny and male violence that underpins these stark figures.
Like most woman politicians, Kamala Harris is already in the line of fire, facing racist and sexist attacks from Republican supporters.
Misogyny has made it difficult for all women to gain entry into politics, let alone Black women, who face the additional obstacle of abject racism. Will Kamala Harris finally break those barriers?
While the issues within one of Australia’s most powerful unions need urgently addressing, fixing the conditions that keep women out of the industry looms as a much larger problem.
Boys who wear suits are ‘men in waiting’, and they are waiting to gain the power that men have as they get older.
Women embracing football as fans has neither led to greater equality nor resolved issues around their safety. These issues need to be addressed urgently.
The Black hosts of the ‘Fresh & Fit’ podcast speak in the parlance of social justice movements, but apply it, in a twisted way, to justify misogyny.
Nearly all countries in the region have criminalised either femicide or feminicide, which has had a tremendous impact on society.
Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualised violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.
Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
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Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University
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Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham
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Senior lecturer, College of Business Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Social Policy, School for Business and Society, University of York
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Assistant Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Network on Technology, Work, and Family, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Improving the Wellbeing of Veterans, Public Safety Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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