Women experience negative effects from the objectification that’s common in our society. What happens if they try to seize the reins and elicit sexualized attention in their romantic relationships?
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Women
Displaying 541 - 560 of 736 articles
The Canadian Armed Forces has called for women to make up 25 per cent of its ranks by 2026. Attracting and retaining female recruits will require better gender awareness in the military at all levels.
Concern for their pets’ safety can lead women to delay leaving their abusers. Better on-site pet services in women’s shelters would enable them to seek help without fear for their animals’ well-being.
Female leaders still face a hostile political environment in Canada, even though the provinces offer increasingly fertile ground for women in political leadership roles.
New research shows young women experience street harassment about once every two days.
Will President Rouhani, who has spoken up for gender equality, give women a chance in his second term?
Comments like ‘little girl needs to keep to herself before daddy breaks her face’ get a free pass in the name of free speech.
The 2017 budget contains initiatives that help alleviate some of the worst aspects of its predecessors. However, it doesn’t radically turn things around for women.
Brazilian soap operas are wildly popular in Portuguese-speaking Angola, influencing women’s fashion and creating a business opportunity for thousands of Angolan female entrepreneurs.
The Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” presents rape as an aggressive act, working hand in hand with the powers that be and permeating a school’s entire culture.
Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
A controversial policy could make women prove they were raped before they can get benefits is set to come into effect despite a wide coalition of opponents.
Some deride a Carnival trend in which women revel in the streets wearing swimsuits and feather boas. But to feminists, ‘bikini mas’ is a highly political act.
Most revenge isn’t violent or dramatic, but instead involves petty acts against coworkers or lovers. And some types work better than others.
What do you do if you marry a beast?
This is a thought-provoking, odd, shocking and beautiful movie about feminism, fantasy and film history.
It has been a rough year for the women of this world, which makes a day of recognition even more important.
Western countries are wising up to the fact that you have to deal with how the world is, not how you want it to be.
The Somali election didn’t deliver the long-awaited universal suffrage, but was another exercise in limited democracy that extended only to a small part of the population.
This rough and tumble sport has smashed through gender stereotypes – can it now be a force for social change?
Top contributors
-
Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of History, Macquarie University
-
Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
-
Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
-
Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
-
Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
-
Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
-
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
-
Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
-
Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
-
Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
-
Professor of Law, University of York
-
Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
-
Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
-
Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
