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Who does what chore can be a major source of tension in many households. Our survey of same-sex couples and their routines revealed four key strategies that can help lighten the load for everyone.
Feminists are about as man-hating as men are.
The pressure to parent looks different for women and men.
Female bodies have an advantage in endurance ability that means Paleolithic women likely hunted game, not just gathered plants. The story is written in living and ancient human bodies.
The latest State of the World’s Fathers report found a shift in attitudes. In 15 countries, between 70% and 90% of men agreed with the statement, “I feel as responsible for care work as my partner.”
A survey of over 600 teens and young adults across India found boys are more politically engaged than girls and also less aware of the barriers women face to becoming active in politics.
In some conservative countries, the abaya is part of expected dress. But in countries where Muslims are in the minority, the abaya can be a way for women to connect with their religious identity.
Rural women in Nigeria circumvent patriarchy to make decisions on their healthcare.
Despite greater gender equality, some women still prefer traditional gender roles in heterosexual relationships. We set out to discover why.
And men struggle more than women with female breadwinning arrangements.
Tara Calaby’s novel peeps into the interior lives of women in a 19th-century asylum and uses her historical imagination to generate new knowledge.
If hunter-gatherers went beyond nose-to-tail eating to include the undigested plant matter in a prey animal’s stomach, assumptions about gendered division of labor start to fall apart.
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was predicted that the shift to remote work would lead to more equal division of domestic labour. Recent research shows this was not the case.
Ghanaian traditional gender norms are the main barrier to Ghanaian women pursuing academic careers.
Each night there is a series of fights. Each winner chicken will continuously fight to the next round until the last winner is announced.
Royal women play important roles in succession disputes, such as the naming of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu’s heir.
Women have assumed different roles in alt-right movements, including organizing protests, spreading misinformation and organizing militias.
War is a gender issue in many ways, but the coverage of Ukraine shows how the portrayals of men and women are changing.
There’s an intricate interchange of culture, tradition and societal narratives in the way the vulnerable boys and girls experience school.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Researcher, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP); University of Johannesburg
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Professor of African Studies, University of Ghana
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Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology, Keele University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Ph.D. Student in Management, University of Florida
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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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 Sociology and Public Policy, Harvard University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Full Professor, University of Florida