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If we’re going to grasp what makes Eakins’ art so tragically powerful, we should be honest about the man who made them – and the impulses that drove him.
Relations between the US and Africa are unlikely to improve while Trump remains president. But that doesn’t mean the continent should remain passive.
Only 5% of rape complaints in the UK end in convictions – what a legacy for the #metoo generation.
Intimate partner violence has tremendous negative consequences for women, their families and societies, yet it have not received the political attention it should.
Escape the romance trap with these heroines.
So-called experts say there are several practical reasons why so few women are in STEM. Any insider will tell you that the real issue is that women are still victims of outdated stereotypes and abuse.
Women everywhere have low status relative to men. This is a global phenomenon and there are no exceptions, and there is much work to be done in Canada and everywhere. The time is now.
Scores of Depression-era films depicted a pattern of sexual harassment that sounds all too familiar.
Speaking up and telling the truth is important, but we need to be mindful that it is risky, far from safe for all victims and survivors.
If you feel threatened or confused by the #MeToo movement, try channelling your masculinist mystique.
The personal is now commercial – beauty, fashion and feminism
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Sometimes I want to cheer online publications that combine politics, fashion and beauty for the way they are mainstreaming feminism. On closer inspection, though, it has produced some odd results.
Mennel Ibtissem, a 22-year-old student from Besancon, France, wowed judges, the audience and viewers on The Voice France, but withdrew from the show when she was accused of Islamic extremism.
New forms of fiction and non-fiction writing told the stories of the plight of everyday working women at the hands of abusers.
Recent deaths within the pornography industry in the US have reignited debates on labour conditions and mental health.
At least half of campus sexual assaults involve alcohol. But prevention programs at US colleges and universities don’t address what that means for bystanders.
A recent study found that one in three college-aged women prioritized their male partner’s sexual pleasure over their own. Here’s how that might lead to difficulties in saying no.
Banning relationships is likely to be ineffective and may result in disengagement, secrecy and resentment by employees of the encroachment of employment policies into genuinely private matters.
In the most spectacular manner, Malcolm Turnbull has publicly trashed his relationship with Barnaby Joyce.
Jordan Peterson is now a right-wing darling for his views on everything from transgender people, the #MeToo movement and political correctness on campus. But he’s not saying anything new.
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