Women face extraordinary difficulty in seeking the birth control method of sterilization due to sexist reproductive norms.
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In the 1970s, a young urban planning professor, Dolores Hayden, believed that city design was the key to unlocking patriarchal structures that trapped women in the home. How much has the city changed?
Virtual assistants are often assumed to be female – perpetuating gendered assumptions in our imagined future.
Rock'n'Roll has long been associated with sexual misconduct but there are signs the industry is waking up to this.
New research finds that a quarter of respondents have experienced sexual assault.
The beautiful game still needs to perform on bigger social issues.
Many female politicians have had to endure sexist abuse, from Cheryl Kernot to Julia Gillard to Sarah Hanson-Young. And it is not a matter that should simply be brushed aside.
Leyonhjelm’s conduct is at the extreme end of the discourteous, sometimes boorish, discourse that too often is characterising political exchanges.
Academics and PhD students from a number of Australian universities have reported sexualised bullying, unfair workloads, sexual harassment and in some cases even sexual assault, usually from their superiors and supervisors.
The way we talk about football reinforces the idea that the men’s sport is the norm, and women’s the exception.
Women now make up a sizeable share of football audiences, but unless decked out in short shorts and cropped jerseys, they are barely visible in the media.
Advising women to “stay safe” is problematic because it transfers the responsibility for men’s violence onto women, and distracts us from more difficult conversations.
Bringing more women into the trades requires challenging social stigmas and improving mentoring programs and workplace culture.
His recent death will lead to some old debates about his work returning – but are they still valid?
The big four accounting firms’ brands are grounded in their histories. But looking into their past reveals many stories of discrimination.
The word “terrorism” has not been used officially to describe the Toronto van attack. But if it’s shown the accused was inspired by misogyny, Canadian law allows for terror to be added to murder charges. Should it?
France’s answer to #MeToo was #BalanceTonPorc – “denounce your pig”. An analysis of the idioms linking to sex and pigs provides some insights into why the hashtag hit home.
From #SoyBoy to #MilkTwitter, there’s a sinister side to milk.
Although fewer black women were lynched in the US than men, their stories have been marginalized. Will a new memorial in Alabama help make their sacrifices known?
Women encounter many difficulties in cities that are products of male design and planning. We need to move past the practice of one group shaping our world on behalf of everyone else.
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