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How Men and Women can Help Reduce Gender Bias in the Workplace
Embed from Getty Images By Emma Johnston I am a professor and a newly minted pro vice chancellor and I have spent my entire research and working life with male bosses or supervisors. I have never...
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What British Politics Tells Us about Gender Politics
Embed from Getty Images As an American observer of British politics, I’m curious about what British political spats tell us about gender politics in the West. Tory member of Parliament Philip Davies...
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What My Long-Haired Son Taught Me About Gender Bias
Do we offer more praise and fewer expectations to girls than boys, or vice versa? One mother of two sons shares her observations. — His jaw is set. His eyes steely. “I draw the line at Princess!,” he...
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How Gender Bias Rears Its Ugly Head In the Best of Relationships
Deeply rooted gender bias can undermine relationships – here’s a way to make sure that never happens… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – –...
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I’m a Man, and Here Are Three Male Privileges I Don’t Have
Men who are subjected to these problems don’t know where to turn for support, because all the awareness efforts are focused on gender. — People regularly yell at me, “Smile!” without any concern for...
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How Men and Women can Help Reduce Gender Bias in the Workplace
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What British Politics Tells Us about Gender Politics
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Wrestling G.O.D.—Unlocking a Colossal Breakthrough
I’ve never been a fan of wrestling. Wrestling: two men engaged in a tussle to pin the other down until complete submission is accomplished. Nope—not for me. Bro-wrestling is the worst, and usually...
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Yes, Men are Sexist—Not, Not You of Course—Just Everyone Else (Call for...
1970s feminist film critic Laura Mulvey coined the phrase “the male gaze,” which is “the way in which the visual arts and literature depict the world and women from a masculine point of view,”...
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Five Things Feminist Dads Do
Embed from Getty Images — While more dads adopt the banner of feminism, what does that really mean? Here are five things that every feminist dad does: He is a true life partner. A feminist dad sees...
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Men Don’t Believe Women—Why Is That Again? (Call for Submissions)...
This is the first of many #ThisIsHowSexismEnds prompts, essays, podcasts, memes, interviews, reviews, and articles over the next month that will focus on sexism, gender bias, misogyny, and ending...
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Our #ThisIsHowSexismEnds Media Tour Begins! Join Us!
This is the first of many #ThisIsHowSexismEnds prompts, essays, podcasts, memes, interviews, reviews, and articles over the next month that will focus on sexism, gender bias, misogyny, and ending...
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‘PopSexism’ and the End of Tired, Sexist Tropes on the Screens, Airwaves, and...
RSVP for #StopSexism Weekly Calls The fat man and the skinny wife. The damsel in distress. The “one-woman-maybe-two-in-the-whole-damn-film” trend. What has Hollywood learned in the past 70 years that...
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What Men Can Learn from High School Kids About Sexism (the Answers are Beyond...
Every female student’s hand went up when I asked who had ever been catcalled, holla’d at, or been the focal point of unwanted verbal or physical sexual advance, harassment, pressure, or abuse. Every...
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Why Showing up in Relationships Is Important—Even When It Feels Like a Burden
Embed from Getty Images — As important as relationships are to me, I still find myself burdened under the weight of carrying the emotional load. I have grown up in a culture (western) where material...
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Gamification of Gender Policing
— CNN recently published a piece on social access and the perceived lack of support for boys venturing outside gender norms. The author, a parent who clearly supports equal expression for all genders,...
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What I Learned About Sexism as an Office Lady in Japan
— An Office Lady’s day has a particular rhythm, and it didn’t take long for it to become mine. It was my first job out of college, and I was working at a company in Osaka. Office Lady is a traditional...
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Embed from Getty Images — Gender bias is often much more subtle today than the blatant bias we used to hear and see in the workplace 20 years ago. Yet, what we find is that bias is still there, it is...
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What He Said: Profiling Hurts
Embed from Getty Images — I admire Brian Lehrer from station WNYC. His segment on May 8, 2018 was insightful and thought-provoking. He interviewed Jane Mayer from The New Yorker on her latest story,...
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The Fine Line Between Where Chivalry and Bravery End and the Disposability of...
Embed from Getty Images — My introduction to the secret lives of men came from watching my father. I think I was around three or four years old when my observations expanded beyond myself and began to...
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