Why the future of farming is female

Professor Sally Shortall, Duke of Northumberland Chair of Rural Economy at Newcastle University, explains why women are key to the survival of the farming industry.

How peers influence teens' interest in studying math and science

The American workforce is losing out on precious human capital because too few women and racial minorities pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics––the so-called STEM subjects, ...

Tough girl or sidechick?

These have the potential to influence a young viewing audience and their ideas about gender and violence. Her study is published in Springer's journal Sex Roles.

School gender prejudice reflected in subject choices

Almost one half (49%) of co-ed state-funded schools across England are strengthening gender imbalances in terms of subject choice while fewer than one in five (19%) are countering them.

Women resent compliments about communality at work

Women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women's virtues and are seen as important for workplace advancement, according to new ...

Happiness hinges on the lives of others

(PhysOrg.com) -- People's happiness is significantly bound up with that of their "significant others", a new study into men and women's differing attitudes to well-being has found.

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