Structural sexism: Researcher offers new perspective on gender and health inequality
A Florida State University researcher has found gender inequality in U.S. states is bad for everybody's health.
A Florida State University researcher has found gender inequality in U.S. states is bad for everybody's health.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2019
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A new Journal of Applied Social Psychology study investigates the associations between workplace sexism, sense of belonging at work, mental health, and job satisfaction for women in male-dominated industries.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2019
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A new Statistics Views article examines whether sexism played a role in what took place in the final round of the women's singles at the 2018 US Open, when American tennis superstar Serena Williams was fined for three code ...
Mathematics
Oct 11, 2018
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Donna Strickland, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. The third woman to have ever been awarded this prize in 117 years, she shares it with Arthur Ashkin ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2018
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If a man offers to help a woman with her heavy suitcase or to parallel park her car, what should she make of the offer?
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2018
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Virtual assistants are increasingly popular and present in our everyday lives: literally with Alexa, Cortana, Holly, and Siri, and fictionally in films Samantha (Her), Joi (Blade Runner 2049) and Marvel's AIs, FRIDAY (Avengers: ...
Other
Aug 13, 2018
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Some women may like it when a man opens the door on a first date or offers to pay the bill at dinner, while others may find the gestures insulting.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2018
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Despite being described by former U.S. President Barack Obama as the most-qualified presidential nominee in U.S. history, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 campaign for the highest office in the land. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2018
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A new study carried out by University of Warwick's Institute for Employment Research for the NEU teaching union and campaign group UK Feminista has found that over a third of girls at mixed-sex schools in England and Wales ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2017
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Just when you thought sexism was a thing of the past, revelations about Donald Trump bragging about groping women hit the news. Yet only 13 per cent of female Republicans think he should stop campaigning for the presidency. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2016
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