Researchers from the Higher School of Economics analyzed 62 million public posts on the most popular Russian social networking site VK and found that both men and women mention sons more often than daughters. They also found ...
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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A new UNSW study has revealed the science behind sexy selfies, showing that women tend to sexualise themselves in environments with greater economic inequality, rather than where they might be oppressed because of their gender.
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2018
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An international group of researchers, involving scientists from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna & Medical University of Vienna and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, developed a tool to track and analyse gender inequality ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2018
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Stereotypes suggest that women love to talk, with some studies even finding that women say three times as much as men. But, new research from a team from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, shows there is an exception ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2017
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With the recent election of Donald Trump as president-elect of the US it may not seem like it, but gender equality has steadily increased in the country over the last few decades. Common explanations for this include things ...
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2016
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Research conducted in part by a Berkeley-Haas School of Business professor shows that women in the business world may struggle to keep up with their male counterparts when it comes to jobs and financing, but come out ahead ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2016
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There was to have been a conference in Malaysia last week called Love and Sex with Robots but it was cancelled. Malaysian police branded it "illegal" and "ridiculous". "There is nothing scientific about sex with robots," ...
Robotics
Nov 25, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Saying "I do" at a young age isn't always the best career option for women.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2014
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In cultures that permit men to take multiple wives, the intra-sexual competition that occurs causes greater levels of crime, violence, poverty and gender inequality than in societies that institutionalize and practice monogamous ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012
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Female employees with access to family leave policies bear the brunt of economic downturns, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2024
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