Shere Hite dropped a bomb on American society when she upended traditional notions about female sexuality.
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Power and pleasure collide with Black hopes and dreams in the show that has sparked global conversation.
Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
The ‘Bachelorette’ controversy exposes a gendered double standard, revealing how patriarchal norms shape who’s punished and who’s protected after violence.
Swasthani holds a central place in Nepali culture. Its female characters uphold ideals of faithful wifehood – seen by some as patriarchal and by others as a source of strength.
As long as women continue to write, read and reimagine the world, novel reading will remain a vital site of feminist resistance and possibility.
Labour migration separated husbands and wives for long periods.
Women were often jailed for their association with anti-Franco male relatives. Behind bars, they suffered mental and physical torture.
There’s no evidence men are wired to use fire any more than women – yet, across cultures, it’s common to find bands of blokes bonding over the barbie.
Strict authority structures and notions of defence, fellowship and honour can be appealing to far-right extremists.
The pardons strike home for his right-wing religious supporters, many of whom think that Democrats will do anything to quash their faith.
One father over-engineered his smart home so much, his kids struggled to turn the lights on and off.
A gender studies expert explains why the Trump administration’s claim that everyone is male or female defies science and ignores the complexity of human sexuality.
The more I see figures like Zuckerberg suggesting that men are naturally aggressive, the less I believe in a difference between toxic masculinity and patriarchy.
Women in the Grafton community of Sierra Leone are often left with restricted land ownership rights.
Iranian Ahou Daryaei has recently joined the ranks of women who have used their bodies to challenge the physical and symbolic violence to which they are subjected.
Known locally as “la Reina del Sur”, Soraya’s story shows how gender issues permeate the criminal activities of gangs and drug traffickers.
Despite being crucial to Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector, women lack access to land. The bora custom is making things worse.
Cringe, corny and awkward − what’s not to love?
Swift positions herself in a long history of women accused of ‘behaving badly’ while revealing the importance of revisiting our understanding of the past based on shifting evidence.
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