Tag: Gender roles
Why are sitcom dads still so inept?
Erica Scharrer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
From Homer Simpson to Phil Dunphy, sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept.
But it wasn’t...
Women in Arab countries find themselves torn between opportunity and tradition
Alainna Liloia, University of Arizona
Arab women, long relegated to the private sphere by law and social custom, are gaining new access to public life.
All...
2020 campaign shows the more women run, the more they are...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she was depicted as “Mrs. Satan” in a political cartoon.
When...
Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts
Deirdre Clemente, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
At the French Open, Serena Williams wore a custom-made black catsuit. On August 24, the president of the...
How one ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster won out over all the...
Sarah Myers, Saint Francis University and G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University
Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the...
What about young men who are having unwanted sex?
Jessie Ford, New York University
Time Magazine recently featured “The Silence Breakers” as its 2017 “Person of the Year,” a nod to the countless women...
How a job acquires a gender (and less authority if it’s...
Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara and Laura Doering, McGill University
“I’m not bossy, I’m the boss.”
So proclaims Beyoncé in a video in...
Scandals at Uber and Fox show dangers of letting macho cultures...
Bert Spector, Northeastern University
Most of us have probably seen the video of Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick scolding one of his own drivers,...
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The military gambit behind Putin’s Arctic ambitions for Russian oil
The military gambit behind Putin's Arctic ambitions for Russian oil
James Henderson, University of Oxford
The United States Geological Survey has estimated that the Arctic regions...
