Tag: Gender
The war on women coaches
Laura Burton, University of Connecticut and Nicole LaVoi, University of Minnesota
During the past women’s college basketball season, two prominent head coaches, University of...
Political cartoonists are out of touch – it’s time to make...
Jennifer Grygiel, Syracuse University
The New York Times came under fire after a political cartoon appeared in print on April 25, 2019. In it, a...
Caster Semenya’s impossible situation: Testosterone gets special scrutiny but doesn’t necessarily...
Jaime Schultz, Pennsylvania State University
A yearslong saga between a middle-distance runner and her sport’s ruling body may be nearing something that resembles a conclusion.
In...
At work, women and people of color still have not broken...
Tesa Rigel Hines, Purdue University Northwest
Did you notice the race of your barista this morning? What about the sex of your mechanic?
I have observed...
Marijuana legalization – a rare issue where women are more conservative...
Laurel Elder, Hartwick College and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Surveys show that on issue after issue, women are more liberal than men, save...
Skilled blue-collar jobs are growing – though women aren’t getting them
Eric Hoyt, University of Massachusetts Amherst and JD Swerzenski, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the press, the phrase “blue collar” is often used as shorthand...
Why women in economics have little to celebrate
Duygu Yengin, University of Adelaide
International Women’s Day is a good time ask two critical questions about economics: do we have enough women in it,...
Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed
Sue Williamson, UNSW
We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United...
EXPLORING NATURE
Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your...
