Tag: sex discrimination
This year at the Supreme Court: Gay rights, gun rights and...
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court begins its annual session on Oct. 7 and will take up a series of cases likely...
#MeToo, workplace equality and the ‘wave of women’: 3 essential reads
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look...
Things have changed since Anita Hill – sort of
Meg Bond, University of Massachusetts Lowell
In 1991, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Thomas was nonetheless confirmed. Now, as...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...
Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
