Many people have felt the subtle pressure to be “man enough” or “woman enough” in the eyes of others. And research has shown this pressure can have personal and social consequences. When men feel ...

Needlessly gendered things pop up in the weirdest places. Sometimes, this means companies adopting marketing and advertising strategies where they, bizarrely, try to gender products and services for ...

It’s easy to see gender inequality as perpetuated by a few toxically masculine men, but gender bias is embedded in our social systems in many subtle ways too. One system that scientists have been ...

For example, the beliefs that only women wear dresses, that the color pink is for girls, and that women are less mathematically capable than men are rooted in how we as a society understand and treat ...

But while the idea that gender isn’t binary (i.e. there’s more than just men and women out there) may seem new to many people, gender non-conformity isn’t a 21st-century creation. Examples of people ...

Sexism describes prejudice or discrimination based on sex or gender. It affects every level of society, from institutions and governments to personal relationships. Sexism affects females and other ...

A newly adopted UN resolution on Tackling Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife (IWT) calling for gender-mainstreaming presents a welcome opportunity for more inclusive and effective responses to IWT. Women ...

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