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Why so many young men in South Korea hate feminism

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In many countries, young voters are presumed to lean liberal. Until recently, that was also true in South Korea. But in the last few years,

We can see the male gender bias of all-boys schools by the books they study in English

By Cody Reynolds

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“She’s more crazy than she is female.” So declared a senior student in a furious critique of Sylvia Plath’s poetry. The classroom was entirely male,

Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?

By Louise Richardson-Self

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Another day, another woman being called a “whore” — and worse — on Twitter. In the wake of her recent interview with Prime Minister Scott

‘Expect sexism’: a gender politics expert reads Julia Gillard’s Women and Leadership

By Blair Williams

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Why are there so few women at the top levels of politics? This question is at the centre of the new book, Women and Leadership,

Know your place – poetry after the Black Death reflected fear of social change

By Stephen Rigby

Community & Social

The sharp fall in population caused by the waves of plague which followed the arrival of the Black Death in 1348 led to one of

Still serving guests while your male relatives relax? Everyday sexism like this hurts women’s mental health

By Beatrice Alba

Culture

Sexism and misogyny harm women in many obvious ways. Women experience economic, workforce and health-care disadvantages, intimate partner violence, gendered violence in public places, and

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