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Sexism And Gender Inequality
Individual beliefs don’t stay confined to the person who has them; they can affect how a society functions. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, looks at 57 countries and finds that...
Women’s Rights Activists in Egypt Say They are Experiencing a Backlash
The Nobel Committee announcement that three women will split an award for “nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and women’s rights” may reenergize gender-equality campaigns worldwide. But in Egypt, women’s rights activists...
Union Decline Accounts for Much of the Rise in Wage Inequality
Union membership in America has declined significantly since the early 1970s, and that plunge explains approximately a fifth of the increase in hourly wage inequality among women and about a third among men, according to a new study in the August issue...
Dangerous Lack of Knowledge About HIV Among Gay And Transgender Persons in Thailand
Gay rights activists in Thailand say a unique combination of muted discrimination and cultural mainstreaming of the gay and transgender community is to blame for a dangerous lack of knowledge about HIV among gay and transgender persons, especially the...
Power Or Gender Most Important in Causing Infidelity?
We have all seen the headlines. A powerful athlete, politician or businessman has committed adultery. The tabloids fly off the shelves and the papers are consumed with the how’s and why’s. However there is one key group that is often missing from...
Study Links Social Environment to High Attempted Suicide Rates Among Gay Youth
In the wake of several highly publicized suicides by gay teenagers, a new study finds that a negative social environment surrounding gay youth is associated with high rates of suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth. The study, “The...
Children Raised By Gay Couples Show Good Progress Through School
By mining data from the 2000 Census, Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld figured out the rates at which kids raised by gay and straight couples repeated a grade during elementary or middle school. He found that children of same-sex parents have essentially...
President of South Africa Demands Swift Workplace Transformation
President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has demanded quick action to address the country’s slow transformation in the workplace, saying South Africa was not achieving the kind of gender parity required by its democratic rule.
