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#academia: Where are the women in universities?
By feimineach / in #academia, #quickhits / October 30, 2012Someone insisted to a student of mine recently that she must have got my title wrong because women are not “called Doctor” ever. “They’re just not,” apparently. When I w...
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ABOLISH MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE UK?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #sexism, #women, #thinkyblog / July 29, 2011Hat tip to redlightpolitics for this piece. From the article at The Telegraph: Mr Hilton, the Prime Minister’s strategy director, reportedly suggested the radical ideas during discussions on scrappi...
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#research: Romantic Teenagers Are Also Sexist
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 4, 2010Romantic Teenagers Are Also SexistA recent study looked at sexism in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19. Apparently, boys who had more romantic relationship experience were more benevolently se...
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DAILY MAIL SAYS MOTHERS SHOULD STAY AT HOME
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #thinkyblog / November 3, 2010Yesterday saw yet more "women should know their place" propaganda from the Daily Mail. The Mail reported from a recent meta-analysis that children suffer when mothers return to work in the year after ...
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