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#research: youngest millennials who seem resistant to continuing the gender revolution
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #research, #quickhits / April 3, 2017#research: youngest millennials who seem resistant to continuing the gender revolution Millennials and stay-at-home wives. Headlines: - “In 1994, only 42 percent of high school seniors agreed that...
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#research: Explaining the perpetual gender gap in academic science – @ESTBLSHMNT
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 1, 2017The lack of a one-to-one relationship between effort and reward in this job turns off women from entering the profession.On January 21, 2017, the first full day of the Trump administration, women marc...
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#study: women doctors paid $20,000 less than men on average
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 13, 2016Female doctors in the US are paid nearly $20,000 a year less than their male colleagues, even after factors such as age and years of experience are taken into account, according to a study of medical ...
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#research: It’s no surprise that women are more in support of gender equality
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 15, 2016Findings from @pewresearch. It’s no surprise that women are more in support of gender equality (patriarchy, anyone?) but here’s what’s frustrating: gender equality ranks below religious freedom in goa...
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#patriarchiesrealign: sustained gender inequality in the British Government
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 4, 2016Che Ramsden in openDemocracy unpicks the sustained gender inequality in the British Government. See also: Strengthening democracy: tackling the over-representation of men.This piece: opendemocracy (em...
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#research: motherhood Penalty for Women and Daddy Bonus for Men
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 30, 2016Today Fawcett release the latest findings from our nationwide poll of 8,000 people, entitled ‘Parents, work and care: Striking the Balance’. The poll found that when a woman has a baby, 46% of people...
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#anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: Why, 100 years after the Easter Rising, are Irish women still fighting?
By feimineach / in #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / March 27, 2016On the gap between what was promised for women in the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and what emerged then in the Constitution of Ireland. On the guardian (emphasis added).So what happened to the ...
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#vivelafeminism: Are we there yet? On feminism and social change – @feministcurrent
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / March 24, 2016After a screening of Suffragette, Jindi Mehat (feministcurrent) talks feminism, social movements and social change beyond the Suffragette movement, and offers a critique of “choice” and individualised...
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#todayin: you have got to be joking! As women take over male-dominated field, pay drops
By feimineach / in #quickhits / March 24, 2016Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling?It may come down to this troubling reality, new research suggests: Work done by women simply isn...
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#research: We are a nation of ‘hidden feminists’ (from @fawcettsociety)
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / January 20, 2016From Fawcett Society: Over two thirds support equality for women and men but most resist the feminist label.In our Sex Equality 2016 report, we found that over two thirds of people (67%) support equal...
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By feimineach / in #quickhits / August 14, 2014
The fact is, like it or not, you still live a world where gender matters. Where gender controls not just the entire course of your life – but the lives of women all over the world. Every second, a chi...
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#research: Poll: One in four British women think their main role is in home
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 1, 2014Unexpected statistic here. Also, some interesting international comparisons.Almost one in four British women believe their main role in life is to be a good wife and mother, an international study has...
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