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What 'Barbie' can really teach working-class men
News, Betsey Stevenson, Published on 14/03/2024
» Economists spend a lot of time talking about jobs. Work is not only how people support themselves financially, it can also be the way in which they contribute to society, create unique identities and find meaning in the world. When work disappears or shifts, people can feel as unmoored and confused as Ken in Greta Gerwig's Barbie, who had one last moment in the spotlight at this week's Academy Awards, when Ryan Gosling performed the Oscar-nominated song I'm Just Ken.
Kardashian's Skims could be making a bad bet
News, Leticia Miranda, Published on 31/10/2023
» Kim Kardashian was in the news again this week. Not for whomever she's dating or some controversial social media post. Instead, it was for her intimates and shapewear brand Skims, which launched a new men's line, which includes underwear, tees and socks. The obvious question posed to Kardashian has been: When are you coming out with a men's shapewear line? It's "forthcoming", but not a part of the inaugural line. Smart move, Keeks. Shapewear for men is set up to fail.
School sex abuse cases spark alarm
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 24/05/2020
» The three child sexual abuses cases which have taken place this month are clearly a wake-up call for all stakeholders to come up with better prevention methods.
Nigeria's poisonous patriarchy
News, Ibitoye Segun Emmanuel, Published on 01/07/2019
» Nearly every country has some way to go to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5).
Sexual harassment knows no gender
News, Itsarin Tisantia, Published on 30/11/2018
» Like women, men can also be harassed and the media should start treating it seriously as the issue has been under-reported in the news, a seminar was told.
How gender relations define politics
News, Tyler Cowen, Published on 09/04/2018
» Explanations of the Donald Trump phenomenon often start with conservatives versus liberals, the rural-urban split, or perhaps race and immigration. Those all play a role, but the accumulation of evidence is validating a hypothesis from New York Times columnist Ross Douthat: A big and very fundamental split in American electoral politics today is between different understandings of sex and gender relations.