Category Archives: Gender Roles

Millennial pink is exposing our culture’s worst anxieties about “girly stuff”

Author Sady Doyle argues that pink, whether feminine or not, is simply a flattering and pleasing color that has been popular throughout time.

Not From Venus, Not From Mars: What We Believe About Gender and Why It’s Often Wrong

In this review of Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine, criitc Annie Murphy Paul explains how the author flips how we think about gender on its head.

The crucial role of men in gender equality

MSNBC reporter Richard Lui writes that men play a major role in fighting for gender equality. Read the article and watch the video to hear his argument.

In Pakistan, young female boxers punch through gender barriers

Read about a girls’ boxing club in Karachi, Pakistan. View the slideshow and video to see images of the gym and training.

How To Get Dads To Take Parental Leave? Seeing Other Dads Do It

Statistics show that seeing other fathers take parental leave helps remove the stigma of leaving work for an extended time.

From Bruce Springsteen to Tyson Fury, men are opening up about depression

A number of male celebrities have recently opened up about their mental health struggles, sparking conversations about male depression.

10 Ways to Raise Brave Girls

Caroline Paul, author of The Gutsy Girl, discusses how to instill a sense of daring into girls and why it’s important.

Is Gender Segregation in Sports Necessary?

Writer Alice Sanders argues that gender integration of sports teams would benefit society.

Esenam Nyador, Ghana’s female taxi driver

After being rejected by several taxi unions because she is a woman, driver Esenam Nyador refused to give up and eventually developed a list of ex-pat and tourist clients.

Why a 1920s legal move is responsible for the gender-segregated bathrooms we have today

Public Radio International gives some background to the United States’ separation of men’s and women’s bathrooms.

Where Girls Are Missing Out on High-School Sports

According to an analysis of data by the National Women’s Law Center, almost 4,500 public high schools in the United States have a large inequality gap between boys’ sports and girls’ sports. Read to find out where the problem is the worst.

Male Aggression: Why are men more violent?

This article explains that biological and evolutionary factors play a major role in male aggression.

Saudi Women Still Can’t Drive, But They Are Making It To Work

In this radio piece, Morning Edition’s Deborah Amos profiles a start-up online advertising agency in Saudi Arabia with an all-female staff.

The North Carolina Way

In a traditionally male-dominated field, women are leading North Carolina’s food industry.

This year marks a new language shift in how English speakers use pronouns

The use of “they” as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun has been growing recently. But the 2015 Word of the Year has a surprisingly long history.

Modern day Canterbury Tales refreshes Chaucer to tell the lost stories of refugees

In June 2015, a group of academics set out to re-create The Canterbury Tales by walking 80 miles across the North Downs in England and telling the stories of refugees along the way. Their goal was to give a voice to those who are often unheard.