Tag #Gender Roles

Showing 37 to 48 of 61 results

bbc.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

Istanbul Woman's Dating Struggles Reflect Broader Trend of Dissatisfaction

Hazal Sirin, a 34-year-old Istanbul resident, details her struggles with modern dating, including frequent 'ghosting' and widespread dissatisfaction, mirroring a 2019 Pew Research Center study showing that nearly half of Americans believe finding a partner is harder than a decade ago.

Progress

52% Bias Score

No Poverty
theguardian.com
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
News related image

Carrion Crow: Victorian Imprisonment and Female Self-Destruction

Heather Parry's "Carrion Crow" depicts Marguerite Périgord's physical and mental decline due to imprisonment by her mother before a forced marriage in late Victorian London, challenging societal expectations of women and exploring themes of female oppression and self-destruction.

Progress

64% Bias Score

Gender Equality
nrc.nl
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
News related image

Evolving Interpretations of Couperus's "Eline Vere": A Grandmother's Legacy

The author recounts her grandmother's life as a servant and how reading Couperus's "Eline Vere" influenced her understanding of that life, revealing her evolving perspective on the novel over time, from childhood boredom to adult recognition of feminist themes and societal contrasts.

Progress

44% Bias Score

Gender Equality
theguardian.com
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
News related image

Hero": A Novel Exploring Female Agency and Societal Expectations

Katie Buckley's debut novel, "Hero," follows a waitress and aspiring writer who, faced with a week-long ultimatum from her boyfriend, revisits past relationships and explores the impact of patriarchal myths and societal expectations on women's lives, challenging traditional female archetypes and nar...

Progress

20% Bias Score

Gender Equality
theguardian.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

Asura": Kore-eda's Overlooked Japanese Family Drama

Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Asura" (Netflix), a 7-episode Japanese drama released in early January 2024, follows four sisters' reactions to discovering their father's affair and a possible fifth sibling, exploring themes of womanhood, family, and societal expectations in 1970s Japan.

Progress

20% Bias Score

Gender Equality
faz.net
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

Mieko Kanai's "Leichter Schwindel": A Portrait of Japanese Society

Mieko Kanai's "Leichter Schwindel" ("Slight Dizziness"), published originally in 1997, uses stream-of-consciousness narration to depict the life of Natsumi, a Japanese housewife in the 1990s, revealing societal anxieties and patriarchal structures through her experiences and perceptions, impacting c...

Progress

28% Bias Score

Gender Equality
bbc.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

Miners' Strike: Women's Unexpected Rise to Power

The 1984-85 UK miners' strike, lasting a year, unexpectedly empowered women, who took on crucial organizing and leadership roles in supporting striking miners, ultimately leading some women to successful political careers.

Progress

20% Bias Score

Gender Equality
elpais.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
News related image

Increased Paternal Involvement in Childcare: A Biological and Societal Shift

El padre en escena" argues that increased paternal involvement in childcare, supported by biological and hormonal changes in fathers, represents a shift away from patriarchal models, with data showing a rise in paternity leave and fathers' contributions to childcare.

Progress

40% Bias Score

Gender Equality
zeit.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

White Widow" Play Challenges Societal Norms

Kurdwin Ayub's new play, "White Widow," set in 2666's "Islamic State of Europe," depicts a female ruler, Aliah, who uses extreme violence and sexuality to control her subjects; her daughter, Cezaria, advocates for a different approach.

Progress

60% Bias Score

Gender Equality
npr.org
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
News related image

Novelist's Unconventional Career Shapes New Novel

After struggling to find work that balanced her writing career with financial stability, novelist Brittany Newell became a professional dominatrix, an experience that profoundly shaped her latest novel, "Soft Core," offering unique insights into human relationships and gender dynamics.

Progress

44% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
bbc.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
News related image

Ancient British Iron Age Society Centered on Female Lineage

New research using ancient DNA reveals a 2,000-year-old British Iron Age community in Dorset structured around female lineages, where women inherited land and wealth, challenging traditional patriarchal norms and demonstrating the widespread practice of matrilocality in ancient Britain.

Progress

52% Bias Score

Gender Equality
kathimerini.gr
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
News related image

Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilocal Celtic Society in Pre-Roman Britain

Ancient DNA analysis of 57 graves in Dorset, England (100 BC-200 AD), reveals a matrilocal Celtic society where women maintained strong kinship ties and likely controlled land, challenging traditional views of ancient European gender roles.

Progress

40% Bias Score

Gender Equality

Showing 37 to 48 of 61 results