#gender-inequality tag

Soft Skills, Hard Truths

Society values technical, "hard" skills over caregiving and relational "soft" skills, reflecting and reinforcing gendered, racial, and cultural hierarchies.

fromScary Mommy

Is There A Women's Hobby Equivalent To Men And Golfing?

Wives express frustration that husbands prioritize time-consuming, expensive weekend golf over family obligations, creating resentment and repeated couple conflicts.

Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds

Girls who play after-school sport in the UK are 50% more likely to secure top jobs in life, gaining benefits equivalent to a university degree.

Books

A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna review a woman's ambitions in Pakistan

A woman's pursuit of urban prosperity in rural Pakistani Punjab collides with entrenched patriarchal privilege, producing tragic consequences and sharp gender-class divides.

Social justice

3 weeks ago

The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit

Rape is a systemic assault on equality and rights, enabled by social, legal, and cultural structures that silence victims and perpetuate profound inequality.

fromFast Company

1 month ago

What's really stopping workers from using AI isn't what you think

The 'competence penalty' leads to AI users being perceived as less competent by peers, impacting their willingness to adopt AI tools, especially among women in technical roles.

Artificial intelligence

1 month ago

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath review uproarious tales of a midlife cataclysm

Desiree Burch emphasizes that middle age is not just a transition but a cataclysm marked by intense hormonal changes, showcasing 66 symptoms of perimenopause.

Women

fromAxios

1 month ago

The class divide among women in the workplace is widening

College-educated women show increased workforce participation, while their non-college counterparts remain stagnant.

fromwww.dw.com

2 months ago

Tour de France Femmes: On par with the men? DW 07/25/2025

Demi Vollering expressed her disappointment about the prize money disparity between male and female professional cyclists, stating the prize money at Milan-Sanremo was only 11% of that for men.

Women

fromComputerWeekly.com

2 months ago

Thousands of women in tech leave their roles each year | Computer Weekly

Deborah O'Neill emphasized the impact of women leaving technology, stating, "That's not just a statistic, that is a loss - potential lost innovation, lost opportunities - for this country and for all of our organisations."

Women in technology

fromABC7 San Francisco

2 months ago

East Bay teen to receive prestigious award at EPSY's for founding Girls4Sports youth program

"As I was getting older specifically around when I was 13 years old I noticed that more and more girls were dropping out of the swim team that I was part of because they were receiving sexist comments. Emphasizing female inferiority in sports and after receiving such comments myself I was pushed to found Girls4Sports," said Maegha Ramanathan, founder of Girls4Sports.

Women

Social justice

fromwww.dw.com

How the manosphere is making misogyny mainstream DW 06/30/2025

The manosphere promotes misogyny and anti-feminist narratives through social media, drawing in young users with toxic ideologies.

Parenting

fromwww.nytimes.com

Video: Opinion | Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label.'

Motherhood incurs significant career and financial penalties for women, often leading to reduced earnings and lost opportunities.

Film

fromInverse

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Zaniest Time-Travel Movie Of The Year

The film creatively combines time travel with themes of gender inequality and societal change.

Parenting

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Money not infertility, UN report says: Why birth rates are plummeting

The global fertility crisis is driven by the lack of reproductive choices rather than a disinterest in parenthood.

fromtime.com

Adam Smith, The Inventor of Capitalism Lived With His Mother. Here's Why That Matters

The contributions of domestic labor, primarily performed by women, remain undervalued in capitalist structures, echoing through history into modern society.

Women in technology

fromPsychology Today

The Emotional Labor Tax: Naming the Invisible Work Women Carry

Women, especially women of color, disproportionately carry emotional labor at work, leading to burnout and career stagnation.

Public health

Younger generations less likely to have dementia, study suggests

Younger generations exhibit a lower risk of dementia at the same age as older generations, particularly among women.

NYC politics

fromwww.mediaite.com

Joy Behar Presses Anthony Weiner on Why Men Like He and Trump Survive Scandals While More Qualified' Women Lose Elections

Gender disparity in politics leads to women losing elections while men survive scandals.

Women in technology

fromBusiness Insider

Keke Palmer said she didn't feel adequately paid in Hollywood until Jordan Peele's 'Nope' - two decades into her career

Keke Palmer emphasizes the importance of diversifying income sources to address systemic inequities in Hollywood.

fromBusiness Insider

Jane Goodall, 91, on being objectified early in her career: 'If my legs were getting me the money, thank you legs'

"Back then, all I wanted was to get back to the chimps. So if my legs were getting me the money, thank you legs."

Women in technology

fromIndependent

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: I'd like to think Michael Collins would tog out in a skort to expose our camogie hypocrisy

The double standard between men's and women's games reflects ingrained cultural biases that prioritize men's contributions over women's.

Women in technology

fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

I'm a woman of 48 and as replaceable in the office as the swivel chair at my desk | Nilanjana Bhowmick

Women in their late 40s and early 50s face compounded challenges of ageism and menopause, leading to workforce attrition and underrepresentation.

London startup