Gender studies is a multifaceted field, as the Second Annual Conference of the Gender Studies Association in Oldenburg demonstrated in early 2012.More ...
Like all social orders, the gender order is not carved in stone. It has been shifting, especially of late, blurring the once clear-cut lines between our culturally encoded conceptions of femininity and masculinity.More ...
The media present politics as a predominantly male preserve. Women are allotted a place there – even in the chancellor’s chair – on an exceptional basis at best.More ...
Are women in fact more gifted at language, and are men really better at orienting themselves spatially? Are gender differences evidenced by images of brain structures and activities? Are they biologically hard-wired into us, unchanging and true of all women and men?More ...
