New research has found a gender-wealth gap still persists in Australia — irrespective of what work is done, or the industry of employment, writes Jo-anne Schofield.
Gender divide
Maureen Dowd: unhappiness is a woman’s lot
This weekend opinion piece from Maureen Dowd is the most emailed story on The New York Times website right now. Her question: Did the feminist revolution end up benefiting men more than women?
Women in boxing: then and now
Literary Minded’s Angela Meyey chats with boxer Mischa Mertz about her book Bruising and women, boxing, aggression and class.
Why Sarkozy wants to ban the burqa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made waves with his calls to ban the burqa from being worn in public. His sentiments are caught up in a collision of French feminism, nationalism and secularism.
Leading ladies kept out of limelight
A conference at UK’s National Theatre has heard that women are being continually sidelined on and off the stage.
Women’s studies hits middle age
In the US, women’s studies made a formal debut to higher education in 1970. Now enrolment has gone global.
Do men and women cook differently?
Do male and female chefs create different flavoured foods? Five food experts undergo a tasting test.
Doing the equations on girls and maths
The reason females don’t perform as well at maths as males has more to do with culture than biology, according to a new study.
Twitter’s glass ceiling
A Harvard Business School study found that although men and women follow a similar tally of tweeters, men have 15% more followers than women. Typical, writes Jennifer Dudley.
Raising boys? 19th century steretypes in the 21st
Steve Biddulph’s book on bringing up boys takes us on a trip back to 19th century, says Clare Gould.
Gender divide is bad for Iraqis’ health
There’s a shortage of female nurses in some areas of Iraq. And some husbands won’t let male physicians touch their pregnant wives, letting them die rather than be touched by another man.
Where are the women in the Liberal Party?
The shortage of Liberal women in parliament is one of the great unnoted stories following the last election, writes Stephen Luntz.
6.30-7.30pm: f%$#! o’clock for every mother
I want a reality TV show where mothers and children unceremoniously evict these late-night meeting moles from their cheese platter world of adult-child apartheid, writes Liz Conor.
Australia Divided: Women v Men
Without going all Germaine Greer on you, Crikey takes a looks at the gender divide.
