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1 day ago · Let’s spare a thought for the women paving the way in male dominated specialties, writes Clara Munro A recent paper from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has gathered data confirming what many women in male dominated specialties in UK medicine have long since known: early exposure to relatable female role models affects your likelihood of choosing that specialty.1 Role models are essential ...
2 days ago · Sex differences in humans. Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender. This inequality can be caused by gender discrimination or sexism. The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society.
5 days ago · Though second-wave feminism argued for the sex and gender distinction, some feminists believed there was a conflict between transgender identity and the feminist cause; e.g., they believed that male-to-female transition abandoned or devalued female identity and that transgender people embraced traditional gender roles and stereotypes.
19 hours ago · The difference in life expectancy are believed to be partly due to biological advantages and partly due to gendered behavioral differences between men and women. For example, women are less likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors like smoking and reckless driving, and consequently have fewer preventable premature deaths from such causes.
1 day ago · Once a career largely closed off to women, especially in male-dominated sports, figures like Becky Hammon as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs are changing the game, challenging gender ...
4 days ago · A transgender person’s gender identity is not determined by the sex they were assigned at birth. An oversimplification like “born a man” invalidates the current, authentic gender of the person you’re speaking about and is considered disrespectful. Avoid “identifies as” language. Language within the trans community is evolving rapidly.
4 days ago · Nonbinary People. Nonbinary is an adjective used by people who experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as falling outside the binary gender categories of “man” and “woman.”. Many nonbinary people also call themselves transgender and consider themselves part of the transgender community. Others do not.
