Tag: Gender
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Nobel winner sees an unfinished quiet revolution
Claudia Goldin says women have new professional power, but it’s often undercut by unequal ‘hidden work’
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‘Those inequalities are inequalities that occur within households’
The Henry Lee Professor was honored for her research on women in the workplace
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Imani Perry, Jason Buenrostro land MacArthur ‘genius grants’
One for interdisciplinary interpretations on history, culture of Black America, the other for pathbreaking technologies to advance study of gene expression.
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When mixed-race couples talk about race
New study finds duration of relationship affects comfort level of Black women in discussing topic with white male partners.
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Dad’s clueless, Mom’s fried. Maybe there’s a better way.
Harvard grad who wrote “Fair Play” explains the perception gap between moms and dads highlighted by new Pew study.
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A more expansive view of the best deal for you
A Kennedy School seminar examines how gender and sexuality influence negotiations, assignments, and expectations.
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Taken out of context
In a peer-reviewed piece published in the journal Science, scholars from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab created a roadmap to help researchers take greater care when writing biological definitions and classifications of sex, mindful of how their language may be used in the public arena.
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Reframing American Studies
Scholar Philip Deloria encourages his students to push boundaries of American Studies.
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Turning spotlight on Broadway’s representation problem
This class closely examines who is cast for what role in film and theater, as well as how cultural identity is portrayed.
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Tracking the effects of high heels at work
Research promises broader insights on gender inequality, according to UNC professor of organizational behavior.
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Your best, worst traits: Was it something mom did while pregnant?
Sarah Richardson traces history of debate over lasting effects of maternal behaviors, experiences on gestating offspring.
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Difference between Rittenhouse and McMichael-Bryan verdicts?
Caroline Light says the different rulings in the Rittenhouse, McMichael-Bryan cases come down to the defenses’ level of success in making the perpetrator seem like the victim.
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Wonderland reimagined
Virtually Oberon features Queer Bodies in Motion’s first artistic endeavor, “Alice in Rainbowland.”
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Study aims to quell fears over falling human sperm count
Rising fears over declining human sperm count among men in Western countries may be overblown, according to researchers at Harvard’s GenderSci Lab.
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Guess who’s coming to dinner
Marya T. Mtshali spoke to the Gazette about the long history of American fears of racial mixing, the importance of decentering whiteness in discussions of race and relationships, and why we should value love as a scholarly subject.
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More than biology influences COVID risk
The GenderSci Lab at Harvard finds that more men than women are dying of COVID-19.
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A season of surprises
Texas teacher Shanna Peeples got more than a degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “… it gave me this integration of so many things and it let me write myself into more authenticity,” she says.
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Who’s that girl?
New research suggests a country’s degree of gender equality can shape men’s ability to recognize famous female faces.
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Hidden costs of emotional labor
Is a smiling flight attendant performing emotional labor? How about the harried mom baking cupcakes for a kindergarten class, or your friend who’s always ready to listen and dispense advice?…
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An insider’s guide to the life academic
In a new course offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, newbies learn the ropes of grad school and how to navigate the world of academia.
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How workplace harassment programs fail
Corporate America began embracing workplace initiatives to end harassment nearly a half century ago. So why is it still a big problem?
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What a (spirited) drag
A live drag performance and extensive transformation accompanied a deep conference discussion at Radcliffe of gender and identity.
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Coed Hasty Pudding makes its debut
This year marked the first in the group’s 171-year history that women took the stage as part of the Hasty Pudding cast. Six men and six women make up this year’s onstage talent in the original student musical “France France Revolution!”
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Government Department’s climate survey finds satisfaction varies
The Harvard Government Department’s Committee on Climate Change, formed last March in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, has released its climate survey report.
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Where ideas, tensions converge
Mayra Rivera draws on her cross-disciplinary background in her role as Harvard’s faculty chair of the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights.