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Kat Banyard – evidence of gender inequality
Evidence from Kat Banyard (2010) The equality illusion– the truth about women and men today, Faber and Faber. Today it is normal for women to worry about their looks. Girls have starkly different...
View ArticleSociology on TV – Women, the BBC Documentary
This BBC documentary is in three episodes – the first charts the rise of the Feminist movement in the 1970s ,and includes interviews with radical Feminists such as Susan Brownmiller, Kate Millet and...
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Sexist Ageism in the media
Question – what have these TV presenters got in common? Arlene Phillips Anna Ford Moira Stuart Miriam O'Reily (from country file)...
View ArticleObject – challenging the sexualisation of women in popular culture
A summary of a 2009 report by Object – Joining up the Dots – challenging the sexualisation of women in popular culture. Obviously of direct interest to anyone studying the ‘continued relevance of...
View ArticleTory cuts – encouraging a return to the traditional family?
Tory cuts are unfairly disadvantaging women, according to this article in the Guardian, which is akin to encouraging a return to the traditional family with the male breadwinner role. The article draws...
View ArticleTop Ten Resources for Teaching Gender and Development
OK – Only up to 5 – but I’ve really got to down the pub, and I really wanted to post something before I left! These are in rough order of how much I like them – If you prefer other sites then let me...
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To Pole or not to Pole, is that Objectification?
My sixth form college (16-19) has just started ‘pole fitness’ classes and put this very large banner up to advertise them. The college’s take on this is to see ‘pole-fitness’ on a level with Zumba –...
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Gender representation in the FTSE
Latest Figures show that there are now 163 women in executive positions in the FTSE 100 and 189 in the FTSE 250. While this does represent an increase on 2010 figures (an additional 25 women being...
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Using twitter to research sexism
Just stumbled across an interesting use of twitter – I’m not sure exactly what time it started but sometime today (the first tweets originate from 8 Hrs ago, so it must have started circa 12.00 GMT)...
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