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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK societyCreative Commons Image PhylB under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Stephanie Taylor (The Open University)

18 April 2011

Do women have a need for feminism in a Britain where they can enjoy porn while men help out with childcare? It might be too... Read more : Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

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By Professor Kath Woodward (The Open University)

25 January 2011

Who's really offside in sports? Kath Woodward, Professor of Sociology at The Open University, responds to sexist comments made by two sports presenters about a... Read more : Who's really offside?

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By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

06 March 2008

Women often lose either way, damned if they do and damned if they don’t express emotion in public, either approach being judged to convey symbolic... Read more : Tears or ice maiden: is there a double standard for women in public?

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Pages tagged as Sexism

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK societyCreative Commons Image PhylB under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

Who's really offside? Creative Commons Image By indigo_jones via Flickr under Creative Commons license

Tears or ice maiden: is there a double standard for women in public?Creative Commons Image Joe Crimmings under CC-BY-ND licence