By Theo Merz. The gap in the number of men and women applying for degrees is wider than ever, according to the latest figures. Why are men falling behind?
Men have fallen further behind women than ever in terms of university applications, according to figures released this week. Read more...
Ja, es werden mehr, aber es sind noch viel zu wenige: Frauen schaffen es in Deutschland selten bis zur Professorin. Sie werden vorher ausgebremst - oder stehen sich selbst im Weg. Beides lässt sich ändern. 
By Andrea Press and Francesca Tripodi. When Elliot Rodger set out to kill what he described as “hot” sorority women, his actions set off a nationwide discussion about sexism. That Rodger had posted a YouTube video and an extensive manifesto stating his murderous intentions, and that he had frequented an online message board called PUAHate, where users employed extremely misogynistic language to rail against “pick-up artists,” focused attention on the possible role new media might play in facilitating sexist violence. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Women are earning half of the doctorates in the life sciences these days, theoretically a major success for those wanting to diversify the faculties of STEM departments. But that success has never extended to the faculty ranks. Read more...
By Janet McFarland. Adding even a single woman to a board of directors leads to better corporate governance practices without requiring a critical mass of several women, according to a new study by a researcher at Simon Fraser University. A report by business professor Judith Zaichkowsky concludes companies with even one woman on their boards of directors have stronger corporate governance ratings than those with no women. Companies with at least three women rank even higher depending on specific industry sectors, the study says. More...
By Jeannie Rea. This year’s Bluestocking Week theme is ‘Crossing the Line’. How could it be otherwise? The line has been crossed already, not by us but by the Abbott Coalition Government and their advocates and supporters, who are seeking to wind back the clock as they actively attack pro-women and feminist policies and perspectives. We cannot stand on the sideline, but have to cross the line ourselves.
Last year, we focused on what the future may hold as it looked like the outcome of the federal election would be a neo-conservative Coalition Government. More...
Ja, es werden mehr, aber es sind noch viel zu wenige: Frauen schaffen es in Deutschland selten bis zur Professorin. Sie werden vorher ausgebremst - oder stehen sich selbst im Weg. Beides lässt sich ändern.
Um Professorin für Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft zu werden, brauchte Sigrid Nieberle Durchhaltevermögen. Bis sie mit 40 Jahren ihren Ruf an die Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg bekam, war es ein langer Weg mit vielen Unsicherheiten. "Bevor ich Prof wurde, habe ich in befristeten Beschäftigungsverhältnissen gearbeitet", sagt die heute 46-Jährige. "Ich habe keine Kinder - und viele meiner Kolleginnen auch nicht." Mehr...
By Noliwe Rooks. The artist and MacArthur "genius grant" winner Kara Walker’s newest work is about the history of sugar. It is also made primarily of sugar (four tons of it, in 500 layers over a Styrofoam structure). And it’s housed in a former Domino Sugar factory. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. Little did the ACE Women’s Network of New York know that when they asked me to give a talk on “Legal Challenges Facing Women” at the Culinary Institute of America last week that I referred first to my historian’s training and then to the law degree in preparing the materials. I can’t talk about law without thinking about its historical context. And it turns out that an audience wants to go a layer deeper, into anthropology, to understand why trans-historically and cross-culturally men dominate women. Read more...
By Geoff Maslen. Computers can mimic human perception of gender, according to a multi-disciplinary team of three computer scientists and two human anatomy experts at the University of Western Australia./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
