This chapter provides a critical overview of archaeological approaches to gender and social inequality, and suggests future perspectives and approaches. We argue that considering gender as a central framework through which to analyse past social inequality is long overdue in archaeology. Surprisingly, ...
Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge. Consider the facts. There are 655 million fewer women in the labor force than men, women spend three times the amount of time as men on unpaid care work in the home, 195 mill...
Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge. A 2015 report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI),The Power of Parity: How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth, explored the economic potential available if...
Mechanisms of oppression that serve to subordinate the strengths, knowledge, experiences, and needs of women in families, communities, and societies to those of men are at the root of gender inequality. Grounded in the strengths perspective of social work, the basic premise of the present discus...
Issue DateNovember 2017 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0226-y Subjects Human behaviour Neuroscience Psychology Social behaviour This article is cited by Egalitarian preferences in young children depend on the genders of the interacting partners ...
This study explores determinants of attitudes toward gender inequality among Chinese people using five waves of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and East Asian Social Survey (EASS, 2016). The study uses five survey questions regarding the relative roles of men and women in the family and...
This study examined the gender and age differences in social inequality on life satisfaction among adolescents in 41 countries. Representative samples of adolescents aged 11–15 years from 41 countries were surveyed using the Health Behaviour Study among School-aged Children 2013/2014 (HBSC) questionnai...
In recent years, social media has become an important source of data for researchers. In particular, it allows them to observe everyday social interactions and to get insights into the reproduction ofgender inequality. Researchers Elizaveta Sivak and Ivan Smirnov used public posts about children made...
Addressing gender inequality is crucial for achieving social justice and equality. However, numerous challenges hinder progress in this area, making it a complex and multifaceted issue. One of the primary challenges of gender inequality is the deeply ingrained societal attitudes and stereotypes regarding...
Jessica and Peter Frankopan Director, University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies; Fellow in Social Sciences, King's College, University of Cambridge. Author ofSex Segregation and Inequality... Jude Browne Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...