Gender Roles

The design choices behind AI technologies — female voices, deferential responses, playful deflections — create a permissive environment for gendered aggression.

The saddest aspect of all this that a generation of boys may feel compelled to suppress the ordinary the joy of celebrating another's success.

A Vanuatu provincial government says it will repeal parts of its new bylaw banning menstruating women from preparing and selling food at markets and roadside stalls after the decision sparked a public outcry.

These clubs, which still exist right around the country, are the weirdest anomaly. They sit jostled up against the Australia they firmly shut their doors against; their purpose in modern Australia seems almost neurotic.

They talk of sleepless nights, a "love like no other", maybe even the odd meltdown. But not of the silent fury you might feel towards the demands of motherhood. Experts say maternal anger isn't just a normal response to impossible expectations: It's a vital sign about what mothers need — and aren't getting.

South Korea's new government faces pressure from both sides: young women demanding systemic reform, and disaffected young men resentful over perceived "reverse discrimination," expressing growing resentment over issues like military service and job insecurity.

What is it about the tradwife movement and its strict traditional gender roles that has struck a chord with modern day mothers?

Menslink workshops are helping young men tackle harmful social expectations, loneliness and anger, by stirring up the toxicity "all around them" and encouraging them to decide what sort of men they want to be.

An Australian podcaster's desire for a partner who does not "complain" about her workday and instead offers "peace and love" to support his ambitions has sparked discussions about the resurgence of traditional gender norms.

Examples of micro-feminism in the workplace range from practical to tongue-in-cheek, including asking men to take the notes in meetings, and holding doors open for male colleagues and insisting they enter first. 

Men discuss how to avoid taking depictions of masculinity on social media too seriously.

Men share their thoughts on what it means to be a 'real man'.

Netflix's new one-take crime drama takes toxic masculinity to a violent extreme. We asked an expert to help us unpack how reflective Adolescence is of our real world.

New data shows Australia's gender pay gap has narrowed, but working women are still more than $28,000 a year worse off than the average man.

Data shows just 2 per cent of total capital raised in Australia in 2024 went to all-female founded teams in 2024. Some of Australia's leading entrepreneurs and investors think Australia should ignore Donald Trump and instead follow California's lead to make diversity reporting mandatory. 

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya will remain in parliament after her party decided not to expel her over an explicit video of her circulating online.

In the 1970s, the way a wife conducted herself was almost equally important to her husband's career as his own abilities.

Gender disappointment still divides families and is sometimes perpetuated by mothers who experienced it themselves, straining relations between parents and children — especially girls.

The radical feminist 4B movement took root in a culture where women face domestic violence and insidious spy-cam sexploitation, as well as the "double burden" of work and family.

One in three Australian grandparents babysit their grandkids to fill in gaps in childcare, becoming a support "village" for working parents, research finds. But what happens if you don't have grandparents to rely on?