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How Japan’s ‘salaryman’ is becoming cool

02 Feb 2018

Japanese men are becoming cool . The suit-and-tie salaryman remodels himself with beauty treatments and 'cool biz' fashion. Loyal company soldiers...

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Opinion: Girls can have it all: how to stop the damaging gender stereotyping in schools

03 Nov 2015

Professor Dame Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses actions that schools can take to eradicate unnecessary gender stereotyping.

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When gender roles are reversed: equality and intimacy at home and in the workplace

07 Apr 2014

In a paper prepared for the workshop “Gender, Equality and Intimacy: (Un)comfortable Bedfellows?” at the Institute of Education today – Cambridge...

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‘Herbivore boys’ and other fault lines in Japan’s gender crisis

21 Feb 2013

A new book of student research into key areas of gender in modern Japan highlights emerging trends of redefinition between sexes, and the impact on...

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Gender stereotypes under the microscope

05 Oct 2012

Is gender difference a result of nature or nurture? Is neuroscience research being manipulated to support gender stereotypes? A debate at the...

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