“Is that a new dress? It really suits you! Have you lost weight? Your hair looks great!” This is what it often sounds like when women meet: We comment on each other’s looks. And unfortunately, this also applies when we meet little girls: “Well look at this, don’t you look gorgeous today! Look how long …
Norway is known to be one of the most equal countries in the world. Still, even here, we have received reports that the pandemic has pulled gender equality in the wrong direction. Surveys conducted by the Norwegian Gender Equality Centre concluded that the traditional gender role pattern has been strengthened. When a considerable part of …
Can’t you just call it humanism instead? Or equality? I have no idea how many times I have been asked questions like these. – What about equivalence? some people might suggest. – Call it neutralism! others demand. Call it everything but feminism, seems to be the message. Most people involved with these issues have at …
