Gender equality
Why people stopped talking about what Kamala Harris is wearing
The US vice president shows public scrutiny of women politicians has moved from style to substance.
- by Damien Woolnough
Latest
Victoria needs 6000 new place names. It wants most to be the names of women
A survey found over 1400 places and roads around Victoria named after men, compared with 200 honouring women. A new campaign aims to tackle the disparity.
- by Tom Cowie
Opinion
Marriage
Steven said no to the strip club on a buck’s night. Then his mates shunned him
Should the buck’s stop here? Yes, and so should the hen night. They belonged to another century.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t jeer at cheerleaders until you’ve watched this show
A Netflix documentary series forces many of us – including me – to rethink long-held stereotyping of cheerleaders as simply pin-ups of the patriarchy.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Sexism
Gen Z men have a problem with feminism. We need to talk about why
Earlier this year, a global study found one generation of men more than any other thinks feminism has gone too far. That generation, I’m uncomfortable to say, is mine.
- by Daniel Cash
I’m a retired nurse and academic. I’m also a sex worker
Slut-shaming kept me in the closet for 20 years. It’s time to reclaim my story.
- by Hilary Caldwell
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Australians average 13.3 sexual partners in a lifetime. That doesn’t seem like many to me
We have the world’s second-highest average for sexual partners, but the war terminology young men are using to describe their “number” concerns me.
- by Laura Roscioli
Opinion
Money & relationships
What the hell is wrong with men? Yes, it’s a multiple-choice question
It’s a question that researchers and, let’s face it, women, have been asking for decades.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Parenting
I regularly travel for work. Why do people keep asking who’s looking after my child?
These questions are no doubt benign in their intention. But my husband also travels for work, and I’m willing to bet no one asks him who has our daughter.
- by Melissa Singer
Nine’s newly appointed news boss admits culture of power games
Fiona Dear addressed a growing staff revolt in the television newsroom over allegations of lecherous and toxic behaviour by her predecessor Darren Wick.
- by Jordan Baker and Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
Women at work
When they cater for women, even the menu is misogynist
They put the MEN in menu and served chicken feed to a room full of chicks. Who’d dare cater for men with these ballerina rations?
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness