What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Right? Apparently not always. It turns out the same rules don’t always apply to men and women, or boys and girls, when it comes to behaving “normally” ...

March is Women's History Month. As far as we have come in 2024, gender stereotypes continue to impede women’s career advancement. In a 2024 Annual Reviews article, Heilman, Caleo, and Manzi highlight ...

Post written by Dr Francesca Manzi, Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr Manzi’s research focuses on the ways ...

Gender nonconforming individuals do not comply with societal stereotypes of how they “should” look or behave based on binary – male and female – gender roles. This article will explain what the term ...

AI systems often reinforce gender stereotypes instead of eliminating them. Experts blame biased data, human conditioning, and ...

School can quickly dispel myths in a student. Lightning doesn't magically appear, we never use "if" with a verb in the conditional tense, and it was while searching for a sea route to China or the ...

Coming-of-age novels can give readers young and old insight into their own evolving identity and how to navigate a confusing, messy world. But there is another feature of the genre that isn't so ...

A study from Queen Mary University of London reveals that the music and soundscapes used in toy commercials are reinforcing rigid gender norms, shaping the way children perceive masculinity and ...

To close the gender gap in recruitment and empower women in the workplace, business leaders must rethink how they recruit and promote talent. Harvard Business School Professor Katherine Coffman finds ...