Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates
In my article "A Father's Perspective About Daughters and Engineering," published in 2016, I shared my frustration about the lack of role models and the cultural messages that had left my two brilliant daughters—and many of their female friends—.....»»
Saturday Citations: Bronze-Age gender representation, gamma rays, nice bonobos in your neighborhood want to meet you
This week's news roundup includes a Bronze Age discovery that calls into question existing ideas of gender representation from the period. More research confirms that bonobos are actually nice. Plus: Actual good climate news?.....»»
GM"s Cruise suspends its employee equity program
Cruise, the robo-taxi unit of General Motors, suspended the program under which GM buys back employees' shares, following an accident that led to the pause of its self-driving vehicle operations......»»
Community-driven analysis identifies strategies to improve equity in Los Angeles" clean energy transition
After two years of robust modeling and gathering input from over 100 community members, 14 community-based organizations, and 31 additional stakeholder organizations in Los Angeles, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.....»»
Aston Martin F1 team gets investment from U.S. private equity firm
The stake sale, terms of which were not disclosed, values the racing group at $1.24 billion, Reuters reported......»»
Exploring the history of gender and transnational state violence in the US-Mexican border region
Dr. Sonia Hernández, professor in the Department of History at Texas A&M University, has published an article in the September issue of the Journal of American History. Her article, titled "Gendering Transnational State Violence: Intertwined Histori.....»»
Research counters "confidence gap" stereotype for women entrepreneurs
According to one prevalent gender stereotype, women are "under-confident" in their ability to thrive as entrepreneurs. But like so many gender stereotypes, this one turns out to be false, says Jennifer Jennings, a professor in the Alberta School of B.....»»
The Trevor Project announces its leaving X amid growing anti-LGBTQ hate
On the one year mark before the next presidential election, LGBTQ organization the Trevor Project announces its leaving X/ Twitter amid escalating hate and online vitriol. With the 2024 presidential election is just a year away, advocates are d.....»»
Researchers blur the gender of soccer players and have people rate their performances, with surprising results
During the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the telecommunications company Orange ran a powerful TV ad. It depicts the graceful agility and dramatic goal-scoring shots from French national players such as Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Gir.....»»
Why these former tech workers became sex workers — and love their new lives
Sex workers who used to work in the tech industry reveal why they pivoted, and express how they enjoy their new jobs. As tech workers resist return-to-office mandates, face layoffs that cut into hard-won diversity and equity progress, and watch.....»»
Why are fewer women using AI than men?
The use of artificial intelligence appears to have a significant gender imbalance......»»
Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools
Repair advocates say Apple's move is beneficial, but also strategic. Enlarge / A section of Apple's repair manual for the M2 MacBook Air from 2022. Apple already offers customers some repair manuals and parts through its Self-Ser.....»»
Research highlights gender diversity problems in Australian prisons
Trans and gender diverse people housed in male or female prison facilities face dangerous and stressful daily hazards that Australia's prison systems are trying to address to raise standards......»»
Penske Automotive Q3 net income falls 23% to $264.4 million
A strong performance from the auto retailer's North American automotive and commercial truck operations were offset amid lower earnings from its United Kingdom automotive operations, higher interest expenses and lower equity earnings from its investm.....»»
Equality in the labor market needs more than public childcare, economists say
Having children poses serious financial challenges. One researcher to demonstrate this is U.S. economist Claudia Goldin, who was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research on gender differences in the labor market......»»
Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too
It's a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were not physically capable of hunting because their anatomy was different from men. And because men were hunters, they drove human evolution......»»
Things Are Looking Up for Asteroid Mining
Asteroids are rich with the metals used in clean energy technologies. As demand soars, advocates argue that mining them in space might be better than mining them on Earth......»»
IRS to offer free tax filing in competition against much-criticized TurboTax
IRS Direct File pilot in 2024 is for taxpayers with simple returns in 13 states. Enlarge / Advocates gather on April 17, 2023, in Washington, DC, to call out tax prep firms like TurboTax-maker Intuit and H&R Block, and to support.....»»
In low-income families, shared parental responsiveness helps kids
When both mothers and fathers in low-income families are responsive to the needs of their children, good things happen, a recent study found......»»
An extended critique of the EIGE Gender Equality Index
New research by staff from Social Statistics has reviewed the methodology of one of the most comprehensive indices of gender equality, the Gender Equality Index by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)......»»
Why Women Earn Less Than Men: Economic Historian Wins Nobel for Work on Gender Pay Gap
Claudia Goldin mined 200 years of data to show that greater economic growth did not lead to wage parity or more women in the workplace.....»»