Traditionally female-dominated sectors are growing and male-dominated ones shrinking, yet sectorial male shares are not changing. Why? I embed a field experiment within the UK national recruitment program for social workers to analyse barriers to men’s entry and the nature of men’s sorting into female-dominated occupations.
A well-known Australian presenter, speaker, podcaster, and advocate for equality, Michael Ray offers parents and caregivers a compassionately raw, honest, and often humourous take on parenting as he sees it.
An Economist Best Book of 2022-A New Yorker Best Book of 2022
Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened.
Inspired by his own experiences as a father and policy expert, Richard Reeves’s groundbreaking book Of Boys and Men uncovered some of the ways and extents to which boys and men have been falling behind and imagined initiatives like “He Can H.E.A.L.” to inspire boys to pursue paths that they might otherwise feel are inaccessible or inappropriate for them.
the approach to such abuses remains strongly gendered, implying that females are the only victims. Yet, epidemiological data shows that males represent nearly a quarter of all victims of intimate partner violence. The mechanism of violence is the same regardless of the sex of the perpetrator. The physical and psychological repercussions for the victims are identical. Approaching this issue as domestic violence rather than gender-based violence would lead to better recognition and more appropriate care for victims.
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