gender stereotypes Archives

You can’t tackle discrimination with self-belief alone

Holly Combe4 June 2019

Holly Combe reflects on a recent BBC Radio Scotland debate in response to Nicola Sturgeon and Anne Hughes discussing the issue of ‘imposter syndrome’...

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Is Wonder Woman a feminist?

Guest Blogger7 April 2018

She might be a powerful woman who embraces her strength and physicality, but, Sharon Jagger asks, can we really call Wonder Woman a feminist? ...

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Banning sexist ads will benefit the youngest in our society

Guest Blogger9 August 2017

Sexist advertising is part of a culture that teaches girls they exist to serve men and not themselves, writes Sarah Wilson...

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Fighting sexist stereotypes – a breakdown of the new report from Advertising Standards Agency

Rob Harding26 July 2017

Rob Harding breaks down what this recent report on gender stereotypes in advertising actually means...

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The comic strip: Stereotype bags

Guest Blogger21 July 2017

The F-Word's resident cartoonist, Silvia Carrus, shows that gender stereotypes very often do not fit comfortably...

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One woman’s voice

Megan Stodel20 July 2017

Megan Stodel finds that OperaUpClose’s La Voix Humaine doesn’t go far enough in its attempt to subvert the opera’s gender roles...

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Anne with an E tells the trauma of adoption like it is

Alessia Galatini21 June 2017

Alessia Galatini watches Netflix’s recent adaptation of L.M Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and finds it takes a stand on what it means to be a good parent...

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The (anti)feminist teachers in popular media

Guest Blogger27 May 2017

Our monthly guest blogger, Madeleine Pownall, worries about what the portrayal of women in popular media is teaching us about gender and sexuality...

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Please stop calling your daughters ‘stupid’

Guest Blogger20 May 2017

Madeleine Pownall argues that we should be careful how we label our children, as words are powerful and can have a lasting impact...

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He said, she said: the misogyny of the casual pronoun

Guest Blogger20 March 2017

Beth Leslie argues that use of gender-specific pronouns is often a microaggression and we cannot achieve a more equal society until we overcome our inherent bias...

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Navigating girlhood

Sarah Wishart17 March 2017

Sarah Wishart is impressed by the hypnotic performance of a girl on the cusp of teenagehood in The Fits...

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Flipping gender stereotypes rather than challenging them?

Cath Murray6 February 2017

Fleabag explores a modern woman’s experience of her sexuality in a way that flips 'male' and 'female' stereotypes but Cath Murray wonders if it could have done so in a less binary way ...

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Sawdust and sisterhood

Guest Blogger11 July 2016

Flora Herberich writes about the role of women in contemporary circus and the upcoming Postcards Festival at Jacksons Lane Theatre in London...

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Science, stereotypes and society

Pamela Jacobsen24 February 2016

Pamela Jacobsen explores stereotype threat - a phenomenon where people underperform in certain subjects when they're reminded of their gender...

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Nothing feminist to detect?

Lisa Glass28 October 2015

Lisa Glass watches the 2015 DVD release of 1990s detective drama Chandler & Co and is disappointed with the old fashioned humour and lack of realism...

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Exiting the sausage fest

Megan Stodel2 September 2015

When previously carnivorous Megan Stodel started cutting down on meat, she was surprised to find gender expectations more of a barrier than sourcing recipes with enough cheese in them...

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A very curious case

Harriet Wailling6 August 2015

A new version of The Curious Case of Jekyll and Hyde is thought-provoking for Harriet Wailling, but its attempts to grapple with gender sometimes miss the mark...

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Can you be half hearted when trying to avoid gender stereotypes?

Sarah Flude5 May 2014

Guest blogger Sarah muses on avoiding the gender stereotyping of children, the equal division of work around the house, and the will to do *something* ...

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