Health
Forceful and dominant: men with sexist ideas of masculinity are more likely to abuse women
Men who adhere to rigid, sexist stereotypes of how to be a man are more likely to use and tolerate violence against women.
Nov 7, 2019
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News tagged with gender equity
Psychology & Psychiatry
Muscle-building linked to weapon carrying and physical fighting
Gun violence and school violence have been on the rise since the pandemic, as have eating disorders and body image issues among adolescents—which includes an emphasis on muscularity as today's body ideal for many boys. ...
May 16, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Stigma among HIV-positive women complex and overlapping
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues report their study examining experiences of stigma and coping strategies among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada.
Nov 22, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores the experiences of girls who play on mixed sports teams
Young people who compete in sports are often organized into single-sex teams that compete separately. But what happens when youth have the opportunity to compete together?
Mar 30, 2023
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Health
The role of violence against women is overlooked in opioid epidemic
One night, a woman I'll call Tonya got a compliment from a guy when she was out with her boyfriend. Tonya's boyfriend cursed her because another man had complimented her. He said: "You give it to everybody, I want it too." ...
Mar 20, 2019
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Surgery
Study finds no differences in performance between male and female surgeons
A new study published by The BMJ today finds no differences in rates of death or complications between male and female surgeons in Japan, despite the fact that female surgeons are more likely than male surgeons to be assigned ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
European cancer epidemic could occur in next decade if health system weaknesses, cancer research not urgently addressed
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in cancer health systems and in the cancer research landscape across Europe, which, if not addressed as a matter of urgency, will set back cancer outcomes by almost a decade. In ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Other
Johns Hopkins faculty data highlight how gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime
Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, efforts to eliminate such a gender disparity have cut the difference in salaries ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
British Columbia first in Canada to provide free contraception
The Canadian province of British Columbia announced Tuesday that it will make prescription contraceptives free for all, a first in the country at a time when women's rights are under attack in the neighboring United States.
Mar 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gender stereotypes keep women in the out-group
Women have accounted for half the students in U.S. medical schools for nearly two decades, but as professors, deans, and department chairs in medical schools their numbers still lag far behind those of men. Why long-held ...
May 29, 2014
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