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This blog aims to focus on gender and employment, equal pay, gender and organisations, transgender politics, theories about sex and gender, experiences of doing gender in daily life, performing and writing gender. The Blog is linked to the MA module 'Gender at Work' and many of the posts are written by students.

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March 31, 2022

Does university rugby culture reinforce hegemonic masculinity?

by Olivia Heathfield ā€œAll the freshers have to down pints… eat cat food, and lots of other random thingsā€ (Dempster, 2009:490). Hegemonic masculinity is a […]

Culture, masculinity, Sport by Barbara Jane Elliott
March 30, 2022

ā€˜I’m not like other girls’

by Paige Parsons …Hmm, not like other girls, or a case of internalised misogyny? Since I was little, I have heard this comment voiced from […]

Anthropology, Culture, Feminism, Intersectionality by Barbara Jane Elliott
March 29, 2021

Why I Am No Longer Talking to My Boyfriend about Surnames

Gigi Allen My boyfriend and I rarely argue and if we do, we usually come to a solution. Except for one topic that we just […]

Culture by Barbara Jane Elliott
March 29, 2021

5 children’s books for the gender conscious family

Maxime Perrott Reading books together as a family is one of the most beneficial ways to reconnect with each other after a busy day. But […]

Book Review, Childhood, Culture, masculinity, Uncategorized by Barbara Jane Elliott
March 28, 2019

Why is Ed Sheeran so popular at weddings?

Studying sociology is a great opportunity to try to answer life’s big questions – why do people fall into patterns of behaviour? What enables some […]

Anthropology, Culture, domestic labour, masculinity, music by Barbara Jane Elliott

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