Men with physical jobs have 55% higher dementia risk
While research has found that physical activity can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a new study finds that's not the case with hard labor.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: dementia gender jobs featured health-and-medicine physical-exercise
STEM TV for kids leaves out women, Latinx characters
Characters in children's television shows can shape kids' opinions and preferences, but STEM programming largely leave Latinx and female characters out.
Oct. 19, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: gender television stem society-and-culture race-and-ethnicity
Wives try to earn less? Not according to the data
A closer look at the data says no, women don't sabotage their own earnings to align with the "male breadwinner norm."
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: economics gender jobs money relationships stereotypes society-and-culture
Bruised masculinity can backfire in 2 ways
New research used false feedback to gauge the effect of threatened masculinity on men's relationships. The results aren't pretty.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: gender relationships society-and-culture
Pandemic puts certain groups in high-hazard work
Out of the Washington state workforce of 3.3 million, some 900,000 fill positions in 55 high-hazard lines of work. They're mostly female and disproportionately people of color.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: covid-19 gender jobs money united-states health-and-medicine race-and-ethnicity
Women are more likely to follow COVID safety measures
A new study shows that women are better than men about following COVID-19 safety measures like social distancing, hygiene, and mask wearing.
Oct. 5, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: covid-19 gender health-and-medicine
Even though times are tough, working parents are happier
"When dads play a bigger role in childcare and doing routine housework, it puts both parents in a better position to succeed at work."
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: parents gender jobs emotions families featured society-and-culture
More popular teens report fewer signs of depression later
Teens with more friends may be less likely to face depression later in their lives, researchers report. The finding is particularly true for women.
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: depression gender teens featured social-lives health-and-medicine
Women equal men in computing skill, but are less confident
The gender gap in computing performance has dramatically narrowed, but a confidence gap remains.
Sept. 28, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: computing computer-science employment women stem bias quick-reads research-brief technology sexism careers confidence workplace workforce men performance gender-gap young-women
Positive messages about Blackness buoy Black girls
New findings link positive messages—and positive feelings about being Black—with a decreased likelihood of depression symptoms in Black teen girls.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: teenagers depression gender families stereotypes society-and-culture self-image race-and-ethnicity
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