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gender & sexism

Women, housework & the 21st century

Women, housework & the 21st century

It is astonishing that many women in the west still seem to be obsessed with housework and cleaning in spite of the advances women have made in the past 100 years. A recent series of visits to various online women's groups (that are ostensibly about something else) showed

The great maternity leave debate

The great maternity leave debate

I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce - so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I've been thinking about the debates around maternity leave and the low birthrate that have occurred recently in Australia. The key problem

Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices

Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices

Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women - education, full time career, part time work, family, no family, travel, etc. But for men there does not seem to be so many choices. Many women of my acquaintance have

Women in technology - is it really as bad as they say?

Women in technology - is it really as bad as they say?

There are a number of womens' groups that I participate in, several of these are related to women in technology. The feeling seems to be that hardly any women are in positions of influence and that there is something wrong with this. There was a recent article by Bob

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