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Jarred Martin

Jarred Martin has a PhD in psychology from the University of Cape Town and is an early-career academic based in the department of psychology at the University of Pretoria and a registered clinical psychologist. His research and writing focuses on gender and sexualities. This article is written on behalf of the Sexuality and Gender Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa.

Flags are projected on the dome of Tijuana’s Cultural Centre during the commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on May 17, 2021. (Guillermo Arias /AFP via Getty Images)

17 MAY 2022

Rewriting the wrongs – language that is not gender-inclusive

Gendered pronouns are not ‘just words’, but deeply personal and psychologically significant identifiers of personhood

Jarred Martin

7 min read

Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi)

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM OF NO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

1 DEC 2021

The quiet violence of inaction — we need to do better on gender-based violence

The only long-term solution to ending violence against women and children lies in funded, broadscale, multi-tier and multi-dimensional social education and reform efforts

Jarred Martin

3 min read