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/ 19 February 2020
The queen bee syndrome, whereby women in power consciously impede the development of other women in the workplace, is slowly gaining ground in South Africa
By the age of 10, children’s ideas about gender, relationships and violence are largely set in stone.
The age-old pitting of girls and boys against each other may need to be rethought because research shows it’s more than a battle of the sexes.
According to ancient rules, a woman in Albania was to have a life of subservience, hard domestic labour and total lack of control.
And there it was: the assumption that I cannot cook simply because I choose to dress up and wear make-up regularly.
Who says members of the fair sex can’t be genuine fans of so-called male sports?
Helen Zille and Mamphela Ramphele took a misguided risk because they’re politicians, not because they’re women, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.