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/ 5 February 2007

Who are you calling a bitch?

Far more unites men and women than divides us, but when it comes to negative stereotypes, women win hands down. Girls are "bossy" and grow into women who "nag", while boys of all ages are "authoritative" and "natural-born leaders". When men go out for a drink together it is considered positive social interaction or "networking"; when women get together they "gossip".

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/ 5 May 2005

If you don’t smack, what can you do?

Scotland is to ban adults from hitting toddlers – and the rest of the UK may follow. Harassed mum Kate Figes considers the alternatives Wednesday September 12, 2001 To smack or not to smack is fast becoming a question that will be decided by law rather than individual parents. Ten European countries have now outlawed […]

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/ 5 May 2005

Home rules?

A report out today suggests working mothers harm their kids’ education. Kate Figes takes it with a pinch of salt Wednesday March 14, 2001 The perpetual onslaught against working mothers rears its ugly head again today with the publication of a study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which implies that under-fives with full-time working mothers […]