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Patriarchy

Recalibrating our responses
Article
/ 2 March 2018

Recalibrating our responses

"In South Africa, fighting occupies the space between everything".

By Milisuthando Bongela
The grey anatomy of a bad date
Article
/ 26 January 2018

The grey anatomy of a bad date

What do we lose when we characterise sexual coercion as a romantic blunder – and who gains from that loss?

By Sarah Smit
The toxic masculinity that fuelled Mugabe’s reign in Zimbabwe – and ended it
Africa
/ 11 December 2017

The toxic masculinity that fuelled Mugabe’s reign in Zimbabwe – and ended it

Grace Mugabe’s failings as a ‘mother of the nation’ contaminated President Mugabe’s image as a ‘real man’, allowing him to be challenged by rivals

By Staff Reporter
Who’ll do the cooking if a woman is elected president?
Article
/ 19 September 2017

Who’ll do the cooking if a woman is elected president?

The question should be: Is the candidate (a man or a woman) best person for the job?

By Staff Reporter
​Three Ps against progress
Article
/ 11 July 2017

​Three Ps against progress

The level of outrage at wrongdoing should be weighted by harm done to the vulnerable. Instead, the Ombud seems more sensitive to harmed privilege

By Philip Machanick
​What it feels like for a femme
Article
/ 30 May 2017

​What it feels like for a femme

Don’t mourn for us. Rather protect us while we are still among you.

By Staff Reporter
When we cannot trust our own fathers, which men can we trust?
Article
/ 19 May 2017

When we cannot trust our own fathers, which men can we trust?

Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile reflects on the impact toxic masculinity and patriarchy have had on her.

By Staff Reporter
Everyday commute of curiosity
Article
/ 13 April 2017

Everyday commute of curiosity

When I have conversations with women, they ask about my religion and my reasons for wearing hijab.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
​When identity politics and feminism clash
Article
/ 10 January 2017

​When identity politics and feminism clash

Proposing that white women form a movement of their own is exclusionary, racist and contrary to feminism as a body of beliefs and not an identity.

By Amanda Gouws 1
Where is the white feminist movement in SA?
Article
/ 2 December 2016

Where is the white feminist movement in SA?

Where is white feminism for young white girls who are not starting groups at their schools about the things that are troubling them?

By Milisuthando Bongela
​To break free of gender violence, we must all #SayEnough and act
Article
/ 25 November 2016

​To break free of gender violence, we must all #SayEnough and act

Oxfam is launching a global campaign to change patriarchal beliefs that harm women and girls.

By Winnie Byanyima
Cheating Mrs Penguin is no different to women who cheat
Analysis
/ 14 November 2016

Cheating Mrs Penguin is no different to women who cheat

The internet treated it like the next Brangelina breakup.

By Kagure Mugo
The art of teaching daddy’s girls
Article
/ 22 April 2016

The art of teaching daddy’s girls

Women are still being systematically subjugated by the ‘head’ of the household whose word is law.

By Staff Reporter
Attorney general: Women will destroy Swazi chieftainship
Analysis
/ 10 February 2016

Attorney general: Women will destroy Swazi chieftainship

Swaziland’s chief legal adviser has his knickers in a knot over a ‘threat’ posed to the patriarchal kingdom.

By Staff Reporter
Buttock protest sabotages fight for equality
Analysis
/ 31 October 2015

Buttock protest sabotages fight for equality

The ANC Women’s League’s decision to march in support of the supreme patriarch is ill considered.

By Philile Ntuli
Hilton College ‘rape’ photo: Balance is sorely lacking
Article
/ 16 October 2015

Hilton College ‘rape’ photo: Balance is sorely lacking

‘Burn the boys’ or ‘Let them be boys’ are both unhelpful reactions to the photo of schoolboys simulating rape, argues one private boys schoolteacher.

By Staff Reporter
A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa
Africa
/ 17 November 2014

A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa

Displacement, climate change and entrenched abuse block the support women need to enter the agriculture sector, and to be able own land.

By Staff Reporter
Letters to the editor: October 10 to 16 2014
Article
/ 9 October 2014

Letters to the editor: October 10 to 16 2014

Readers speak out on nuclear energy, patriarchy in the church and on Muizenberg.

By Letters
My bad feminist moment
Article
/ 3 September 2013

My bad feminist moment

Feminists who generate more rage than understanding do themselves – and their cause – a disservice, writes Verashni Pillay.

By Verashni Pillay
Rape sparks patriarchal backlash in India
Article
/ 18 January 2013

Rape sparks patriarchal backlash in India

The case has provoked outrage and anger, coming against a background of rising violence against women in India.

By Jason Burke
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