gender roles

In South Korea, a growing number of young women are rejecting societal expectations of marriage, motherhood and heterosexual relationships.

Few of us are aware of the well-established links between external crises and the violence that occurs within the intimate partnerships.

Despite greater gender equality, some women still prefer traditional gender roles in heterosexual relationships. We set out to discover why.

Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.

In heterosexual couples, wellbeing is lower when the woman is the sole earner, versus if the man is the breadwinner or if both partners are employed.

The average age of nursing students in Australia is rising and many are having to choose traditional gender roles over graduating.

Annabel Crabb presented at the Australian HR Institute’s IWD breakfast with humour, sharp analysis & an abundance of facts about men at work.

To me, empowerment is the subtle acts of fighting back against all you’ve ever known and been taught, no matter how small that push back is.

Women are fastidiously working behind the scenes to make Christmas-time special for their loved ones, often at the cost of their own sanity.

Men are happier when both partners contribute financially – but get stressed when their female partner earns 40% of household income.

A recent report commissioned by HR services and recruitment company, Randstad, reveals that Australians want better parental leave policies for fathers.

As a married, working mother in Australia Georgie Dent is a walking cliché. In a bid to ease the mental burden she’s trying to ditching the martyr path.