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Join UsIs Zoom’s UX subtly sexist?
Lily Smith /
Mind and BehaviorTechnology
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Nonverbal Overload: A Theoretical Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue
Orthodox Jewish Women Can’t Sing In Front of Men. Instagram Is Giving Them a Voice
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt /
Glamour
An ancient prohibition has kept Orthodox Jewish women from pursuing careers in music. Thanks to YouTube and Instagram, some are finding an audience.
How ‘complementarianism’ – the belief that God assigned specific gender roles – became part of evangelical doctrine
Susan M. Shaw /
Yahoo
Complementarianism became central to evangelical belief starting in the late 1970s in response to the feminist influence within Christianity.
Hazaras, who are mainly Shia Muslims, have faced decades of sectarian violence. Women must also contend with routine harassment from men, with groping commonplace in crowded markets or public transport.
Asia’s Isle of Five Separate Genders
Daniel Stables /
BBC
The Bugis people of South Sulawesi are a powerful ethnic group remarkable for their recognition of five separate genders: cis male, cis female, men who exhibit traditionally female traits and vice versa, and then a fifth gender called bissu. While for Bugis gender is often described as a spectrum, bissu are deemed to be above this classification: spiritual beings who are not halfway between male and female, but rather embody the power of both at once.