In a change announced late last year, female players now have the option of wearing dark-coloured undershorts, provided they are no longer than their shorts or skirt. It's a small change, but it's one that has been hailed as a win for women competing at an elite level while on their period.

"This time, it's totally different. Because this is the first time after the revolution we've seen like women, shoulder to shoulder with men are burning the headscarves," says Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist who was banned from reporting in Iran and driven into exile 13 years ago.

"In the early days, when brewing was invented, and alcohol really first started becoming an important part of society, it was completely a women's industry," Mallory O'Meara, author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol, says. "It was the priestesses of temples who made it. The goddesses of alcohol all over the world were generally female."

Expectations of how men in China should dress have changed dramatically in the past decade. The country's leadership want them to return to a more masculine ideal.

China's "feminists fists" are a group of self-proclaimed extreme feminists who see men as the enemy. They're also known as "rural" feminists — a term that in Chinese has a humiliating connotation, similar to the pejorative term "feminazi" in English.

"We had a partner [at the law firm] who was known to be stalking the halls in the morning and making sure that all the women solicitors were wearing high heels."

"I think she's an artist of international significance. I'm hoping with this exhibition, it will be the tipping point ... Finally, we will start to really comprehend the power of her work."

These women - what a recent report calls "the almost homeless" - make up the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in Australia.

"We need to tell boys that there's not only one way to be a boy, and we need to tell boys that there are also lots of ways to be a girl. And we can let them know that when they use sexist language, it lets [that other child] know that they can't be themselves or have dreams about who they want to be."

"It's not just the physical aspect, it's about belonging somewhere, it's about the mental health benefits and the social benefits of participating."

The game simulates common messages from domestic violence victims, like delayed response times to educate players on what to expect in real-world situations.