Chaucer’s Monk wears fine clothes and prizes hunting despite his vows. Martin Laidlaw reads his portrayal and...
Gender
Gender history examines how societies have defined roles and identities across time. Read how those expectations shaped daily life and the distribution of power.
Ancient masculinity was never simply natural; it was constructed through honor, violence, self-control, domination, and the constant...
Victorian gender was never fixed, as domestic ideology, masculinity, law, sexuality, reform, and the New Woman continually...
Young men are using irony, aesthetics, and vulnerability online to test new forms of masculinity, turning identity...
The rise of the manosphere has forced a broader reckoning with how identity, grievance, and influence now...
It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online...
By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction: Reconstructing the Neanderthal Male Prehistoric Neanderthals—Homo neanderthalensis—once evoked brutish caricatures in...
How “alpha male” ideology distorts masculinity, undermines emotional health, and fuels a culture of domination over connection....
The migrations of Bronze Age men were seismic forces that shaped genetic maps, political systems, and gender...
Toxic masculinity and idealized motherhood content are flooding social media feeds — forcing educators, students and parents...
Behind the soft lighting and vintage dresses lies a regressive ideology that threatens gender equality, personal freedom,...
How did the youth vote change so drastically in the span of just four years? By Jack...
There are profound threats toward the universal right to bodily autonomy. By Raquel WillisActivist and Author On...
People have always pushed back against the social expectations that constrain them. Femininity The Physical Education of...
What fuels masculine anxiety? By Nick LehrArts + Culture EditorThe Conversation By Dr. Adam StanalandAssistant Professor of...
The kind of world that MAGA wants to inhabit. By Jessica KutzGender, Climate, and Sustainability ReporterThe 19th...
The patriarchy isn’t some kind of “natural order of things”. By Dr. Ruth MaceProfessor of AnthropologyUniversity College...
Republican men have angry views about their own masculinity. By Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Kim Parker The...
Today, the notion of the gaze is widely used in visual culture. Abstract In this theoretical context...
Divisions of labor are found across all human societies. By Dr. Vivek V. VenkataramanAssistant Professor of AnthropologyUniversity...
Prophecy stands out as the one divination form in which non-male persons feature most strongly. Introduction Prophecy...
His commentary on Wisdom made Holcot hugely famous. The Dominican Robert Holcot (d. 1349) was one of...
She believed baptism ‘made equals in the grace and cleansing from sins’. Introduction Interest in Mother Juana...
Male followers of the goddess Cybele, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine....
Saints are not truly saints until they are dead. By Dr. Blake GuttPostdoctoral ScholarInstitute for Research on...
The disparities in wages and salaries are at a whole other level for Black women. In 2024,...
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. By Dr. Amalia...
Exploring the varied forms of masculinity and femininity seen in the written sources. Introduction This chapter explores...
Comic book depictions of superheroines as politicians illustrate how sexism weakens democracy. Introduction Each July, comics fans,...
The pay gap persists even though women today are more likely than men to have graduated from...