Category: Violence Against Women

• Trump’s Higher Education Changes: Implications for Nursing from a Feminist Perspective

  Nov 29

  The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration has proposed revisions to graduate student lending that will significantly change how students finance advanced degrees. These changes classify eleven fields,… more ›

• Why Feminism Needs Men Too

  Nov 15

  Feminism seeks liberation for everyone. When men join the movement as partners rather than opponents, equality becomes possible. The Misunderstanding Feminism has never opposed men. It confronts power structures that… more ›

• Endometriosis and the Gendered Neglect of Women’s Health

  Nov 14

  It takes eight years on average for a woman in Britain to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis. The delay exposes deep inequality in healthcare. A Silent Epidemic Endometriosis affects one… more ›

• After Katie Fox: Making Britain’s Cities Safer for Women at Night

  Nov 13

  Introduction: A Tragic Reminder On a busy Friday evening in November, 34-year-old Katie Fox was fatally stabbed at a Birmingham city centre bus stop. The attack appeared completely unprovoked –… more ›

• The Confidence Gap Myth – What Is Really Holding Women Back

  Nov 13

  Are women truly less confident, or are workplaces still designed for men? The data tell a different story The Popular Story We are told women fail to rise because they… more ›

• The Silent Load: Why Women Still Do More Emotional Labour

  Nov 12

  Women still carry the emotional weight of family life, organising, remembering, and soothing others, even in supposedly equal partnerships. Here is why that matters. We have come a long way… more ›

• Weaponising Safety: How Nigel Farage Uses Women’s & Girls’ Safety as a Voting Strategy, and Yet Systematically Dismantles their Protections

  Nov 8

  “Women’s safety” has become one of the most emotionally charged slogans in modern British politics. It evokes fear, empathy and outrage, and rightly so, given the persistent epidemic of male… more ›

• Part 2 – The Agricultural Revolution: When Property Replaced Partnership

  Nov 2

  “The shift from gathering to ownership was not progress. It was the beginning of hierarchy.” — Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy (1986) Humanity’s relationship with land changed everything. When… more ›

• Before Patriarchy: When Women Held Knowledge

  Nov 2

  Minoan Snake Goddess figurines, c. 1600 BCE, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. “There was a time when divinity had a woman’s face.” – Marija Gimbutas. For millennia, before the rise of kings, priests, and… more ›

• Marilyn Misread: Trauma, Misdiagnosis and the Case for Reinterpreting a Woman the World Thought It Knew

  Oct 25

  Introduction Marilyn Monroe has been written about more than almost any woman of the twentieth century. She has been framed as victim, genius, puppet, addict, manipulator, icon, saviour and symptom.… more ›