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Colours have no gender

References: Karniol, R. (2011). The color of children’s gender stereotypes. Sex roles, 65(1), 119-132. Pomerleau, A., Bolduc, D., Malcuit, G., & Cossette, L. (1990). Pink or blue: Environmental gender [...]

July 14, 2021 Elisabeth Torras 3 comments

Gender equality is a Western creation that has permeated other cultures

Amartya Sen, Nobel Economy prize laureate and now “Princesa de Asturias” laureate in Social Sciences, argues in his book “The Argumentative Indian” that such statement emerges from Western ethnocentrism. [...]

May 26, 2021 Elisabeth Torras no comments

Love tales do not create violence

Children, teenagers and youth daily receive many messages linking sexual relationships to violence. There are also a few messages linking affective and sexual relationships to no-violence and to love. [...]

November 29, 2020 Elisabeth Torras 5 comments

Gender equality plans accelerate progress towards gender equality in research

Analysis of Athena SWAN gender equality plans suggests positive impact of linking Horizon Europe to gender equality plans http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj.m3975?ijkey=puv8BSO/1KmDc&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals Error happened. [...]

November 10, 2020 Elisabeth Torras no comments

In any fight against male violence there are men and women in favor of the harasser and women and men in favor of the victim

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October 30, 2020 Elisabeth Torras no comments

Sexual freedom does not depend on whether the couple is stable or sporadic, but on whether being in it was freely chosen, without coercion

Sexual freedom does not depend on whether the couple is stable or sporadic, but on whether being in it was freely chosen, without coercion. This evidence could be found [...]

October 17, 2020 Elisabeth Torras 2 comments