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Fewer women reach the peak in snowboarding
When it comes to snowboarding, women are in the minority of top athletes, coaches, referees and in the boardroom. New research reveals how invisible structures help maintain an unequal gender balance in the sport.
Changing legal gender and gender points: Is the scheme being abused?
The regulations don't readily allow individuals to impulsively change their legal gender, a legal experts explains.
Whalers dressed up as women and slept snugly together
At the same time, life on the whaling vessels was both boring and extremely dangerous, according to one researcher.
“I don't post porn”: Norwegian master's thesis about OnlyFans
The competition on the popular site was fierce. In the beginning, the women made a decent profit from their content, but then the income dwindled, writes Astrid Rokstad in the masters blog.
Circumcision method creates confusion
A less invasive form of circumcision is becoming more common among Norwegian-Somalis, but the women have very different ideas of what it entails.
Killer children arouse our underlying fears
They kill with pigtails and dresses, and they shoot down members of their family in tight, sensual clothes. But the motifs of the murderous children we encounter in literature remain mysterious, says literary scholar.
When DNA tests show that dad is not the father
"As the law currently stands, there is no limit to how long one of the biological or social parents can withhold information about biological parenthood," a law professor warns.
Gender quotas on corporate boards? Norwegian researchers share their views
The Norwegian government wants to introduce requirements for gender balance on private boards, but do gender quotas really work? Read what researchers in the field think of the proposal.
Mari Teigen: Likes protest but in moderation
Armed with hard facts, Mari Teigen, as head of CORE – the Centre for Research on Gender Equality – has dedicated her career to investigating how gender plays out in the structure of society.
Reading Nikolai Astrup's paintings in light of his mother's art
A recent doctoral thesis highlights new perspectives on the famous painter. In particular, the influence of his mother, wife and handicraft provides new insights into his oeuvre.
AI is trained using old, gender-conservative data
However, in a recent report on artificial intelligence in the public sector, only three per cent of the participants believe that new technology increases the risk of discrimination. The lack of awareness is alarming, says one of the authors.
New policy brief from Kilden
How can gender equality be made an integrated part of the green transformation of the labour market? Is there a risk that the green transition of the labour market market will reproduce and reinforce the gender segregation of the world of work, or can the green transition provide new opportunities to create less segregation? This policy brief provides facts and figures and raises key issues concerning the relevance of gender equality in the green transition of the labour market.
AI is trained using old, gender-conservative data
However, in a recent report on artificial intelligence in the public sector, only three per cent of the participants believe that new technology increases the risk of discrimination. The lack of awareness is alarming, says one of the authors.
Interactive technology and "co-creation" foster diversity at the museum
Digital technology and interaction with the public will help increase diversity and highlight women in the Technical Museum's exhibitions.
Profit-seeking in ice hockey may reinforce macho behaviour
Swedish ice hockey players seemed more prone to macho behavior on Instagram than their Norwegian counterparts. This may be because ice hockey is a national sport in Sweden, which means more professionalisation and commercialisation, according to researchers.
Women in the parables were not just props
Even Martin Luther was more concerned with female characters in the parables than modern researchers have been, according to Ellen Aasland Reinertsen. In her doctoral thesis, she focuses on the Bible's marginalised virgins and slave women.
When the state apologises, history must be rewritten
When victims of state abuse achieve recognition, the identity of the entire people will change, according to Eirik Vatnøy. He has analysed the rhetoric of an Irish rights campaign for women detained in Catholic laundries.
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