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Images shown to study participants include four classrooms with features ranging from traditionally masculine to traditionally feminine. Credit: Michael Ralph, study authors The way people interact with the built environment can influence whether they feel comfortable in a space or if they feel they belong among people who gather there. However, the people who design learning spaces and those who use them might not feel the…

According to researchers, women are often typified as “Player Two”, a position of perceived lower importance in gaming communities and hiring practices within the gaming industry. Credit: Pixabay Women working in the gaming industry feel required to imitate stereotypically masculine personality traits if they want to gain recognition in gaming communities, reveals new research from Aalto University School of Business and the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a biracial woman, it wasn't easy for Jillian Sunderland to spend countless hours studying a website devoted to racism, misogyny and hate. But she…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Debates about using masculine or gender-neutral words to describe leadership positions, jobs and awards affect nearly all domains of society from business to politics and media. Recently, local politicians have considered changing titles such as "alderman" or "councilman" to their gender-neutral counterparts (e.g., "council member"). While some dismiss calls for gender-neutral titles as mere…

Disney fans have defended Baymax following conservative outrage over a scene where a trans masculine character is seen shopping in a tampon aisle. The series, which is a spinoff based on the beloved inflatable robot hero from the 2014 animated film Big Hero 6, sees the robot turn into a “personal healthcare companion” who goes around San Fransokyo assisting those who need help.In the third episode, a girl named Sofia heads into an all-gender restroom and is horrified to discover she’s begun her first period right before…