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Posts under ‘Gender & Women’s Studies’

Compared to western and northern Europe, the abortion rate in the USA is fairly high. Why is this?

Hope asked: Abortion is legal, free and widely available in the Netherlands, for example, yet that country is home to one of the world’s lowest abortion rates. By contrast, abortion is completely illegal in countries as diverse as Peru, the Philippines and Uganda, but all have abortion rates that far exceed the rate in the [...]

Do feminists here really believe the myth that “if women ran the world, there would be no more wars”?

The Equalist asked: Do feminists here really believe the myth that “if women ran the world, there would be no more wars”? Do feminists truly believe that a global matriarchy would mean the end of all wars? Throughout history, there have been women leaders that have started or engaged in wars and military aggression. Queen [...]