Gender Archives - Ms. Magazine

Op-ed: The “All-Consuming” Emotional Labor Caused by Coronavirus—and Shouldered by Women

Three weeks ago, most of us—proud feminists and progressives—would have said we shared the burden of parenting relatively evenly. Why then, at times of crisis, do these imbalances emerge?

A Gender Lens for COVID-19

Susan Papp

Gender is often an ignored factor during health emergencies—even though women comprise 70% of the global healthcare workforce. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the most effective policy responses will be those that account for how the crisis is experienced by women and girls.

COVID-19: Laying Down the Groundwork for Recovery with Gender at the Fore

Aria Grabowski

While healthcare workers across the globe combat this pandemic, we must begin laying out the roadmap to recovery—a roadmap informed both by experiences from the front lines today and the lessons learned from our past.

National

Young People Have Their Own Battles to Fight Against Sexism

Brittany Dernberger

Conventional wisdom suggests that the liberal attitudes about sexual orientation and gender identity held by Millennials and Generation Z will propel social transformation. But our new study in Sociological Science finds that young people hold more conservative gender attitudes than typically assumed.

Voices

Five Ways To Show Up For Theybies and Their Parents

Marea Goodman

We have a lot to learn. Let’s learn together.

Voices

Three Gender Norms That Reinforce Toxic Masculinity

Ratna Gill

The next time we comment on men displaying their passion and vulnerability in the public sphere, I hope we can take a moment to think about the very real consequences of the judgements we pass.

Arts & Entertainment

The Ms. Q&A: What Alexandra Robbins Learned as an Undercover Greek

Austin Faulds

Writing an anti-fraternity manifesto would likely have been an infinitely easier choice—but instead, Alexandra Robbins sought successfully to weave hope from chaos in “Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men.”

Voices

Who’s Your Daddy?

Kimberly Dark

In order to dismantle patriarchy, and still nurture the vital human force of masculinity, we have to understand our draw and repulsion to Daddy: the nurturer, the dominator, the destroyer, the lover. I had the tools to do that.