For economic growth, send the men home
Research finds the UK’s measly paternity leave is a drag on the economy.
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Why young mothers terrify me
I want to have children – so why does getting pregnant fill me with fear?
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Glenda Jackson: “It is never, ever a level playing field”
The Hampstead MP and former Oscar-winning actor on why people her age shouldn’t run politics, coming close to “castrating” her…
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The tragic case of Carla Foster shows why abortion should be decriminalised
Vulnerable women making decisions in harrowing circumstances should not end up in prison.
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Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge
The Nobel laureate on abortion, the “shame” of her upbringing and forging a new working-class literature.
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Elise Loehnen: “Wellness as a concept needs to fracture”
The journalist and former chief content officer for Goop on learning not to be good.
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I hate every minute of the “dream boys” stripshow, except, that is, for the ones I love
“I miss your normal body,” I later texted my boyfriend, having survived one of the most conflicting nights of my…
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Why all men should get vasectomies
Women won’t put up with having their bodies pumped full of hormones any longer.
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Employers must stop penalising women for having children
Why extending redundancy protections for expectant mothers and new parents is long overdue.
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The government is insulting women with its lack of menopause support
The UK’s 13 million menopausal women deserve better rights at work.
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Why are women still paying for HRT?
The government has made hormone replacement therapy cheaper, but any cost exacerbates the gender health gap.
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Is a feminist marriage possible?
A new history takes in everything from ancient Roman weddings to Don’t Tell the Bride to ask: can we redefine…
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How the Daily Mail blames women for the downfall of Tupperware – and everything else
The newspaper’s latest headline isn’t the first to hold female empowerment responsible for all the wrongs in the world.
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The limits of “female experience” TV
From Dreamland to The Power, shows are still signposting the astonishing revelation that women are complex people, too.
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Why women don’t date short men
Liberal young women have a prejudice we can’t justify.
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The Policy Ask with Charlotte Alldritt: “There can be no going back on childcare reform”
The chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy on the vital importance of wraparound school provision, adult skills training…
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How much should we pay women for their eggs?
We have a choice: act as though women’s bodies are for sale, or under-compensate women who put their bodies on…
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The other side of the gas and air maternity scandal
Amid the righteous distress of pregnant women, we mustn’t forget that midwives are women too.
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Labour ignores young women’s health at its peril
A new breakthrough in treatment for endometriosis provides a welcome opportunity for the opposition – if it recognises it.
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Childcare costs are failing mothers and the economy
New figures show the cost of full-time childcare has reached £15,000, which could be pushing thousands more women out of…
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