Today's post on differenceblog discusses the use of implicit association testing (IAT) to examine gender differences. Some research has found differences between self and group esteem between men and women using IAT. Little research appears to have been done to see if women and men have different responses to IAT. Comments and links to additional sources are ( Read more... )

By Anish Ahluwalia - BBC Hindi service, Srinagar

Seventeen years of insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir have left a distinct mark not only on the region's politics, but also on its social and cultural fabric.

And it is most noticeable in a slow, but gradual, change in the life of Kashmiri women as new trends are emerging.

Social scientists in ( Read more... )

By Renu Agal, BBC News, Mewat, Haryana
Anwari Khatoon came visiting a relative in the northern Indian state of Haryana eight months ago, but ended up getting married against her will to a local man with six children from a previous marriage.A man from her village in eastern Jharkhand state had accompanied the 22-year-old woman on her journey to ( Read more... )

RIYADH (Reuters) - Tired of playing second fiddle to men in conservative Saudi Arabia, five women decided if you can't beat them, join them.Al Watan newspaper said the five women underwent sex change surgery abroad over the past 12 months after they developed a "psychological complex" due to male domination ( Read more... )