The Guardian has printed an excerpt from Oxford sociolinguist Deborah Cameron's new book, The Myth of Mars and Venus, which will be released later this month. Three excerpts in total are due to be printed. The first excerpt, printed yesterday, ambitiously lays out a plan of attack against the "myth of Mars and Venus... that men and women differ ( Read more... )

John Carvel (2007), writing for the Guardian (UK), discusses the final report of the UK's Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). The EOC's latest and last campaign, the "Gender Agenda" includes eyecatching graphics and an online quiz on how sexual inequality affects your life: Sex Equality MOT. (Note: you can not get results without answering that ( Read more... )