Gender
![Neon signs reading “Willkommen im Love Story” and “Caffe” with two women in lingerie at the entrance, illuminated by red lights.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/aa9a5653-9851-4a2c-8a8e-13465922c7f8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Gender
idea
The reality of prostitution is not complex. It is simple
Prostitution is not sex and it’s not work. Its reality is far from complex – in fact, it’s simple. Trust me, I’ve done it
by Rachel Moran
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Stories and literature
idea
Selfish, grumpy and unkind? That’s my kind of woman
Misanthropic female novelists and their characters make me hopeful for a future in which we shrug off feminine perfection
by Ellena Savage
![Stone statue against a black background, depicting head and shoulders of a male figure with a severe expression.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/893b60ea-616d-4a9c-8966-e3aa52b730de/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Gender
guide
How to be a man
Old ideas of manliness make us miserable. Being labelled ‘toxic’ doesn’t help. A reimagined masculinity is the way forward
by Andrew Reiner
![Abstract art of nude figures with long hair floating around a large, twisted pink shape on a dark background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3023c61c-679e-416e-9453-22a9dfc2154d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
film
Past trauma bleeds into the bond between one mother and her daughter
A film by Danski Tang
![A woman in period dress smiles while holding a small object depicting a nude seated figure.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/da3b831d-5452-486d-a68a-f308ff2cb15b/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Laughter and comedy
idea
Just when in history did men decide that women are not funny?
Women have been witty and bawdy throughout history. It’s only recently that men haven’t been able to see their funny side
by Joy Wiltenburg
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Love
idea
The problem with love is deciding who’s doing the dishes
The modern rhetoric of love is all about caring and sharing, and very little about equality and justice. Can philosophy help?
by Patricia Marino
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Work and vocation
guide
How to get promoted as a woman
Own your ambitions, know your potential, seek mentors, and other advice for navigating around glass ceilings and cliffs
by Jan Hills
![Two sumo wrestlers and a referee on a sumo ring during a match, with spectators in the background at the 2019 World Sumo Championships.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4fc1ff7d-30ca-4567-94da-9159f785a5c6/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Sports and games
film
With a hushed intensity, Tuvsho finds her place in the sumo ring
Directed by George Thomson and Lukas Schrank
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Gender
idea
Talk of toxic masculinity puts the blame in all the wrong places
Toxic masculinity discourse harms vulnerable boys and men and distracts society from the true sources of gender inequity
by Heidi Matthews
![A young woman in a red bikini and an older man in black trunks cool off at an outdoor shower, with a sunny beach background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/49751cd0-9f84-42a7-a27f-570945253849/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Gender
idea
What sex-difference science misses about the messy reality of sex
Men aren’t from Mars, women aren’t from Venus, and other persistent myths derived from debunked sex-difference science
by Jeffrey W Lockhart
![A still from the film Miss Congeniality showing the actress Sandra Bullock in a tight-fitting lilac dress walking towards the camera, surrounded by people in pink uniforms.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/91a29dae-09cd-466e-a2f1-4ad67e65860d/makeover-movie-landscape-1.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Film
film
From drab to fab – a playful dissection of the Hollywood makeover
Directed by Sue Ding