Black Lives and Police Tactics Matter
Do police provide a public good or do they perpetuate racial inequality? Like most institutions, they do both. Nonetheless, thanks to the tragic deaths of … Read More
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title ix at xlv
Title IX turned 45 this year. This would normally be a cause for celebration, but these are not normal times. Instead, as with many advances … Read More
How Grown Siblings Divide Care Work
The “graying” of the U.S. population has meant more adults caring for their elderly parents—whether that means picking up more expenses, moving your mother-in-law into … Read More
We own it
This is the Editors’ note for the Spring 2017 issue, posted here before print. Hypatia, a feminist philosophy journal, is making … Read More
Race and Rachel Doležal: An Interview
In June 2015, I got an email from a California radio station asking me for an interview about a person I had never heard of: … Read More
“Straight Girls Kissing,” Beyond the Elite College Campus
Many straight-identified young women have same-gender sexual or romantic experiences. Research on sexual fluidity, hooking up, and “straight girls kissing” has largely focused on women … Read More
Winter 2017 Table of Contents
The Winter 2017 issue of Contexts is available for free online until April 23, 2017 at http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ctx. In addition, links to select articles … Read More
The Complex Path to Secular Identity
The factors that shape secularity operate together, as our gender, political ideologies, and educational attainment overlap in complex ways. Read More
Babes in Bikeland
In Minneapolis, an annual “alleycat” bike race has become a powerful tool to educate and celebrate gender diversity in the cycling community. Read More
Gender Politics and Taming the Alpha Male Harem Master
Out of Eden: The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy by David P. Barash. 2016. New York, NY: Oxford … Read More
