Passion trumps love for sex in relationships

Norwegians judge feminists by their looks

Traditional gender roles are still prevalent in early kindergartens

Less violence against women in Game of Thrones

“Research has neglected the caring Arab man”

The dress challenges the suit as the ultimate power outfit

Minority girls are doing well, it's the boys who are struggling

Researchers with children – a disadvantage in academia

When sex becomes impossible due to burning pain in and around the vulva

It is not the ambitious girls who struggle most

How to measure gender equality?

A Norwegian recipe for measuring gender equality is now used in 16 countries.

How traditional are children's books?

Do they promote gender equality? Or do they reinforce destructive gender stereotypes? A new tool teaches preschool workers to analyse gender norms.

Women not very involved in politics on Facebook

Researchers has looked into what 20 million users like on Facebook. Its conclusion is that men are interested in politics, women in the environment. Young Norwegian women are among the least involved in civic affairs in the world.

Male victims of women’s violence fear that nobody will believe them

Men who receive help from crisis centres are mostly satisfied with the help they get. But they fear that nobody will believe that they’ve been abused by a woman.

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Norway

More research is carried out on breast cancer than on women’s heart attack. Even though heart attack kills more women.

Gender equality gives men better lives

Men living in highly gender equal societies have better quality of life than men in less gender equal societies, according to a new study.

Hidden stories in the new Norwegian queer archive

Norway's new Queer Archive is burgeoning with hidden stories about sex and gender transgressions, just waiting for researchers to dig in and explore.

Female directors - from artists to amateurs

Norway was once the land of female directors. Then they vanished. New research shows how female Norwegian directors were sidelined by a small French word.

Does society unravel as women pack up and leave?

Female labour migrants are criticised for abandoning their children in their home country. This stigma does not affect male migrants.

– Feminist theory needs a revolution

According to Professor of Literature Toril Moi, feminist theory has become so abstract that it no longer says anything about ordinary women’s lives. Concepts like intersectionality have become so overtheoretical that they no longer apply to people’s actual experiences.

Girls are better than boys are at regulating their own behaviour

Girls with wealthy and highly educated parents score the highest on self-regulation tests. Researchers believe boys and girls may be given unequal attention - both by parents and day care staff.

Rich boys more competitive in economic experiments

Whereas the gender difference in competitiveness is large among adolescents with high-educated parents, it is non-existent among those from the least educated parents.

Gender blind research on innovation

Due to gender stereotypes, some businesses are valued more than others, Norwegian researcher claims.

Love matters more than genes for children with same-sex parents

Water just may be as thick as blood for children growing up with parents of the same sex. In a study of 25, they all reported a childhood that resembles any other childhood – where close family ties are established through mutual love and understanding.

Gender equality creates new school boys

Boys in primary school talk about their feelings and hold hands. And they are very, very concerned about their bodies and appearance.

Wealthy women voted first

For most women who lived during the beginning of the 1800s, the lack of right to vote was also about class, not only gender.

Norse gods in a crusade for Europe

This week the trial has started against the man behind the terrorist attacks on Norway last summer. "Right-wing extremists draw on pre-Christian religion to build alternative power," says theology professor.

Beaten by their wives

Violence is neither a women’s problem nor a men’s problem, it is a human problem. But men who are physically abused by their partners don't talk about it.

Dreams of a welfare state

Women in Southern Europe would like to live in a Nordic-style welfare state to improve their opportunities. But the financial crisis has made their dreams less realistic than ever.