Many ideas of professional dress and appearance are not only completely arbitrary but perpetuate sexism, racism and transphobia – not to mention their cost.
Thin women are more likely to earn more and be perceived as more competent and professional than their peers. And weight loss injections are about to further exacerbate this divide.
Irish women may theoretically have more agency over their work, relationships status and family life than ever, but women’s agency is always enhanced or constrained by social status and by the larger contexts in which they live.
ChatGPT can be used to instantly craft dating profiles, questions, compliments, love poems, even apologies. People can appear more empathetic than they really are.
The idea of what constitutes ambition at work has been challenged by the quiet quitting movement but as the long and uncertain winter approaches, can it be sustained in precarious times?.
Not all victims of coercive control will experience physical violence, nor will their abuse be so well-documented and they need to be acknowledged and protected too.
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