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Xinran has written a moving story about female orphans in China. It is very shocking that as a result of China’s strict one-child policy, ancient gender biased traditional values and village land regulations female new born babies are either abandoned or killed in different villages in some provinces of China. Female orphans are a grim reality there [...]

Sometimes called “the last permissible prejudice,” homophobia reifies social ideas of gender, and ultimately reinforces inequality in society. Homophobia is an even worse and extreme case of sexism. If sexism is imprisoned in the strict confines of sex and gender stereotypes, homophobia sees these already warped stereotypes in an acute and even [...]

Educational attainment comes to those who have had the opportunity and material resource backing to go to school and get an education. The more financially capable can get better education from better schools that are, more often than not, more expensive. Quality has its price. The strength of educational attainment lies in the fact that it gives an [...]