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Nine texts about feminism and gender inequality
The holiday of March 8 originally appeared as the day of the solidarity of women in the struggle for equal rights and emancipation. In honor of this, “Paper” recalls nine texts about feminism, as well as the fight against sexism and gender inequality. In them, we told how the movement of the suffrazhists arose in St. Petersburg, how to measure the level of sexism in schools and why society in Russia does not understand what Harassment is.
As the suffrazhists appeared in St. Petersburg why feminism of the 19th century was elitist and who fought for equality in the USSR
Why didn’t Russian feminists celebrate March 8, where the first rallies in support of equality were held in the city, which is why the leaders of the pre-revolutionary movement for feminism went to Europe after 1917 and why did Russian feminism rarely be radical? The author of the books “Russian feminism as a challenge of modernity” and “Women's Petersburg” Irina Yukina tells.
How to measure the level of sexism in schools and why teachers treat boys and girls differently
Why do teachers value girls for accuracy and obedience, and boys - for mind and strong -willed qualities, as textbooks and developing books form gender attitudes of children and how does education affect the choice of profession? Says the gender psychologist Maria Sabunaeva, who studied this topic.
This text is part of the large special project “Paper” and Jetbrains “How to become a mathematician if you are a girl?”
What is the difference between feminism in Germany and Russia? Politician, researcher, psychologist and activist - about caring for the child, attitude to abortion and domestic violence
How did the female movement develop in the 1970s and whether it exists in Russia, why do the victims of violence are accused of society and where do gender stereotypes in politics come from? These are fragments of discussion at St. Petersburg State University, dedicated to the centenary of granting electoral rights to the women of Russia and Germany.
Petersburgers are ready to take a vacation to care for the child, but their wives are against. Why?
How do St. Petersburg couples relate to the fact that a father, not a mother, is going on vacation for childcare, why is men more support this idea more and how does such a solution affect the child and family relationships? Says Olga Bezrukova - one of the authors of the study on families in which the man remains to sit with the child.
"Women are uncomfortable, because a man manifests himself as an oppressor." How in St. Petersburg the first coffee shop in Russia was opened only for girls and why such institutions are needed
In February 2019, the first coffee shop for women Simona earned in St. Petersburg. It is located in the premises of the social project "Eva", which regularly holds feminist events, meetings and film scuses. The curator of the Nartakhov light institution tells why coffee houses are needed for women, why there is no discrimination in this and what rules apply to Simon.
How Petersburgers fought for higher education in the XIX century and what were the pupils of Smolny and pursuists taught
Why did noble women in the 19th century sought to get an education, how did aristocrats opened up gymnasiums for girls, how they earned a living by pursilers and how did women fight for medical courses and the status of a doctor? This is another story by the historian of feminism Irina Yukina.
How does domestic violence are encouraged in Russia and why does society not understand what Harassment is?
Do they know in Russia what a harassment is, as a scandal with a deputy of Slutsky, legitimizes sexual harassment, did the situation with domestic violence have changed after the law on the decriminalization of beatings and why most victims contact the police only after the seventh beating? Tells Anna Rivina from the project "Violence.net".
How the first marine team appeared in Petrograd 1917, where only women were sailors
Following the women's battalion in 1917, the first naval women's team appeared in Petrograd. At the initiative of the feminist organization “Russian women, rally” 120 girls decided to serve in the Navy along with men.
The art critic Olga Khoroshilova says that it contributed to the appearance of a woman on the ship, in which sailors went, how many people eventually passed training and how a unique marine team ceased to exist.
“Papessa”, “Author” and “Director”: Pass the test for knowledge of feminity
Do the Russian language rules allow the director of the school a principal, what word does a graduate of the magistracy mean and how to competently write about women-photographs? Go through our test and find out how well you understand the feminitations and rules of coordination.
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