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To be happier, women should try giving up on being goodWomen are more unhappy than men, and men are blamed for this. But perhaps men aren’t the real culprits
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Gentlewoman magazine reports on scholarships for women – archive, 190727 December 1907 The scheme, a post-graduate study of two years at Oxford, Cambridge, or London Universities hopes for the same success that the Cecil Rhodes scheme for men enjoys
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My wealthy daughter-in-law always treats us very rudelyA mother is fed up with the way she is treated whenever she visits her son and his family. Mariella Frostrup tells her that it’s in her interests to make the relationship work -
At 25, I don’t feel the urge to have kids and I wonder if I ever willWould a family spice things up or water it down? I’ve always pictured a bachelorette pad and a dog instead
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Jordan Waller: ‘I told friends I had three mums’The great thing about having gay parents, says the Victoria and Darkest Hour actor Jordan Waller, is that ‘you know you were really wanted’
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Muslim women speaking up against violence are silenced. We must amplify their voicesIt’s telling that many Muslim men deal with Islamophobia by policing the voices of Muslim women instead of addressing the legacy of patriarchal violence
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Alpha males think caring about the environment is too ‘feminine’, research shows. So let’s make saving the planet a bit more macho, says Guardian nature writer Patrick BarkhamGreens should take a lesson from Donald Trump. Here’s why
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Miss Peru contestants subvert tradition to highlight violence against women – videoContestants read out facts and statistics about violence against women in Peru instead of the traditional measurements of bust and hip sizes
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Dead or imprisoned for having an abortion: fighting El Salvador's brutal laws – video
The country’s total ban on abortion has seen women jailed over miscarriages and dying after unsafe terminations. But amid growing protests, politicians may bow to pressure to overturn El Salvador’s anti-abortion laws
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Endometriosis is always a feature in relationships – videoEndoActive interviewed 15 women about their experiences of sex, intimacy and living with endometriosis
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Osborne juggling jobs is just what women have always doneWhy all the fuss about handling more than one job, asks Katharine Whitehorn
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Harriet Harman: ‘I believe in not breaking your word to children. Even if it costs you your job’The Labour politician on growing up in a tight-knit sisterhood, her mother giving up her career as a barrister and why Robin Cook thought she was having an affair
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'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful womenThey’ve won Oscars, Pulitzers and Nobel peace prizes: eight women at the top of their game tell us how they got there
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A day in the life of an executive coach‘My job is helping people become aware of their strengths and the mindsets that sabotage them.’
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Obama on feminism and other lessons from the first United State of Women summitThere are more people fighting for gender equality than ever before. We need to harness this power while there’s still time
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Kay Mellor: ‘If it hadn’t been for family, I wouldn’t have survived’