Abstract Domestic violence in South Africa is a consequence of the complex interplay of
patriarchy, culture, and the negative masculine construct. The patriarchal cultural beliefs and …

The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year
journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of the Niger-Benue …

T his chapter examines “nonbinary gender,” a term used to refer to genders that are viewed
as somewhere between or beyond the gender “binary” of man and woman, as well as …

Cisgenderism is the ideology that delegitimizes people's own designations of their genders
and bodies. Family therapy (FT) offers a systemic, non-pathologizing framework for working …

Efforts to design voice-based, social media platforms for low-literacy communities in
developing countries have not widened access to information in the ways intended. This …

The nexus of gendered domestic practices, energy and space use remains under-
researched in energy studies, particularly in the Global South. This paper takes a gendered …

Menstruation signifies the beginning of adulthood, and the female body's biological changes
which allow for reproduction. Around the world it is accompanied by a variety of socio …

African women's history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50
countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations …

Women's Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the pathbreaking and cross-
disciplinary study of women—past and present. Tracing the history of the field from its …

Coloniality of gender speaks to the perennial question of the liberation of women from
various forms of oppression. The 'modern'world system and its global order have remained …