A widespread “failure to act” against ongoing violence towards female nurses was the result of “historical gender stereotypes”, according to the head of an influential global nursing organisation.

This post was authored in collaboration with Chiara Terzo, a research fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology (Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication). In 1922, the ...

Gender stereotypes are views about how members of a specific gender should behave or which attributes they should have. Examples include females being stereotyped as more emotional than males. Gender ...

As someone who serves in roles of the breadwinner and full-time mom, there are fewer gender stereotypes that occur in my home than in the society at large. This really isn’t the way I planned it, it’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Katy McFee is an executive coach who writes about women in leadership. It’s Women’s History Month, a perfect time to highlight the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. New research shows young children apply gender stereotypes when ...