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...wintry setting, while the meticulous framing of Oskar and Eli, isolated side-by-side in the windows of their neighboring apartments, highlights the duality of their respective natures. There are also a few purposefully understated moments which lend the film some surprising subtexts, one of which revolves around gender and is sure to have audiences talking after the film ends. “Let the Right One In” is a difficult film that defies genre conventions and disallows any allegorizing. It’s also incredibly heartfelt and deeply moving. The popularity of Stephenie Meyer?...
...Global Gender Gap Report, an annual index created by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, tracks how equitably nations allocate their resources to men and women and creates a benchmark for “national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria...
...world of lower fertility and less demand for human [strength],” Hausmann said, “the gender difference is eroding. So gradually we see women take on more equal roles in society...
...unfortunate trend throughout Western theater: typecasting often places women into roles as either sexualized damsels in distress or desexualized comed relief, while black characters are often marginalized altogether. To offset these outdated limitations, BlackCast has reworked the script’s basic structure and implemented gender- and race-blind casting. “Too often directors are too strict in their interpretation of the play,” Coles says. “If it is set in Victorian England, the play would be all 20 white men and women, and that is not representative of theater at Harvard...
...highest ranked Latin American country. Guatemala's gap widened considerably, with the country falling from #61 in 2007 to #113 in 2008. Israel had the highest score in the Middle East, with Kuwait coming in second for the region and Yemen - which has closed just 47% of its gender gap - coming in last at #130 overall. Only two African countries are in the top 20, Lesotho #16 and Mozambique #18; big drops in ranks were seen in Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, Benin and Chad...