Wendy Tuohy
Brisbane Times
Australia
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‘Finger pointing at women doesn’t work’: Exposing the perils of wine o’clock
Stress levels, social class and “pink-washing of drinks” are big drivers of alcohol use among midlife Australian women, but new research has found few know drinking can lead to breast cancer – but almost all women want that information. → Read More
Study a ‘wake-up call’: Dating apps rife with sexual violence
An Australian Institute of Criminology survey has found three-quarters of respondents were victims of some form of online sexual violence in the past five years. → Read More
‘Our mental health is collectively breaking’: One in five Australians had mental disorder in pandemic
An in-depth study of Australia’s mental health has shown some trends were flipped during the pandemic years, and women were increasingly likely to experience disorders. → Read More
What are the stages of puberty and are they a good measure of sporting power?
New rules affecting transgender women athletes in elite swimming have sparked controversy. What do they have to do with the stages of puberty? And what does the science say? → Read More
When it comes to kids, mothers are saddled with the ‘mental load’
The particulars of running children’s lives are boundless, enduring, invisible and stressful, but who does it all is rarely measured. New research finds it is almost always mothers. → Read More
Kayte developed drinking issues in the pandemic, she wants other women not to feel alone
Each day, Kayte Murphy would hang out until 5pm for what she says was the best part of her day, the time when she could twist open a bottle. She’s among an “unprecedented” number of middle-aged women seeking help for alcohol use post-pandemic. → Read More
‘It is beyond time for action’: Gender pay gap narrowing, albeit rather slowly
The difference between male and female pay is narrowing but at a glacial pace, though some companies are working to make the disparity less stark. → Read More
Inclusive language risks ‘dehumanising women’, top researchers argue
While well-intentioned, a trend to remove words including “women” and “mothers” from language used in maternity information risks dehumanising women, researchers say. → Read More
‘We want what they’re having’: Other generations want in on Gen Z’s work revolution
Putting health and wellbeing above “marching up the ranks” at work was a priority for Generation Z before the pandemic. Now, say workplace experts, “everyone is talking about the same thing”. → Read More
Paris thin to the Kardashian butt, it’s boom time for cosmetic ‘cowboys’
The advent of “Instagram face”, and the normalisation of “mummy makeovers”, boob jobs, and now Brazilian butt lifts and “designer vaginas”, has cosmetic surgery being promoted as proudly aspirational - despite the “lack of transparency”. → Read More
Our long lockdown’s over, so why the ‘blah’ face?
For some of us, the joy surrounding Melbourne opening up is tempered with feelings of hesitancy and inertia. We’re pleased, but too spent to star jump. → Read More
Working mothers on the brink as pandemic burdens collide
Working women carrying extra care and home-schooling are going to the wall in the latest lockdowns, but experts say much can be done to support their wellbeing. → Read More
‘Deeply unpleasant’: When does anxiety become a problem?
Anxiety is a normal part of life. But sometimes it can get the better of us. How do you know when to ask for help? → Read More
Aged 10, he was found on Fortnite and groomed on Snapchat, and he’s not alone
When Lucy grabbed the iPad from her 10 year-old son she saw explicit images arriving on Snapchat in real time. Her experience is in keeping with research showing a huge upswing in online child abuse reports. → Read More
How Jamie went ‘from Snapchat hello to rape in five days’
A mother is demanding changes to Victoria’s consent laws after her 17-year-old daughter was allegedly raped several times by a stranger she got to know just five days earlier on Snapchat. → Read More
Respectful relationships and consent ‘should be taught at playgroup’
Researchers say the Morrison government’s new respectful relationships package, The Good Society, leaves the topic of consent way too late, introducing it at year 10. → Read More
Paying dads to take six months’ leave ‘could help close the gender pay gap’
Independent MP Zali Steggall will tell Parliament that fathers and mothers should each be given six months’ paid parental leave to boost women’s economic equality. → Read More
‘It’s making people bolder’: The ‘reassessment’ of life after lockdown
Many people have used lockdowns to reflect on how and where they want their lives to be, and now “lifestyle-obsessed” Australians are making changes. → Read More
The childcare conundrum is no longer secret (working) women’s business
All it took was a pandemic to bring democracy to childcare arrangements in heterosexual working households. → Read More
'It just makes sense': How a chance DNA test upended Alan's identity
Alan Neuss is one of many Victorians who discovered through commercial DNA testing that his biological father was not who he grew up believing he was. → Read More