In recent years, feminist activism and the MeToo movement have placed a spotlight on male privilege in sexuality and raised awareness of the high prevalence of sexual violence. Within this context, men are increasingly expected to respect women’s consent in their heterosexual encounters. This study employs in-depth interviews with thirty-nine educa...
Quatre jeunes adultes (18-29 ans) sur cinq ont connu au moins une relation amoureuse ou sexuelle dans l’année. Une majorité dit avoir été en couple (66 %), mais il est également fréquent d’avoir connu une histoire d’un soir (21 %) ou encore des relations suivies qualifiées par les jeunes de différentes manières (15 %). Les lieux d’études et de trav...
The language used to describe the embodied experience of “victims of gender-based violence” is contested and evolving. Descriptions of violence are shaped by socio-historic context and by academic, media, and legal discourses. These in turn inform and delimit the production of knowledge. Yet victims themselves may struggle to recognise their experi...
To foster gender equality and involve fathers in parenting, leave-from-work targeted at fathers has been implemented in many countries. In France, until 2021, fathers can avail of a statutory paid paternity leave of 11 working-days that must be taken within 4 months after childbirth. This article estimates the impact of this short-duration and larg...
ObjectiveTelework was massively adopted during the COVID-19 crisis. Related changes in working conditions may have affected women's and men's health differently due to the gendered division of work. Our study aimed to assess the gendered association of telework with physical and mental health outcomes one year after the onset of the pandemic and to...
status: published
OBJECTIVE: College students have high rates of mental health problems and low rates of treatment. Although sociodemographic disparities in student mental health treatment seeking have been reported, findings have not been synthesized and quantified. The extent to which differences in perceived need for treatment contribute to overall disparities re...
The four Case Studies on the issue of obstetric violence in this volume were prepared to inform the development of a wider study on the topic, ‘Obstetric violence in the European Union: Situational analysis and policy recommendations’ by Patrizia Quattrocchi. This wider study was developed under the aegis of the SAAGE network, which draws together ...
status: Published online
Increasing rates of refugee and family reunion immigration have led to rising concern about integration in Europe. Previous studies point to the importance of social contacts for migrants’ labour market integration but suggest that they play different roles for men and women. Yet, less attention has been paid to the potential factors shaping gender...
