Twice as many Danes suffer from 'gender fatigue' compared to Norwegians. One explanation is that the state has traditionally played a more active role in gender equality policies in Norway.

For four years, criminologist Jan Christoffer Andersen has been trying to understand the incel subculture from within. His doctoral research shows how incels follow a subcultural logic that rewards misogyny and suffering that degrades women and rewards suffering.

What is it like for a man when a woman considers abortion? Hege Follestad has gained insight into men’s fear and uncertainty in her doctoral dissertation.

"Knausgård's novel thematises men who can’t find their place in the modern masculine role," says Professor Inger Skjelsbæk.

Country music is often portrayed through masculine stereotypes. Nevertheless, female musicians have helped define the genre’s development in Norway, researchers say.

The killing of women and girls is such a big problem in Latin America that a number of countries have incorporated femicide into their penal code. A study from Buenos Aires looks at how the killers account for their crimes.

Research shows that misogynist online communities have increased in numbers intensity and become more extreme in the past decade. 

At the same time, life on the whaling vessels was both boring and extremely dangerous, according to one researcher.

Swedish ice hockey players seemed more prone to macho behavior on Instagram than their Norwegian counterparts. This may be because ice hockey is a national sport in Sweden, which means more professionalisation and commercialisation, according to researchers.

It may be fitting to observe the war in Ukraine through the lens of gender equality, according to Erik Melander.