As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism
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Paternity leaves in Finland have nearly doubled in length after a 2022 reform of the parental leave system, the social benefits agency has said
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The world's most feminist city – how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women
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Three years in the wild: how a fugitive father has hidden his children for so long
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Clean, crisp bedding brings comfort like nothing else. Research shows fresh sheets improve sleep (and even our romantic lives).
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Great men do wear their babies – the days of criticising a father for carrying his child are over
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English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees
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Topless men: should they be banned if they’re not at the pool or the beach?
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In Norway, children walk to school aged six, or even travel across the country. Why do these kids have so much independence, while other countries are so risk-averse?
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‘It’s like watching a TV drama’: what happens when [Met (London)] police go rogue - and get caught?
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The sad, stupid rise of the sigma male: how toxic masculinity took over social media
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George Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist
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‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?
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Utah cat found safe in California after sneaking into Amazon return box
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There’s a crisis in male fertility. But you wouldn’t know it from the way many men behave.
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Fertility rates are falling in the rich world. But there are still plenty of people to go round.
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Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”
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One in four school-starters in England and Wales not toilet-trained, say teachers
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UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world
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UK professor suffered discrimination due to anti-Zionist beliefs, tribunal rules
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Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll
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How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State
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When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of sheep, but also a way of life at a crossroads
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‘An experiment in ritual humiliation’: would a month of rejection therapy make me fearless?
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The three-decade saga that led to the Crown Heights tunnels
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Scientist cited [by Christopher Rufo to make allegations of plagiarism] in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists
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Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating?
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Experience: I own the world’s oldest living cat
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German right wing extremists strategically purchase rural land
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When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice
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Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months
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US increased number of limited liability company landlords leads to difficulty requesting repairs, increased evictions
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Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform
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Fika, four-week-holidays and zero overtime – Sweden's stunningly healthy work culture
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For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones
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How did deepfake images of me end up on a porn site?
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Some call us ungrateful middle-class feminists – but this is why women went on strike in Iceland
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PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir will take part in Iceland's first full-day womens strike in forty-eight years – calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence
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Revenge of the nerds is a fantasy, it’s the jocks who have more successful careers
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‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market
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Life on Europe's only open Schengen border with Russia – in the Barents Sea, Russia maintains cordial relations with NATO neighbours over fishing rights
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After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril
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Real men share the housework: what Britain can learn from the domestic bliss of Scandinavia
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Should you let babies 'cry it out'? Debate reignited by new study.
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What’s in your go bag for the apocalypse?
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Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent – Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind
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Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons
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‘Something happened, somehow something got mixed up’: the at-home DNA test that changed two families for ever
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The unwanted Spanish soccer kiss is textbook male chauvinism. Don’t excuse it.
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How can I tell if my child is ready to start school next year?
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