Qu'est-ce que l'effet Matilda ?

77% des femmes salariées sont régulièrement confrontées à des propos ou des décisions sexistes. C’est ce que révèle le baromètre 2025 du sexisme ordinaire au travail, une étude réalisée par l’Association française des managers en partenariat avec l’institut de sondage Ipsos. Depu ...  Show more

Quel est le rapport entre le déni relatif au réchauffement climatique et le risque de divorces en France ? A priori, pas grand chose. Pourtant, derrière ces deux phénomènes, se dissimule ce qu'on appelle le biais d'optimisme. Un biais cognitif qui consiste à envisager toujours la ...  Show more

The Matilda Effect was coined in 1993 and explains the phenomenon of women’s historical contributions to science getting forgotten over time. These women are not only left out of history books, but also subjected to men taking credit for their work. Daily Show writer Nicole Conla ...  Show more

The term femvertising was coined by She Knows Media back in 2014, and recent years have seen more and more advertising campaigns champion female empowerment and challenge traditional gender norms, reshaping the marketing landscape.  But the emergence of femvertising has also led ...  Show more

In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, physicist Athene Donald joins us to discuss her book Not just for the boys, why we need more women in science. We discuss how science has historically excluded women, the barriers to entry and retention that remain prevalent, and wh ...  Show more

Why were the ovaries once seen as inverted testes? What words might you use if you were trying to describe a condition 'down there' to your doctor? And why did people once believe that you couldn't conceive a baby whilst standing up?

In this episode of Betwixt the Sh ...