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Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but 'gender disappointment' is no mental illness

  • Written by: Tereza Hendl, Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but 'gender disappointment' is no mental illnessShutterstock

In an age of gender-reveal parties, baby bumps on Instagram, and hyper-gendered toys and clothing, learning about a baby’s sex is big news.

But having a boy rather than a girl, or vice versa, makes some people sad. Some label this “gender disappointment”.

Our research looked at what’s behind this sadness and...

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Claire Murray's story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
Claire Murray's story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame cultureWild Butterfly/FanForce

Who deserves our compassion and medical care? Does a person who has used drugs deserve a liver transplant … and then a second? What if she’s 24 years old and a mother of small children? What if she had been prescribed the drugs initially for a mental health condition? What if she started showing mental-health...

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You can do it! A 'growth mindset' helps us learn

  • Written by: John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
You can do it! A 'growth mindset' helps us learnShutterstock

One of the most influential phenomena in education over the last two decades has been that of the “growth mindset”. This refers to the beliefs a student has about various capacities such as their intelligence, their ability in areas such as maths, their personality and creative ability.

Proponents of the growth mindset...

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here's a 10-point plan for avoiding recession

  • Written by: Raja Junankar, Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW

The world economy is teetering on a knife edge: the Chinese and Indian economies were slowing even before the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and as Australia was recovering from one of its worst bushfires.

Share markets around the world collapsed at the end of February and haven’t recovered. Business and consumer confidence has been shattered.

The...

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  7. All the world's a stage
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  9. Australia has hundreds of programs to get women into science, but are they working? Time to find out
  10. Morrison government pledges funds to help states with health burden of COVID-19
  11. More 'sports rort' questions for Morrison after Bridget McKenzie speaks out
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  13. COVID-19 death toll estimated to reach 3,900 by next Friday, according to AI modelling
  14. Sexual harassment claims are costly and complex – can this be fixed?
  15. Michelle Grattan on the escalation of coronavirus and the economy
  16. Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis
  17. Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change
  18. More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it
  19. Sure, save furry animals after the bushfires – but our river creatures are suffering too
  20. Which aged care services near you weren't up to scratch in 2019?
  21. How 'Earthships' could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones
  22. Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria's first public execution
  23. Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there's no room for woolly thinking in cyber security
  24. Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?
  25. Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power
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  28. Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn
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  30. It's now Biden v Sanders as Super Tuesday narrows the field for the Democratic nomination
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  39. Support package gains shape as GDP turning point swamped
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