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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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  10. Morrison government pledges funds to help states with health burden of COVID-19
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  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
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