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Polite Ire

Not funny

The anatomy of a joke

Polite Ire takes on 'banter' by analysing what makes a joke funny. Written in the wake of the website 'UniLad' openly advocating rape 'as a joke'…
'Family values'

Gender and protest

Polite Ire argues that patriarchy cannot be challenged without taking on capitalism and the state - and vice versa.
A white knight

Gender and the state

Polite Ire looks at the links between gender and the state, arguing that masculinity is constructed in the image of the state.
Rape culture

Rape culture

Polite Ire critiques rape culture, where the use of women as objects is normalised.

Gender inequality and gender differences

Polite Ire critiques gender essentialism and fashionable brain imaging studies.

The police: the case against - Polite Ire

There is a commonly held assumption that the police are a necessary presence in a civilised society, one that ensures the preservation of social…
Gender, power, and struggle

Gender, power, and struggle

This series of articles considers the construction of gender roles and the consequences this has upon our society, including the existence of…

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