1. When DNA tests show that dad is not the father
"As the law currently stands, there is no limit to how long one of the biological or social parents can withhold information about biological parenthood," a law professor warns.
2. #MeToo has changed how the media portrays rape
Sexual violence happens in every country, yet journalists have often depicted it as some kind of sensation. “I wanted to find out if this changed as a consequence of the MeToo movement,” says journalist Thea Storøy Elnan.
3. Whalers dressed up as women and slept snugly together
At the same time, life on the whaling vessels was both boring and extremely dangerous, according to Espen Ytredal.
4. A twofold understanding of gender may have led to overtreatment of transgender people
“The binary view of gender was particularly dominant in the 1950s,” says Ketil Slagstad. He has written a paper on the history of trans medicine.
5. Killer children arouse our underlying fears
They kill with pigtails and dresses, and they shoot down members of their family in tight, sensual clothes. But the motifs of the murderous children we encounter in literature remain mysterious, says literary scholar.
