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Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters The Childless Millennial
A new report finds that today's twentysomethings have a lower birthrate than any previous generation.
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Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic Women Choosing to Go Childless: Your Thoughts
Readers react to The Atlantic's review of an essay collection that tackles the question, "Is it selfish to forgo kids?"
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Philippe Laurenson / Reuters Loving v. Marriage
Opponents of same-sex unions try to convince the Supreme Court that the state has no interest in "love and commitment."
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Danny Moloshok / AP The Bruce Jenner Learning Curve
The former Olympian's announcement that he's transgender is educating people about prejudice in real time—including the actress Alice Eve.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Religious Americans Support Gay Marriage
Most of the recent growth in public support for same-sex unions has come from within denominations that once opposed them.
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Reuters Marrying Your Peer, a Tougher Prospect for Black Women
Options for unions based on education differ across race, and that can feed into growing inequality.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters America Is Ready for Gay Marriage
As the Supreme Court hears arguments for legalizing same-sex unions nationally, shifting public opinion could convince the justices to act.
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Paul Beaty / AP When Sex Ed Discusses Gender Inequality, Sex Gets Safer
A new study shows a "striking" difference in effectiveness between programs that address gender and power, and those that don't.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Political Power of the Black Sorority
Loretta Lynch's confirmation as U.S attorney general was a crucial victory for a group of women whose influence is seldom appreciated.
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ABC Bruce Jenner, Transgender American
In an interview with Diane Sawyer, the Olympic champion and reality-television star said he identifies as a woman.
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National Archives The Many Faces of Rosie the Riveter
Why there are so many women who claim to have been the inspiration for the iconic "We Can Do It!" poster
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Robin Hauser Reynolds When Women Code
A Q&A with the director of the documentary CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, which looks at the cultural reasons behind the male-dominated world of software engineering
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Comedy Central If You Seek Amy
In the third season of the brilliant Inside Amy Schumer, the comedian's presence is indelible, even when she barely appears at all.
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MyImages-Micha/Shutterstock Why Douching Won't Die
The practice can cause lasting damage—but around the world, women continue to do it, encouraged by advertising, cultural norms, and sometimes even misguided doctors.
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Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic Why Women Choose Not to Have Children
As detailed in essays by 16 different writers, both male and female: because they don’t want to, and because not wanting to is perfectly reasonable.
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Kevork Djansezian/Reuters When Security Screening Crosses the Line
A screener at the Denver airport allegedly conspired to grope the genitals of male passengers he found attractive. And with security so intrusive already none of them even complained.
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Andrew Kelly/Reuters How Christians Turned Against Gay Conversion Therapy
Obama's call to ban the practice reflects a tectonic shift within the community that once championed it.
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United Artists A Brief History of Unisex Fashion
Gender-neutral clothing is back in vogue, but the craze in many ways has mirrored broader social changes throughout the 20th century.
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Fernando Sancho The Lagarde Consensus
IMF chief Christine Lagarde on the global economy's "new mediocre"—and why women are better leaders than men.
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Yershov Oleksandr/Shutterstock/The Atlantic Only 7 Percent of Teens Are Using the Most Effective Form of Birth Control
A new CDC report shows adoption of IUDs and implants among adolescents is on the rise, but they still lag behind condoms and the Pill.
