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aaron Gilson/Flickr How Nurses Can Help Low-Income Mothers and Kids
The Nurse Family Partnership coaches poor first-time moms on parenting and life skills from pregnancy through the toddler years.
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Enrique De La Osa/Reuters Beyoncé Is a Role Model for Traditional Marriage
Mike Huckabee and other conservatives keep picking the wrong pop star to demonize.
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Caroline/Flickr Women's Self-Esteem and What Men Want
In a new study, female participants felt better about their bodies when told that men are attracted to plus-sized models.
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HonestReporting/Flickr The Dark Psychology of the Sexist Internet Commenter
A new study has found that men and women comment on news stories very differently—and that men don't feel shy about expressing misogyny.
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Mike Blake/Reuters Strong Female Lead: A Feminist Golden Globes Show
This year’s show featured a lot of leaning in.
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NBC/The Atlantic The Case for the Cosby Joke
At the Golden Globes, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler broke with good taste, but with a purpose.
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The CW; Amazon The Right Side of Awards History
The Golden Globes' TV categories proved the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is on the cutting edge—hardly new territory for the organization.
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Christian Mueller/Shutterstock 'Manslamming': A Verb, a Gerund
A new entry into the growing lexicon of the he-fix
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Bridget Coila / Flickr What Happens to a Woman’s Brain When She Becomes a Mother
From joy and attachment to anxiety and protectiveness, mothering behavior begins with biochemical reactions.
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Paul Rosenfeld / The Atlantic What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Me About Being a Stay-at-Home Dad
A young lawyer puts his former boss’s ideals into practice.
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Kacper Pempel/Reuters To Entrap an Innocent
Florida police use sex-crime laws to bait men with no apparent interest in underage trysts.
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Lucas Jackson/Reuters Phylicia Rashad and the Awful Power of 'Forget These Women'
A costar defends Bill Cosby with an old, seductive line of thought.
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Atelier Adele/Flickr Group Projects and the Secretary Effect
How team assignments in school reinforce traditional gender roles in kids and adults
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Tusmørke Can a Video Game Help Rape Survivors?
An upcoming Oculus Rift experience tracks a character's recovery following a sexual assault—aiming to enable empathy, even therapy, for survivors and outsiders alike.
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Shannon Stapleton/Reuters What the Recession Did to American Fathers
The number of men without jobs is larger than in previous downturns, especially for dads who don't live with their kids.
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ABC/The Atlantic Agent Carter, Super-Riveter
Marvel's first female-driven series is a super-sized, butt-kicking allegory for women finding professional fulfillment in the post-WWII man's world.
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Anthony Asael / Getty Beyond the Stereotypical Image of Young Men of Color
Minority youth are often portrayed through a distorted lens. But many live counternarratives every day.
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Vivek Prakash / Reuters The Kindness Diet
A new study found that women whose friends and romantic partners were accepting of their size lost more weight than those whose loved ones were critical.
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Daniel Lobo/Flickr/The Atlantic 'A Risk of Harm': Catholic Hospitals' Ban on Tube-Tying
Sterilization is forbidden in Catholic doctrine—but many doctors in systems affiliated with the Church believe the restriction runs counter to their patients' best interests.
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Taylor Hotter The Guys Who Love Gilmore Girls
The podcast Gilmore Guys has drawn a devoted following by taking an affectionate but critical look at a beloved TV show.
