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Patrick Semansky/AP Adjusting College Rankings for Rape
The Princeton Review doesn’t grade schools based on how they handle sexual violence on campus, so one organization has come up with its own solution.
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Faisal Nasser/Reuters Saudi Women Drivers Sent to Terrorism Court
"The trial of peaceful reformers in a terrorism court underlines the political nature of this court."
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David Mercado/Reuters The Bias in the FDA's New Blood Donation Rules
On Tuesday, the government agency announced it was lifting its ban on gay male blood donors. The fine print, however, was troubling.
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Peter Morenus/UConn Photo When Gender Discrimination and Racism Collide
A scuffle between a largely black sorority and a predominantly white fraternity provides an interesting case study on Title IX.
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Alex Lee / Reuters The Unexpected Home of Unintended Pregnancy
What Delaware, where a surprisingly high number of women get pregnant by accident, can teach the rest of the nation
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Richard Drew / AP Do Women Need Their Own Viagra?
Some argue that a female sexual-dysfunction drug is a matter of equality among the sexes. Others say it creates a medical problem where none exists.
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Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Why the Gender-Pay Gap Is Largest for the Highest-Paying Jobs
Seeing the male-female earnings gap in all its dimensions
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AP Photo When Helping Rape Victims Hurts a College’s Reputation
Better support services can encourage more students to speak out—and that increases the number of reported assaults on campus.
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Emma Brown/Flickr Alaska's Prostitution Law Isn't Working
In 2012, the state reclassified sex workers as trafficking victims rather than criminals—but a report says the new language hasn't altered the way they're treated by police.
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ca-e/Flickr The Plight of Being a Gay Teacher
LGBT educators walk a fine line between keeping their jobs and being honest with their students.
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Joshua Lott/Reuters 'A More Incisive Female Presence in the Church Is Needed'
A long-awaited Vatican report on American nuns calls for more involvement of women in the Church—but it's unclear how that will happen.
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Andrea Comas/Reuters The Mysterious Rise of the Non-Working Man
The economy is not leaving men behind. But it is perhaps leaving manliness behind.
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zoetnet/Flickr Vulnerable in the Field: Sexual Assault Is Common Among Scientists
How are universities working to curb the prevalence of harassment against researchers?
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Kevin Dooley/Flickr The Recession Led to More Domestic Violence—but Fewer Divorces
How the dynamics of the American family are shaped by the nation's unemployment rate
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters How Self-Tracking Apps Exclude Women
“Self-knowledge through numbers" seems like a genderless goal, yet the actual products out there are anything but.
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Il Ibrahim/Flickr People Feel Better About Pornography When It's Educational
Instructional adult films are meant to teach first, titillate second.
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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Rape and the Rush to Pass Judgment
When a discrete case arises, some people should support the accuser, others the accused, and most people need not reach any conclusion until the facts emerge, if ever.
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Tim Causa/Shutterstock Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents
One hundred years ago, a crisis in urban masculinity created the lumberjack aesthetic. Now it's making a comeback.
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Michael Coghlan/Flickr How Sexism Stifles Creativity
When people in mixed-sex groups are told to be "politically correct," their ideas are more numerous and more original.
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Lauren Giordano/The Atlantic Return of the Rhythm Method
Tired of condoms and the Pill, many women are turning to new apps that help them practice one of the oldest forms of contraception.
