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flickr/Joe deSousa How Often Men Think About Sex
And why the numbers don't matter
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World Policy Forum A Map of Maternity Leave Policies Around the World
The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that does not require some form of paid time off for new mothers.
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MaxyM/Shutterstock Gay Couples Can Get Married in Presbyterian Churches Now
A historic vote by one of America's largest mainline denominations shows that as the laws change, faith is changing, too.
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Reuters It's Okay to Call Her 'Hillary'
Charges of sexism are overhyped—and after all, she's encouraged people to just use her first name.
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Melissa Moseley/Associated Press Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Think Paid Family Leave Is Possible—Yet
Most of the rest of the world has it. Why doesn’t America?
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Mattel Barbie Leans In
She's stylish and sassy and, it seems, "breaking through plastic ceilings."
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Leigh Prather/Shutterstock Alabama's Sodomy Ban Is Ruled Unconstitutional—Finally
Why has the state taken so long to catch up in its sexuality morality laws?
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Library of Congress Confusing Marriage and Violence Prevention
A problematic argument for getting married
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Little, Brown and Company Writing of Rage and the Teenage Girl
A conversation with Megan Abbott, whose new novel, The Fever, chronicles a hysteria outbreak at a modern high school.
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Martin Novak/Shutterstock On Teen Sexting: Same Sexism, Different Technology
A new study finds adolescent girls and boys are equally likely to sext, but girls face harsher repercussions from their peers.
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Esam Al-Fetori / Reuters The Luxury of Waiting for Marriage to Have Kids
Women without college degrees who have children in wedlock are now the exception, not the rule, a new analysis shows.
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Michaela Rehle/Reuters What Makes Men Fathers
Dads reflect on the unexpected moments that defined them as parents.
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Bill Ingraham/Associated Press The Feminist Leader Who Became a Men's-Rights Activist
Karen DeCrow served as president of the National Organization for Women, but she often broke with feminist orthodoxy.
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Carlos Barria/Reuters What Happens If You Have No Welfare and No Job?
A new report looks at the devastating lengths single moms go to when they have neither employment nor cash assistance.
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Wikimedia Commons A Short History of Male Feminism
From Frederick Douglass and John Stuart Mill to today's scholars, there are plenty of men who, despite their flaws, have helped advance women's liberation.
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AP Benedict Cumberbatch and the Changing Face of Hollywood
He doesn't quite look like a superstar, but talent, unconventional features, and the power of the Internet have made him into one.
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Courtesy of Tray Chaney The Case for Dedicated Dads
Fathers who get involved in their kids' education have a big effect on the health, academic success, and happiness of their sons and daughters.
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Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters All She Said Was No
A dangerous misunderstanding of sexual assault
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Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Miranda Lambert: Evangelizing for Country Music While Subverting It
Both fans and skeptics of Nashville need to hear her excellent new album, Platinum.
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Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters How Boys Teach Each Other to Be Boys
Taking cues from family and media, young boys teach their peers how to perform masculinity, to their detriment.
