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YouTube What J. Lo's Naked Men Reveal About Pop Music's Naked Women
Jennifer Lopez's new video tries to critique music videos' rampant objectification of women by getting guys to undress instead. Is she successful?
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aarongilson/flickr Even in Babysitting, Men Make More Than Women
Wage gaps in everything
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Reuters The Problem Isn't the Word 'Bossy'—It's Leaders Who Abuse Their Power
Maybe the problem isn't just that we call women "bossy" too much; maybe the problem is that we let men get away with behavior which we should call "bossy," or something worse.
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mjtmail (tiggy)/plounsbury/flickr How Barbie Affects Career Ambitions
In an experiment, girls who played with Mrs. Potato Head thought they could achieve more careers than girls who played with Barbie. Yes, even Doctor Barbie.
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Sahar Jahani The Surprising Lessons of the ‘Muslim Hipsters’ Backlash
I made a music video to share my own story as a Muslim woman in America. In doing so, I was expected to share every other Muslim woman’s story, too.
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Sexy Eggs/flickr Here's Why Hobby Lobby Thinks IUDs Are Like Abortions
Before, we argued over whether life begins at conception, but now some employers are arguing over the definition of conception itself.
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Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters Leave Mothering Decisions to Mothers
New studies question the importance of two behaviors mothers are often shamed for: drinking during pregnancy and not breastfeeding
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Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters Not All Good Leaders Are Bossy
Let's not forget the quiet power of introverts in our quest to boost female leaders.
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Parwiz/Reuters Angry Young Men Are Making the World Less Stable
Gender imbalances can fuel conflicts and revolutions, according to some analysts.
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courtesy Ursula Franklin Amazing Structure: A Conversation With Ursula Franklin
Citizen, scientist, feminist
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Sceptre Fighting Violence Against Women in India With Heavy Metal
In a country where fears about sexual assaults run high, one of Mumbai's longest-running thrash-metal bands has released a concept album about the plight of women.
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mechnine/flickr Body-Image Pressure Increasingly Affects Boys
Cultural ideals are becoming an equal opportunity anxiety-inducer, and eating disorders are increasingly common in men. But the symptoms in men and women don't look the same.
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TLC The Real Polygamous, Feminist Wives of Salt Lake City
The stars of a new reality TV show want to show the world that a man can have an egalitarian relationship with a wife—and a wife, and a wife, and a wife, and a wife.
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alice313/Flickr Discovering the Roots of Memory
An interview with Brenda Milner, who studied one of the most famous patients in the history of psychology. Her findings shaped everything we now know about the way we remember.
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Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters There Are Only 3 Countries Where Girls Feel More Comfortable With Math Than Boys
How women around the world are faring on wages, executive slots, and STEM careers.
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Chris Pizzello / AP Lupita Nyong'o's Radical, World-Changing Style
The media may be fetishizing the Oscar winner's look to an uncomfortable extent, but that's a byproduct of the way she deliberately challenges beauty standards.
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Samsul Said/Reuters The Countries Where Men Do the Most Housework
Slovenian and Danish men lead the pack; Indian men, not so much.
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Nickolay Lamm 'Normal Barbie' Doll With Average Female Body Is Coming to Life
Meet Lammily, who is perfectly normal and of healthy stature.
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Courtesy of Irene Greif / Photo by Ben … The First Woman to Get a Ph.D. in Computer Science From MIT
Irene Greif talks to The Atlantic about her life and legacy.
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Reuters How to End the Gender Pay Gap Once and for All
A Harvard economist makes the case that greater autonomy and work flexibility would bring us closer to equal pay
