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Wikimedia Why Men Can't Take Compliments
Being the arbiter of someone's attractiveness can be interpreted as an expression of masculinity that women are not traditionally expected to adopt.
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ABC The Great American Gender Debates of 2013
From Supreme Court cases to blockbuster films, these are the narratives on sex and gender that dominated the news this year.
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Flickr Does Having Daughters Really Make You More Republican?
It did in the early '90s. But the parties—and their reproductive-health policies—have changed since then.
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Jon Stuyvesant When Minority Students Attend Elite Private Schools
Many parents of color send their children to exclusive, predominantly white schools in an attempt to give their kids a "ticket to upward mobility." But these well-resourced institutions can fall short at nurturing minority students emotionally and intellectually.
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TLC The Strange Politics of Polygamy
A ruling by a Utah judge gives more latitude to polygamous families.That should make liberals and conservatives alike conflicted.
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adwriter/flickr Expensive Healthcare Doesn’t Help Americans Live Longer
Among developed countries, a new report says, the U.S. ranks very low in translating health dollars into longer lives—particularly for women
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Reuters Gay-Sex Bans: One of the British Empire's Most Enduring Legacies
India's supreme court has restored a 150-year-old law criminalizing homosexuality.
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Pat Wellenbach/AP Photo Men Take Computer Science; Women Take Cooking Classes
Recent demographic data from online education company Coursera shows a gender divide in course enrollments.
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Reuters Have Women Achieved Equality? America Says: Sorta
A new poll finds that Millennial men are least likely to see the need for further progress.
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Mike Blake / Reuters A Psychologist's Guide to Online Dating
Can we predict romantic prospects just from looking at a face?
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Reuters One Theory of Marriage and Kids: 'Very Cute in the Abstract'
Amherst professor Catherine A. Sanderson on how men and women experience marital satisfaction differently
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ABC What's Actually Funny About Older Guy/Younger Bride Marriages
Pop culture usually makes fun of intergenerational romances. Modern Family acts like they're totally normal. But ABC's Trophy Wife finds humor in their complexity.
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Reuters GM's First Female CEO Is a 'Car Guy'
Mary Barra's promotion will help shatter pernicious auto-industry stereotypes about gender while putting the company in the hands of someone who cares deeply about cars.
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AFP/Getty Images The Sexist Hype Around the Obamas and Helle Thorning-Schmidt
The toxic effect of a pervasive expectation about how female political leaders ought to look
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Disney Frozen's Cynical Twist on Prince Charming
The Disney hit is a good, subversive kids' film—until a needlessly jarring surprise at the end.
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Claro Cortes IV/Reuters Sex Workers in China Still Endure Forced 'Re-education'
Although the government recently banned the controversial form of punishment, something similar remains in place for the country's prostitutes.
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Reuters Yes, Men Should Do More Housework
Who should do the dishes? An investigation.
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Lionsgate Earth to Hollywood: People Will Pay to See a Female Superhero Film
The success of Catching Fire suggests that giving Wonder Woman her own movie wouldn't be such a gamble after all.
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Wonder Woman Shouldn't Be a Sidekick
Originally conceived as Superman's superior, feminist replacement, the character has become a second-stringer over the years—including, unfortunately, in her forthcoming big-screen debut.
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Parivartan Sharma/Reuters India's Dating Sites Skip Straight to the Wedding
The online dating scene in India is primarily matrimonial websites, predicated on the idea that the first meeting between two paired users will be to chat about their wedding. It highlights a false dichotomy between modern arranged marriages and fairytale love.
