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Eric Bard / Corbis / Getty Modern Moms Aren't as Busy as 1960s Moms Were
Moms now spend more time on activities like TV and the computer than on housework, playing with kids, and exercising combined.
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Warren Jorgensen / AP Male and Female Brains Really Are Built Differently
The hemispheres of women's brains are more interconnected. Does that matter?
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Reuters Can Women Save Democrats in 2014?
The beleaguered party is hoping female candidates and women's issues will be a winning combination—again.
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bryangeek/Flickr Hong Kong's Troubling Shortage of Men
Due to a growing gender imbalance, the territory's women have undergone drastic measures—from love coaches to liposuction—to meet a suitable partner.
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RenRen Performing The Vagina Monologues in China
The ongoing controversy of the iconic play reflects feminism's struggle to establish a toehold in a still conservative society.
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EMI Films What The Jazz Singer Taught Me About Hollywood 'Romance'
The 1980 Neil Diamond film is certifiably terrible, but it's also an excellent, unintentional crash course in feminism—and Jewish culture.
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Wikimedia How Marriage Inequality Prompts Gay Partners to Adopt One Another
Heterosexist policies have historically pushed gay couples into what is essentially legalized incest
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Reuters I Was an Illegal Second Child in China
My mother risked her life to have me in an underground clinic. Now that Beijing has decided to loosen the one-child policy, it should deal with the consequences for families unluckier than mine.
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A Brief History of Sexting
Cleopatra delivering herself to Caesar rolled in a carpet may have been the original selfie.
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HBO Ja'mie King: Smart Parody or Destructive Stereotype?
Chris Lilley's new show is hilarious, but it's not clear enough whether the show is mocking the society that enables teen-girl monstrosities like Ja'mie or teen girls themselves.
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Another Reason The Hunger Games Is Awesome: Katniss Is Taller Than Peeta
Like the first Hunger Games film, Catching Fire has a refreshingly unflustered, no-big-deal attitude toward the fact that Jennifer Lawrence is taller than her male costar.
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Shutterstock Who Becomes a Surrogate?
There are often “have” and “have not” differentials at play in the surrogate-intended parent relationship. The surrogates already have the ability to create babies; the intended parents have money. They are usually better educated, and far more economically secure. Sometimes these dynamics can create subtle tensions.
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Reuters Why Is Maternity Care Such an Issue for Obamacare Opponents?
The ACA demands insurers fully cover 22 different women's health tests and visit types—yet few have raised conservative ire like covering expectant mothers.
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AP Selfies Are Art
The outcry about teens photographing themselves misses the fact that—like novels, film, or, yes, self portraits—selfies can express all sorts of things.
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Reuters Homophobia in Black Communities Means More Young Men Get AIDS
Social stigmas have paralyzed prevention efforts, activists and scientists say.
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Poodlesrock/Corbis How Women Change Men
As daughters, sisters, wives, and coworkers
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Flickr / Psikonauta How to Dismantle the Comic-Books Boys' Club
New allegations of sexual harassment and inequality could help change a culture that routinely alienates female fans and cartoonists.
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flickr This Toy Probably Isn't the Answer to the Women-in-Science Disparity
Construction toys for girls are cool, but they are nothing revolutionary.
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Thomas Peter/Reuters Want More Women in Boardrooms? Easy: Make It the Law
Germany is considering adding a gender quota for its companies. Should the U.S. follow suit?
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flickr The Evolution of Bitchiness
Women engage in indirect aggression and slut-shaming, even in clinical research studies. Why?
