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evmaiden/flickr How to Encourage More College Sexual Assault Victims to Speak Up
Schools should promise strong punishments for assailants and offer victims a voice in the process.
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How Will Bradley Manning Be Treated in Prison as a Woman?
The former Army private, now known as Chelsea, is starting a 35-year sentence at an encouraging time for transgender inmates.
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Simon Blackley/flickr Why Women Prefer Working Together (and Why Men Prefer Working Alone)
Men think they're better off solo, even when they aren't
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Toward a New Understanding of Modesty
For the past several months, a group of Christian writers have been debating the value and meaning of dressing modestly—a conversation that is relevant even to people who aren't part of religious communities.
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Kick-Ass 2 Isn't Afraid to Tackle Any Subject, Except Rape
The new movie tries to laugh away a jarring topic with a shrug and gag akin to a fart joke.
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There Are Many Gross Diamond Ads, but This Is the Grossest
"Thank you, honey, for ignoring my infidelity, here's a diamond."
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Women Are 'Leaning In'—and Not Getting Paid for It
Women are more likely than men to have unpaid internships like the one Sheryl Sandberg's non-profit recently posted.
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Fredy Builes / Reuters The Tyranny of Buffness
My boyfriend expected me to be lean and muscular. But I couldn't live up to that standard, and neither can a lot of guys—and we shouldn't have to.
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Father vs. Daughter: How In a World Rejects the 'Daddy's Little Girl' Cliche
It's one of the first films to show a father and daughter competing against one another professionally.
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Nbenbow/Shutterstock Problem: Can I Take My Baby Monitor to the Bar?
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Men in Female-Dominated Professions Do More Housework
The reverse is true, too, though less pronounced: Women in female-dominated jobs also do more chores than women in male-dominated fields.
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No One, Male or Female, Can Ever Really 'Opt Out'
Work is inescapable.
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Some of the Greatest, Most Popular Comic Books Are Feminist
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane recently claimed that comics with political messages don't make good comics. But series like Wonder Woman and Sailor Moon prove him wrong.
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When a Woman on TV Is in Distress, She Cuts Her Hair Off
The Newsroom, Mad Men, and Girls have all included this plot point in recent seasons. Why?
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Pink Wasn't Always Girly
A short history of a complex color
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Theories on Why Women Don't Enjoy Succeeding at Work as Much as Men Do
New research suggests that men are more likely to reap the emotional benefits of doing well in their careers than women are.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters I Had No Sex Life
"It was rich, a perfect match for my body and myself."
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The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette
In The Smurfs 2, men are identified by their abilities, while women are known for their femininity.
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Men Caring for Babies! The Horror! Visions from the Early 20th Century
Many of the things the anti-suffrage movement worried would come to pass if women could vote have, in fact, come to pass.
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Keeping a Family Together Is Hard, Whether You 'Opt Out' or Not
What a New York Times magazine article gets wrong about women and work
