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Why Paid Family Leave Is Good for Everyone (Even People Who Don't Use It)
Family-friendly laws signal a broad social consensus that citizens have a right to do both caregiving and paid work.
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Men and Women Often Expect Different Things When They Move In Together
A new study suggests that men are more likely than women to be not "completely committed" to their partners.
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Beyond the U-Haul: How Lesbian Relationships Are Changing
Just like straight and gay-male couples, women are seeking out new ways to commit.
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What the Rising Number of Single Dads Says About Fatherhood in General
Nearly a quarter of single parents in the United States are men—a sign of how all fathers are taking a more active role with their kids.
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'Use Your Voice'
What it was like to be at the Texas Capitol during Wendy Davis's filibuster last week
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How Strong Is the Female Sex Drive After All?
Women may be more sexually omnivorous than men, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're as hungry.
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Manhood Among the Ruins
Notes on an eviction
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The Problem With Saying 'Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt'
Can you really put a price on a child's life?
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No More Stigma Against Plastic Surgery, Please
Three decades ago, Betty Ford told the world she'd had a facelift. More prominent figures, male and female, should consider doing the same.
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'I Felt Like I Grew Up as a Criminal': An 83-Year-Old Gay Man Looks Back
Jimmy Arrowsmith has witnessed the evolution of attitudes toward the LGBT community for nearly a century.
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Boys With Sisters Are Less Likely to Do Chores When They Grow Up
How gender roles in childhood affect gender roles in adulthood
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It's Okay to Call a Guy Creepy
Women have a right to express that they don't appreciate a man's advances.
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The Gay-Marriage Fight Could Change How People Think About All Marriages
Exploring the psychic impact of the movement in Maine, where voters recently legalized gay marriage
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What's Next for the Gay-Rights Movement?
Can other issues, like workplace protections, gain as much public support as marriage rights?
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The Supreme Court Kills the 'Gay Marriage Is Bad for Kids' Argument
The majority opinion in United States v. Windsor said that denying gay couples the right to marry is harmful to children.
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Drunken One-Night Stands Don't Fit in Shakespeare's World
Yet Joss Whedon put one in his new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Here's why it doesn't work.
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The Defiant Self-Absorption of Having 8 Weddings
The documentary film Married and Counting follows a couple as they get married in every state where gay marriage is legal.
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How to Get More Women (and Men) to Call Themselves Feminists
Focus on injustice, poverty, and women in parts of the world beyond the United States.
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Toby Melville / Reuters I Met My Sister for the First Time When I Was 27
The story of an adopted daughter's reunion with her birth family
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Women Are More Likely Than Men to Be Engaged in Their Jobs
It's not clear why, but it may be because women tend to have more flexible work arrangements.
