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Women Are Often Remarkably Reluctant to Ask for Help Around the House
A new study shows that high-earning women are more likely to let their houses be messy than to hire a housekeeper or get their husbands and kids to pitch in.
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Wonder Woman's Violent, Man-Pandering Second Act
Her creator envisioned her as an antidote to the "blood-curdling masculinity" of comic books. But her modern-day reboot embraces the gore and crude sexuality she was originally supposed to avoid.
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The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20: Still Necessary, Still Not Enough
Two decades ago, President Bill Clinton signed the FMLA. It remains the only piece of legislation aimed at helping to manage the work-life balance.
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'Sleep of the Beloved': Long-Exposure Photos of Couples Asleep
German photographer Paul Schneggenburger aims to find out whether sleeping alongside another person is a solitary act or an intimate one.
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It Just Became Legal for Parisian Women to Wear Pants
Liberte! Egalite! Trousers!
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Declining Fertility Is Not the Root of America's Problems
And anyway, the U.S.'s birth rate is still pretty high.
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How Parenting Became a DIY Project
From home birth to homemade baby food to homeschooling, raising kids is a way for parents to express their individuality.
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Yuriko Nakao / Reuters There's No Perfect Age to Find a Husband
Women in their 20s are told they're too young to settle down. Then, seemingly overnight, they start hearing they're spinsters. What gives?
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Judge Not the Anxious Mommy at the Playground
"We are all capable of going a little too far": the challenges of avoiding overparenting
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Pornography 'Weakens our Resistance to the Communist Masters of Deceit'
And other warnings from the 1961 film Perversion for Profit, the Reefer Madness of porn
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How Men Can Help Women Succeed in the Military
Everyone knows about army wives—now we need a new generation of army husbands.
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Marriage Is Not a '24/7 Sleepover Party'
Overstating and distorting the benefits of marriage is just as destructive as maligning the institution.
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Why Geeks Get Bullied (It's Not Necessarily for Being Geeks)
Privilege, class, and gender are bigger factors than some want to admit.
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It Pays to Be a Married Dad Whose Wife Doesn't Work Full Time
Married, biological fathers who live with their families are associated with a wage bonus of about four percent after they have kids, according to a new study.
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What Maya Angelou Means When She Says 'Shakespeare Must Be a Black Girl'
"The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you—black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight."
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Charlotte + Mr. Collins 4-Eva: In Praise of Jane Austen's Lukewarm Romance
Sure, the two "Pride and Prejudice" characters don't have the all-consuming, uncompromising passion of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy—but how many couples do?
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New Problems, Old Issues: Why Advice Hasn't Changed Much Since Dear Abby
A conversation with "Ask Amy" Dickinson and Emily "Dear Prudence" Yoffe about the past and future of their profession.
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Why It's So Rare for a Wife to Be Taller Than Her Husband
It's not just because women are, on average, shorter than men.
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'Anger Boiled Up, and Betty Friedan Was There': 'Feminine Mystique' at 50
An interview with Gail Collins about the groundbreaking feminist book
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Betty Friedan Did Not Kill Home Cooking
Lots of factors contributed to families abandoning from-scratch meals , but feminism isn't one of them.
