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The Feminist Objection to Women in Combat
One of the male patriarchal values that has been consistently criticized by feminists is war.
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A History of Crossdressing Soldiers
Think women haven't been in combat situations already? Meet the women who dressed like men to fight in the Civil War.
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Samsul Said / Reuters There's No Such Thing as Everlasting Love (According to Science)
A new book argues that the emotion happens in "micro-moments of positivity resonance."
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The Lonely Existence of Mel Feit, Men's-Rights Advocate
For decades, he has tried to expose the ways society discriminates against men. Will feminists ever see him as anything but an enemy?
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'The Most Counterproductive Policy in the U.S. Army': Servicemembers on the Women-in-Combat Ban, 20 Years Ago
What the debate about women's role in the military looked like in 1990
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Dads Caring for Their Kids: It's Parenting, Not Babysitting
Fathers sometimes get undue praise for doing what mothers are expected to do.
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Oh Those Feisty Dames, Benghazi Hearings Edition
Put a woman under pressure, and what can you expect?
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What Obama Doesn't Understand About Gender Inequality
Caring for children and other loved ones makes it harder for women (and some men) to keep up.
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The End of Pro-Choice: Will 'No Labels' Really Help the Abortion Debate?
Is Planned Parenthood's decision to abandon the decades-old term brilliant—or doomed?
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Sex, Race, and the Bloodiness of Being Female: The Atlantic on Abortion
From "Mrs. X" to Caitlin Flanagan, generations of authors have grappled with the notion of a woman's right to choose.
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'Fake Geek Girls' Paranoia Is About Male Insecurity, Not Female Duplicity
Unpacking an ongoing Internet spat
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The Social Construction of Selective Abortion
Many American women terminate their pregnancies when they discover their child will have Down Syndrome. Is that so different from mothers in other parts of the world who abort unwanted girls?
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Princesses Can, in Fact, Be Role Models for Little Girls
Exploring India's rich, complex fairytales
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The Banality of the Manti Te'o Hoax
Deception is part of every relationship, online and off.
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Newtown and the TV Shows Parents Let Their Kids Watch
Children face bigger threats than fictional violence.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters Being Married Helps Professors Get Ahead, but Only If They're Male
A new study of history professors shows that married men get promoted faster than their single colleagues, while the opposite is true for women.
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My Dream College Won't Accept Me Because I'm a Woman
The excruciating disappointment of applying to Deep Springs College, then finding out that because of a lawsuit, they're not going co-ed after all
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The Challenges and Rewards of Male-on-Male Friendship
Adult men have long struggled to maintain meaningful bonds with other men—but that might be changing.
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How to Stop Sexual Assault at Military Service Academies: First, Legalize Sex
It's impossible to teach young officers-in-training what's wrong with unwanted sex when even consensual sex is against the rules.
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Robot Babies, No-Kids Tax, and Other Ways Nations Try to Up the Birth Rate
These countries have gone to extraordinary lengths to coax citizens into doing their patriotic, procreative duty.
