Gender

Good luck raising that gender-neutral child Good luck raising that gender-neutral child

Lise Eliot explains how slight biological differences in boys and girls can turn into a yawning divide in adults
  • "Men's rights" groups go mainstream

    Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
  • How cooking makes you a man

    Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame
  • We're all intersex

    The author of "Between XX and XY" on people born neither male nor female -- and why everyone's a little bit of both
  • Fear of a drag planet

    For gay teens, high heels and ties can be a political act
  • Should a teenager sail the globe?

    A 16-year-old girl has embarked on a great adventure, and prompted a great deal of fretting
  • Morehouse College: What a drag!

    The all-male, historically African-American college's new dress code bans students from wearing women's clothing
  • Must Hollywood dads be so clueless?

    Even movies about single fathers doing their best seem to reinforce the myth that mommies rule, daddies drool
  • Caster Semenya is not a hermaphrodite

    But rumored test results reveal the controversial runner is intersex -- a shocker, likely even to her
  • The end of sex-segregated sports

    Does the Caster Semenya controversy expose the impossibility of separating men and women on the playing field?
  • "Women hold up half the sky"

    An equally persuasive and heartbreaking argument that female empowerment can save the world
  • She's a "man"... maybe

    Is a masculine appearance adequate grounds for gender testing world champion runner Caster Semenya?
  • Lady Gaga has balls

    The rumors of her penis were greatly exaggerated, but the star is still becoming one of rock's great gender benders
  • You're a bitch, but a good soldier

    Despite sexual harassment and a lack of proper credit, women are proving they belong in combat zones
  • For girls, a major bummer

    One more reason for the wage gap: What young women choose to study in college
  • When women act like men, children die

    Anecdata and statistical manipulation about DUIs remind us that ladies who don't know their place are dangerous
  • "I would never wife that"

    And other words of wisdom from rapper Ghostface Killah's sexist rant
  • Michael Pollan wants you back in the kitchen

    The foodie author thinks we should all cook like Julia Child, minus the getting paid part
  • The culture of (female) narcissism

    Could inflated egos coupled with old cultural expectations be the cause of women's increasing unhappiness?
  • Give me your tired, your poor, your battered

    How does asylum for abused women actually work?
  • The trans bathroom debate

    Should people with nontraditional gender identities be allowed to choose which restrooms they use?
  • Is it sexist to question Sotomayor's temper?

    Many feminists wonder if a man would get similar treatment. Actually, he might
  • More dangerous than "Grand Theft Auto"

    Are video games marketed to girls more potentially harmful than the spectacles of violence aimed at boys?
  • Sotomayor would make a hell of a guy

    But since she's a woman, her profile in the New York Times reads like a warning: Success makes you lonely, girls
  • SingleSexEducation.com

    Do female students really need online enrichment classes tailored to their learning styles?
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