Gender

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One for the lads
The British tackled their own education gender gap by letting boys be boys -- with mixed results.
Lost boys
While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"?
The crying game
Sexual rights activists are hoping that transgender beauty Amanda Milan, the victim of a shocking murder, did not die in vain.
The saga of the Bra Ball
It is a tale about art, commerce, intellectual property, technology and gender. And thousands of bras, of course.
Bang-bang girl
An ex-photojournalist who brags about screwing half the foreign press corps is no feminist hero -- she's just an opportunist.
Medical gender wars
First came the whining feminists. Next, the inevitable male backlash. Health research has become a casualty of the battle between the sexes.
The online succubus
My perfect lover became my worst nightmare. Part 1 of two parts.
It's payback time
In "The War Against Boys," author Christina Hoff Sommers claims that unfair programs to empower girls have taken a toll on boys.
Letters to the editor
Hey, Horowitz: Gun locks are about safety, not ideology. Plus: Is LASIK all the better to see with? Deepak Chopra's legal battles do not diminish his spirituality.
The sex-switching saga of "Bruce-to-Brenda"
A failed attempt to "reassign" the gender of a Canadian boy after a clumsy circumcision has become a focal point in the debate over gender identity.
Jude looks like a lady
In the new Hollywood, men look like women, women look androgynous and no one is having sex.
Walk like a man
What happened when I crossed the gender barrier.
"Hot women and dry martinis"
If we've come such a long way, baby, then why are we still being treated to sites like TheMan.com?
Japanese want baby girls; Indians choose boys
As parents coordinate their babies' sexes ahead of time, the male-female ratio gets even more skewed.
Letters to the Editor
Abstinence works in theory, not in practice; debating cable vs. DSL; who's to blame for Columbine feeding frenzy?
Give me a dick or give me death!
Today I am a femme with an inner soft butch, but as a child, I failed to meet the demands of either gender.
Stress causes girls?
A study suggests that stress at conception can make your baby more likely to be female.
Jar Jar mania must die!
The Village Voice takes Jar Jar theorizing too far; a quasi-national alternative glossy editor's cri de coeur; new theories on love and marriage.
Hot Flash: I want your sex
How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does it mean for the future of the human race?
I want your sex
How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does it mean for the future of the human race?
Family myths, family realities
A string of lurid cases this year drew attention away from the real challenges that confront American families.
Sexing the Machine
Three digital women debate gender, technology and the Net. An e-mail roundtable with authors Ellen Ullman and Sadie Plant.
In defense of wannabes
People who identify outside their societal group are the real multiculturalists.
The hounds of spring
A stint teaching writing to high school students leaves the author wondering why girls still haven't learned how to dream.
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