Social Justice Plastic Surgery Alters Perceptions of One’s Personality People who underwent facelifts and/or lower eyebrow surgery were more likely to be judged as having certain positive qualities. Tom Jacobs
Economics We’re Not Opposite Sexes, But Television Wants You to Think That We Are Another example of an advertisement that plays off of tired stereotypes. Lisa Wade
Social Justice Even Slight Gender Ambiguity Is Costly to Female Candidates New research finds women politicians whose faces are instantly categorized as female are more likely to win elections. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice What’s Wrong With Women’s History Month? We're only recognizing women who have excelled at what are generally thought to be “masculine” pursuits. Laurel Westbrook
Social Justice The Feminization of Love and Masculinization of Sex Do men pretend like they're not into Valentine's Day—or any other love-related things—because of the way society pressures them to avoid "girly" things in our culture? Lisa Wade
Social Justice Compulsory Monogamy in ‘The Hunger Games’ Imagine if Katniss Everdeen didn't have to choose between Peeta and Gale. Mimi Schippers
Social Justice The Sexy Baby Voice vs. the Voice of God Are all voices treated equally? Nathan Palmer
Books & Culture News in Brief Previous Site Sections International Politics and How the First African American Flight Attendants Were Hired Could a handful of black women convince other countries that America didn't have a race problem? Lisa Wade
Social Justice The Class Connotations of the Color Pink What can you tell, if anything, about a man who wears a color that has been linked to femininity here in the United States? Jay Livingston
Social Justice The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette There are a lot of Smurfs, and all of them are identified by a unique quality or ability—except for the one female in the bunch. Philip N. Cohen