My Husband Paid Me to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom
It was a ludicrous arrangement—but no more ludicrous than this country's appalling lack of subsidized child care.
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Gender Equity
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How Cities Can Ensure Fair, Affordable Transit Amid a Glut of Emerging Transportation Technologies
City planners will need to focus on equity and flexibility, while refusing to buckle to venture capital.
Viewfinder: San Francisco City Workers Demand Equal Pay For Women
Workers march during a rally outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7th, 2019, in San Francisco, California.
How Women’s Studies Is Helping Rural Teens Fix Their Social Culture
With her pioneering courses, Annie Delgado is filling in the gaps left by more traditional curricula.
Is Medicine’s Gender Bias Killing Young Women?
A recent study suggests younger women who have heart attacks may hesitate to get help because they’re afraid of being labeled hypochondriacs. But the bigger problem is just how justified that fear really is.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Human Rights Advocate Who Wants to Study Post-Conflict Reconstruction
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
The STEM Gender Gap That Boggles Even Physicists
A new analysis of the gender gap in physics assessments between male and female students doesn't solve the STEM disparity, but it's a good primer on current thought.
Porn Viewing Impacts Attitudes on Women in Workplace
New research finds people who watch pornography are less likely to support affirmative action for women.
Why Does Hollywood Still Suck at Gender Equality?
It’s 2010, and the room is tight with anticipation. Barbra Streisand, a titan for gender equality in her…
How Etsy Got Over Middle-School-Cafeteria Syndrome
In the year after declaring diversity one of their core values, Etsy watched their female engineers drop to four out of 85.