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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.
Shrugging Off Gender Policing
An effective way to change or eradicate norms delimiting how men and women are expected to behave.
Female Condoms: Meet the Ancestors to the Next Big Thing in Safe Sex
A predecessor to the female condom was available nearly 100 years ago.
The Power of Female Leaders in Ethnically Diverse Countries
New research shows that countries with a lot of ethnic diversity experience greater economic growth when they have a female head of state.
The Female Condom Is the Next Big Thing in Safe Sex
Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is undergoing a transformation.
Leaning Out
By intentionally taking a step back from a career she worked hard to start, Alice Dreger estimates she has cost her family $750,000. Was it worth it?
Looking Smart! Study Suggests Men’s Intelligence Can Be Judged by Sight
New research from the Czech Republic finds people can accurately judge intelligence by looking at faces of men, but not women.
Doing Gender With the Face
The “sexy model face” isn’t built into our DNA, bone structure, or psychology, but projected.
The Social Construction of Sex
Many of us probably get our core gender identities as much from our biological origins as we do from our gender educations.