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Gender
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In Australia You Can Now Be a Woman, a Man—or Neither
The Land Down Under has expanded the legal definition of gender.
Groundbreaking News: Women Like Sex
A new study reveals that women, like men, enjoy sex. Here's why this is dumb.
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.
How Evolution Explains High-Heeled Shoes
New research suggests wearing heels forces women to walk in a way that exaggerates their femininity.
Women Spend More Time (and Have More Friends) on Facebook
A survey of Facebook users finds the social networking site fulfills some of the same functions as old-fashioned gossiping.
For Greater Gender Equality, Introduce Yourself Online
New Canadian research finds that when men and women get to know one another in an online chat, gender differences usually found in face-to-face conversations are strikingly absent.
Why She Cries at Movies, While He Snores
New research finds men and women feel sympathy for fictional characters for different reasons.
Sex Shapes How We Hear Music
Once a year, it seems, the worlds of gender studies, fashion and classical music collide at the Hollywood…