Stress Increases Empathy in Women, Decreases It in Men
New research from Vienna finds a big gender gap in how we respond to stressful situations.
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How Do We Get More Women Cycling?
The number of women on bikes is an indicator of a city’s cycle-friendliness and -safety. Improve those and you'll get more people out of their cars.
What Talent Shortage? The Great American Brain Waste of Our Captive Labor Market
Our biggest businesses complain about a shortage of skilled labor. Instead of calling on the government to act, they should consider workplace policies that are friendlier to women and immigrants.
Celebrating the Baby Dolls of Mardi Gras
Flouting both gender and race rules at New Orleans' famous street festival.
Why Are Synthetic Hormones Off-Limits in Sports?
Our bodies naturally create hundreds of hormones that are key to determining our athletic abilities. But the introduction of unnatural hormones raises important questions about how we define sex and gender.
Let’s Take a Moment to Talk About the Good Side Effects of Birth Control
As a way to politicize the issue, most media coverage of birth-control methods is focused on the potential complications of use, but far more women experience positive benefits, including cancer prevention and menstrual regulation.
Hormones and How Women Vote: New Evidence, but No Consensus
New research partially rebuts a controversial 2012 paper that linked fertility with the way women vote, but fails to refute the basic premise.
Rethinking a Zero-Tolerance Approach to Female Genital Mutilation
Are all of our opinions about FGCs largely shaped by racism, ethnocentrism, and a disgust or pity for an imagined Africa?
Questioning Media Portrayals of Female Drunkenness
Why is modern female binge drinking still all about the men?
Is Women’s Underwear a Form of Cultural Capital?
A researcher offers some lofty theories about some pretty basic observations.