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Why 'The Feminine Mystique' Is Still Controversial

By Jennifer Latson

The Number of Top Movie Roles for Women Has Fallen

By Sabrina Toppa

Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 4

By The Aspen Institute

The Economist Appoints Its First Female Editor

By Megan Gibson
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Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 22

1. Want to improve your bottom line? Diversify your workplace.By Joann S. Lublin in the Wall Street Journal2. Journalism shouldn’t be a transaction for communities. A local news lab can make it transformational.By Josh Stearns...

By The Aspen Institute

How To Shake Up Gender Norms

Will continuing to challenge gender norms and document their harmful impacts lead to their extinction — or evolution?

By Elizabeth Weingarten / New America

Jealousy: Men Vs. Women

It's never easy to be cheated on, but how you react depends on your sex

By TIME Staff

India Elects First Openly Transgender Mayor

She's from the lowest caste and beat her opponent by 4,500 votes

By Charlotte Alter

10 Surprising Health Benefits of Being a Woman

Being a woman carries a host of health and body payoffs

By Health.com

How America's First Self-Made Female Millionaire Built Her Fortune

Dec. 23, 1867: Sarah Breedlove Walker, the first black female millionaire in U.S. history, is born

By Jennifer Latson

Google+ Offers Infinite Gender Options

Users can now choose any word to describe themselves from "gender fluid" to "trans"

By Eliana Dockterman

Peter Pan Live's Allison Williams Joins a Long Tradition: Women Playing Pan

The boy who won't grow up has rarely been played by a real boy

By Lily Rothman

The Complicated History Behind the Fight for Pregnant Women's Equality

Two Supreme Court cases have helped define the struggle

By Lily Rothman

What Every Generation Gets Wrong About Sex

Think the past was oppressive and the present is debauched? Think again

By Rachel Hills

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 1

1. Though manufacturing jobs — particularly in the auto industry — are making a comeback, the wages are low and not even keeping up with inflation.By Catherine Ruckelshaus and Sarah Leberstein at the National Employment...

By The Aspen Institute

The Woman Who Broke the U.K.'s Parliamentary Gender Barrier Wasn't Even Trying

Dec. 1, 1919: American-born socialite Lady Astor is sworn in as the first female member of the British House of Commons

By Jennifer Latson

The Most Destructive Gender Binary

We need to show the world just how much each gender depends on the other, and how men, too, benefit from full equality

By Gary Barker

The Brutal Triple Murder Behind the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Nov. 25 kicks off 16 days of activism to advance equality for women

By Charlotte Alter

What We Can Learn From the Women Who Passed as Men to Serve in the U.S. Army

People like 'Lyons' Wakeman have a lesson for today

By Elizabeth Heideman

OkCupid Rolls Out New Gender Options

The new feature isn't yet available to all users

By Nolan Feeney
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