gender

7 Signs and Pictures That Helped Define American Protest Movements

By Olivia B. Waxman

Children Have Pretty Flexible Ideas About Gender Identity

By The Aspen Institute

How a Protest by Roman Women Helped Change an Ancient Law

By Laura McCormack / History Today

A Radical Idea for Predatory Men: Confession, then Amnesty

By Belinda Luscombe
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Evolution Expert: ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Doesn’t Explain Sexual Harassment

As an anthropologist who studies the evolutionary biology of men, I have followed with distress the recent spate of reports on the sexual harassment and abuse of women by high-profile men, and the inevitable question...

By Richard G. Bribiescas

Even European History's Most Powerful Women Were Vulnerable to Sexual Harassment

To blame the woman was of course the standard practice of the 16th century

By Sarah Gristwood / History News Network

Filmmaking Has a Gender Problem. Here’s What Happened When Canada Tried to Solve It

A look back at a Canadian experiment from the '70s might hold a possible answer for the post-Weinstein world

By Matthew Hays

How Real 'Rosie the Riveters' Discovered a Wartime California Dream

Steady work and nice housing were all bathed in California sunshine

By Samuel Redman, University of Massachusetts Amherst / The Conversation

Germany Must Create Third Gender Category, Court Rules

The ruling found that providing only male or female categories on government documents violated anti-discrimination laws and citizens’ constitutional right to privacy

By Billy Perrigo

First Woman to Translate Homer's 'Odyssey' Into English: How Modern Bias Is Projected Onto Antiquity

"Translators interpret a poem's depiction of gender — or any other concept — in light of their own presuppositions"

By Emily Wilson

Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood's Ugly Casting Couch History

'Men in power realized they could use their position for sexual gain'

By Lily Rothman

'I Was Heartbroken.' Meet the Girl Who Sued to Be a Boy Scout and Lost

“It’s nice to see them making steps and progressing in a good direction, but it’s still not the same as what I was fighting for.”

By Lily Rothman

Researchers Find Women Make Better Surgeons Than Men

Researchers turned to the data to see if patients operated on by male or female surgeons fared better

By Alice Park

Most Women in Prison Are Victims of Domestic Violence. That's Nothing New

Thanks to a unique historical record created by women in a Mississippi prison in the 1930s, it’s possible to see the similarities between women’s incarceration then and now

By Karen L. Cox

The U.S. Marines Has Its First Female Infantry Officer

The lieutenant is the first woman to completed the grueling 13-week course

By Kevin Lui

Kids Believe Gender Stereotypes by Age 10, Global Study Finds

A six-year 15-country survey of adloescents shows how universal gender norms are

By Belinda Luscombe

22 Women From History Who Were 'Firsts' in Their Fields

Here are just a few of the pioneers to know about

By TIME Staff

How the Conversation About Women 'Having It All' Played Out 70 Years Ago

On Women's Equality Day, a look at what's changed — and what's stayed the same

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Will Women Ever Break the Bronze Ceiling?

Kanishka Karunaratne jogs regularly in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, and until recently she never paid much attention to its monuments. Then she heard an interesting fact from former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios: there are...

By Maya Rhodan

The Long, Intense Fight for Transgender Rights

'Time marches on, and so do we'

By Laverne Cox, Molly Crabapple, Zackary Drucker, Chase Strangio, Kim Boekbinder, Jim Batt
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