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Mendelsund / Munday Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?
Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession.
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George Marks / Retrofile / Getty So Is Living Together Before Marriage Linked to Divorce or What?
Why researchers can't agree after decades of studies
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Mike_shots / Shutterstock Sperm Counts Continue to Fall
Scientists are coming to a consensus that men in America and Europe are experiencing a worsening decrease in fertility. They disagree, however, about why.
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Netflix Big Mouth Grows Up (Kinda)
In Season 2, the teen-centric series tackles adult concerns—notably the importance of nuanced sex education—with both didacticism and humor.
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Thinkstock Images / Getty Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?
The CDC found that reported cases of three STDs hit an all-time high in 2017, suggesting that while sexual activity is decreasing in the U.S., it’s getting riskier.
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Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.
Physicians have long dismissed or downplayed women's sexual- and reproductive-health concerns—but in 2018, stories about "health-care gaslighting" are consistently breaking through to the mainstream.
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Jeremy Hudson / Getty Images Americans Have Some Pretty Vanilla Sexual Fantasies
A new book on the science of sexual desire finds Americans are surprisingly romantic and loyal to their partners when they fantasize about sex.
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters The Rebirth of America's Pro-Natalist Movement
Activists on the right and left want policies that will reverse the country’s baby bust. But the broader culture—and Congress—don’t seem to care.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Battle Over LGBT Discrimination Is Just Beginning
The Trump administration steps into an on-going legal battle over civil rights—and steps on another agency’s turf.
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Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress / ... What America Lost as Women Entered the Workforce
Civic organizations were built on the voluntary labor of women. As the demands on women's time increase, communities are suffering.
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Richard Newstead / Getty Why the Male Pill Still Doesn't Exist
Despite decades of research, it’s still only women who deal with the daily annoyances of contraceptive medication.
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Fabian Bimmer / Reuters How to Play Like a Girl
For toymakers like Lego, where is the line between making products children love and telling kids how they should play?
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Federal Government Quietly Expands Transgender Rights
In a new ruling Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services said Obamacare outlaws discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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Deep Velllum The Challenge of Genderless Characters
What a 30-year-old novel reveals about hidden biases
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Jeff Chiu / AP Will Toys Ever Go Beyond Blue and Pink?
Products marketed to children are more divided by gender stereotypes than ever, but the Internet is increasingly offering alternatives to Hot Wheels and Barbies.
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Adnan Abidi / Reuters Does Adding ‘Genderqueer’ to the Dictionary Make It ‘Real’?
A conversation about Merriam-Webster’s newest words with a professional lexicographer
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Andrey Popov / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / ... When Doctors Refuse to Treat LGBT Patients
A new law in Mississippi makes it legal for physicians and therapists to opt out of care on religious grounds. What does this mean for medicine?
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Matt Mills McKnight / Getty Images / Zak ... What's the Answer to Political Polarization in the U.S.?
From partisan gerrymandering to exclusionary party primaries, a breakdown of the factors behind our polarized politics, and common proposals to fix it
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A24 Female Freedom and Fury in The Witch
The film’s director, Robert Eggers, discusses how his Puritan horror story came to focus on the empowerment of a teenage girl.
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Bettmann / CORBIS / AP / Kara Gordon ... The Progressive Roots of the Pro-Life Movement
A new book looks at the history of anti-abortion advocacy before Roe v. Wade, arguing that today’s activists are much different than their predecessors.
