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'It's Difficult for Trans People to Enter Public Spaces'
A swimming pool becomes a haven for a marginalized community, for whom donning a swimsuit in public can feel unsafe.
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The Problem With #MeToo’s Agenda
Caitlin Flanagan argues that the #MeToo movement is becoming big enough to be rendered meaningless.
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In 100 Texts, the Story of Love, Heartbreak, and an Unplanned Baby
What remains of a boy’s absentee father is a discarded paternity test and 100 texts archived in a Nokia phone.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters America's Deep Rift on Gender Issues
New polling reveals how partisanship affects people’s views of the roles of men and women.
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Greg Smith / AP Down the Rabbit Hole: The Surprising Tale of the Bunny Suit
Like Hugh Hefner himself, Playboy’s iconic costume was a blend of provocative and old-fashioned.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Stephen Florida Reveals the Dark Toll of Athletic Greatness
Gabe Habash’s impressive debut novel delves into the mind of a college wrestler determined to win a championship no matter the cost.
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Reuters / Toby Melville Why Don’t More People Consider Competitive Cheerleading a Sport?
The rigorous activity is dominated by female athletes—and is growing in legitimacy and popularity.
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Jordan Strauss / AP Should Acting Prizes Be Gender-Neutral?
The MTV Movie & TV Awards will no longer hand out separate trophies for best male and female performers. Will bigger ceremonies follow suit?
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Not Wanting to Be a Token in Tech
Two readers are very wary of hiring practices in Silicon Valley that strongly take gender into account. Here’s Sally: …
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Becoming ‘Everyone’s Little Sister’ to Deal With Sexism
A reader with a Ph.D. in physics has been working in the tech industry for many years, but she’s…
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Expensive / venusty888 / shutterstock / Katie Martin ... Why Female Cannibals Frighten and Fascinate
The danger and appeal of the insatiable woman in Raw, Santa Clarita Diet, and The Lure
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Thomas Lohnes / Getty In Germany, Parents Can Sue the Government for Failing to Provide Child Care
A judge has ruled that mothers and fathers can try to recover wages they lost from staying home to take care of their kids.
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Philip Gould / Corbis via Getty How Wall-Mounted Changing Tables Enabled Moms to Leave the House
Where parenting norms have gone, the availability of infant-friendly facilities has followed.
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PeopleImages / Getty Women Know When Negotiating Isn't Worth It
Telling women to “always negotiate” might be bad advice, a new paper suggests.
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Reuters Being Trans, and an Immigrant, Under the Trump Administration
Many transgender Americans have only been openly trans under an Obama administration that respected their rights. That is about to change.
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Warner Bros. Understanding the Women of Pedro Almodóvar’s Movies
The Spanish auteur has been accused of making films with misogynistic themes. But too infrequently have critics considered an important factor: the director’s sexuality.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters When Women Run Companies
What happens to employees under female leadership?
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An Arranged Marriage Is a Family Affair
In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.
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Yuya Shino / Reuters How Men’s Economic Struggles Can Look Like Good News for Women
When actually everyone is having a hard time
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Toru Hanai / Reuters D.C.’s Battle for Paid Family Leave
City-council members in the nation’s capital are preparing for a final vote on what could be the most expansive parental-leave law in the United States.
