While women certainly receive benefits from physical touch, including greater satisfaction with their body image and better relationships, there are also certain boundaries some women find themselves ...

Five years ago, Dr. Alice Domar, a successful psychologist in Boston, had what she describes as an “ah-ha experience.” A new patient, whom she refers to as “Kim,” came in for an evaluation. Kim seemed ...

It’s hardly radical to say that women’s bodies are inherently smaller and weaker than men’s bodies—but research compiled in Starre Vartan’s illuminating new book The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells ...

Many women are pressured — at school, in their relationships, with family members, and in the workplace — to be the most agreeable version of themselves, largely for the convenience and comfort of men ...

Would you rather be good-looking but with a plain partner or be unattractive yourself but with a hot date? How you answer the question probably depends on what sex you are. A survey of more than 1200 ...

A view of the U.S. Capitol as the sun sets on Sept. 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymake—Getty Images The federal government is shut down. People are losing their jobs and millions are about to ...

A new Center for American Progress analysis shows that large shares of working women—both mothers and married women without cohabitating children—continue to be breadwinners for their families. Policy ...

Tradwives might be trending, but researchers say that the phenomena is more rooted in women fighting against the pressure to balance full-time work with family commitments than it is about women ...

Half a century since the passage of Title IX, generations of girls who played sports have grown up and climbed the corporate ladder. Title IX, which was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of ...