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Gender Studies
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
Mary Toft staged an elaborate hoax, but the pain was real.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
It's not about fairness. It's about using every possible advantage.
And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright.
She apparently learned some valuable business skills as a former prostitute.
The Church of England is debating if believers should stop using gendered language when talking about God.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
Something doesn't add up.
From Aristotle's lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant's "scientific" racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
The acceptance of fashionable nonsense is a threat to Enlightenment values and public health.
Even after a decade of hormone therapy, trans women are stronger and faster than cis women.
Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?
One study estimated that 80% of people include “deviations” from the truth in their online profiles.
In the 1980s, some wardens started painting their cells with a shade of pink dubbed "Baker-Miller Pink."
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
The biology behind your office's air conditioning war.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
And debate over it started soon after.
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
The effects are even worse for women.
"Immodest Acts" tells the story of Benedetta Carlini, a lesbian nun who claimed to be a mystic visionary but failed to convince the leaders of her faith.
Catholic sisters outnumber priests and religious on every continent.
Psychologist Adrian Furnham has termed this effect the male hubris, female humility problem.