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Gender Studies
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
In numerous cultures worldwide, women were just as involved in bringing home the prehistoric bacon as their male counterparts.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of those who identify as bisexual increased from 1.2% to 4.5%.
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.
13mins
Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.
The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
1hr 25mins
Richard Reeves explains the big problems facing men today — and why no one is talking about them.
It's not about fairness. It's about using every possible advantage.
And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright.
5mins
80% of the world was once polygamous. What happened?
She apparently learned some valuable business skills as a former prostitute.
7mins
Sexual attitudes are more man-like than ever. Here’s what that means for women.
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.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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?