This month is Women’s History Month — and it’s great to see coverage spotlighting the achievements of women in history and up to the present day. But in a month focused on women, the character and ...

Boy, how times have changed. Thank goodness. On second thoughts, have they? A slew of recent stories making the headlines focus on modern society's ; in many cases, women are still objectified as sex ...

Today, "Women in Clothes," a collection of essays, interviews, and images, edited by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton hits shelves. In a line, it's a book that explores a woman's ...

BROOKE GLADSTONE: When it comes to sports and gender, or politics and gender or work and gender, health, anything and gender, discussion soon devolves into a churning or a burning funk. Olympics ...

Excuse me? Can you say the last bit again? 'She celebrates her femininity by wearing make-up and high heels.' Is that it? Is that the only way in which a woman can 'celebrate' her femininity? Team ...

When I was young, my mother told me it was more important to be smart than feminine. Being feminine meant I was weak. If I were to take care of myself in a world I couldn't trust with men I couldn't ...

Writer Ali Segel is proof that women know how to get things done. After she discovered that Merriam-Webster used a sexist example sentence in its definition of the word "femininity" Tuesday, she ...

Although the definition of toxic femininity varies depending on the source, it is quite fascinating to track the discourse across various professions and industries. Before diving in, I think it is ...