Gender

It’s hard for me to imagine how the therapist felt when my friend J, who lives as a married man with several young children in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclave in the U.K., showed up for her first appointment dressed, as we trans people say, as herself. Read More

Here's to a mother's Good Enough day: *Laundry piles remain, like anxious, molting creatures multiplying on the basement floor. I stare at them in horror and fascination. They appear to stare back, mocking. *Everyone safe, fed, alive and drifting off to sleep by day's end. Read More

The systematic rape of lesbian women and other members of the LGBTQ community is rampant in South Africa, a result of deeply ingrained homophobia and acceptance of violence against women. Read More

The Sexualization and Objectification of a Beloved Character Sparks Petition to Keep Merida Brave Read More

There's a reason they tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself first when you're on an airplane with a child. You can't help the kid if you're passed out. Ladies, let's be honest. Who among us would really do that? We are hard-wired to take care of others first, then with the scraps and dregs of our energy and time, we scrape together our own self-care. Read More

Part II of our three part series on teens, texting and their relationships looks at the effects of cell phones and social media on your child's education, schooling, and academic development as well as their social and emotional skills. It's your child—be informed! Read More

Women and men experience sexual activity, and even sexual attraction, in very different ways. Women are typically most interested in their connection to the other person - the relationship - whereas men tend to be more visually oriented. Read More

I realize that women have still not achieved full equality -- whether in terms of salary or position. But if one considers Americans under the age of 25 (and probably even going up to 30), there is little question that it is boys and young men who are lagging. Read More

Women are reaching for the stars to freeze their eggs and preserve their fertility, and the stars are doing it too. But is this technology, and delayed child-bearing, the answer to the balancing act between work and motherhood? Read More