The Gender Bent

Marriage

Can We Talk About Our Retrograde Name-Change Practices?

Leah Sheppard Ph.D. on September 19, 2023

A recent Pew survey shows that the vast majority of women, and a tiny minority of men, change their names after marriage. Why does this practice remain so resistant to progress?

A recent Pew survey shows that the vast majority of women, and a tiny minority of men, change their names after marriage. Why does this practice remain so resistant to progress?

Leadership

Rethinking the Gender Gap in Leadership

Leah Sheppard Ph.D. on August 7, 2023

Men and women are similar in their tendency to view status and power as relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things. So why do so many more men become leaders than women?

Men and women are similar in their tendency to view status and power as relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things. So why do so many more men become leaders than women?