“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls,” writes Soraya Chemaly.
Women have to perform for expectations that undermine their public ambitions
We need to change the words we use to talk about diversity
Our society needs more stories by women and about women
The goal isn’t safety OR free speech; it's safety AND free speech.
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Two new reports have found teachers are unintentionally steering girls away from math and penalizing young black girls for being assertive.
The response isn’t about toilets, but about women demanding more than they are “given”
Long lines for women's restrooms are the result of a history that favors men’s bodies
An interview with one of Bill Cosby's accusers displayed an unethical lack of knowledge about sexual assault
Technology isn’t just mirroring offline crimes but amplifying them in ways that qualitatively change their impact
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Recent arguments have suggested that men get harassed more often than women online, but these studies ignore the violent reality
There's a lost opportunity every time we make girls and women individually responsible for avoiding rape
The Hobby Lobby decision displays the profound depth of religious and male norms that deny women autonomy and the right to control our own reproduction.
Learning to resist the unhealthy pressure to volunteer for every possible activity in a child's school
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