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Women Struggle with Monogamy More Than Men

Since its beginnings, when it was called "sociobiology," evolutionary psychology has been wed to the theory that women are monogamous and men are promiscuous—that men have a compunction to spread their seed while women instinctually want to lock some guy down to raise her children. Show More Summary

Brad Pitt Will No Longer Do Sex Scenes. He Doesn't Have To.

There's a lot to chew over in Esquire's forthcoming profile of Brad Pitt, including his admission that his drug use during his marriage to Jennifer Aniston got out of control. But one of the most striking revelations in the profile comes from Frank Pollaro, a friend of Pitt's who collaborated with him on a furniture line. Show More Summary

Why Working Parents Should Not Pull the Kid Card

Earlier this week, Slate’s Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, featured a letter from a young attorney who was seething with resentment because many co-workers in her law firm regularly left the office early. Their explanation? They had children and needed to tend to them. Show More Summary

I Can Send the Nanny to the Bake Sale? Sweet!

If it’s a day that ends in “y,” there must be a horrible and obnoxious trend in childrearing for which we must scold parents mercilessly. (Let me check my calendar. Yup.) The latest “outrage,” courtesy of the New York Post and LindyShow More Summary

Meteor Employee Shoots a Bull’s Eye Against Sexism, with Help from the Hawkeye Initiative

Feminist concern with representations of women in comic books and video games is hardly a new thing, nor is it always greeted with support—just ask Anita Sarkeesian, whose Tropes Vs Women has inspired intense backlash from territorial gamers. Show More Summary

Why Is This Groom Posing with a Toilet?

On Monday, 184 couples got hitched in a mass marriage ceremony in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. But what made the day special wasn't the collective pledge to love, honor and respect. To obtain a license to wed, the local government had asked prospective grooms to submit photos of themselves posing with their indoor latrine.

Enough Airy-Fairy Liberal Nonsense About Police. If You Don’t Want to Get Raped, Hire a Private Security Firm.

Liberal blogs and, of course, public radio are up in arms over this story about an Oregon woman who was raped because, due to massive budget cuts, there were no cops available to take her panicked phone call to the police. The rape occurred...Show More Summary

Teenagers Hate Facebook, but They're Not Logging Off

A new report released this week from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that Facebook remains the leading social network among American teenagers. It’s also the most reviled. While some teenagers interviewed by Pew claimed...Show More Summary

Occupy Barbie's Dreamhouse! And Quit Telling Girls to Dream.

Where do you even start with Barbie? Few toys inspire such feminist gnashing of teeth as the 11 ½-inch plastic doll, with her blindingly white skin, impossible figure, and fathomless wardrobe. And now her Dreamhouse tourist attraction...Show More Summary

Why Movies and TV Should Take Mindy Kaling's Advice on Kissing—Sort Of

In a piece for the New Yorker this week, The Mindy Project creator and The Office veteran Mindy Kaling writes about one of her favorite parts of her job as an actress, particularly in a role where her character is dating a lot. She gets to kiss people, particularly those who might be otherwise unavailable for smooching because they are married. She says:

Is PMS All in Our Heads?

In all the controversy over the new DSM-5, it was inevitable that a long-standing fight over PMS would be revived. Eighty-five percent of women claim to have suffered from this disorder, but repeated research shows there's actually no relationship between daily moods and shifting monthly hormone levels. Show More Summary

  I Should Have Frozen My Eggs

Sarah Elizabeth Richards makes a great case for why a stigma against egg freezing shouldn’t exist and why women who freeze their eggs are happier for doing so. I know about these fears because I did not freeze my eggs. Yes, I repeat, I did not freeze my eggs. That’s why at 42 years old, I’m involved in the long, painful process of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

Old Spice Man. Kraft Zesty Guy. Have We Reached Peak Ad Hunk?

Have we reached Peak Hunk? USA Today examines the trend of “sexy guys—not gals—featured in racy TV spots” since a shirtless Isaiah Mustafa first mounted a horse to promote Old Spice in 2010. In a recent ad for Kraft salad dressing, a...Show More Summary

Forced Abortion Is About Domestic Violence, Not Embryonic Life

This strange and awful story out of Tampa, Fla., about a man who tricked a woman into aborting her pregnancy, is another instance of the politicization of women's reproductive health care confusing what should be straightforward issues. Show More Summary

Five Women We're Excited to See on Network TV This Fall

Now that the upfronts—the events at which television networks announce their schedules for the coming season and then try to sell advertising slots to advertisers—are over, we've got a good sense of what's hot and what's not in TV right now. Show More Summary

Jimmy Connors Is Woefully out of Line on Chris Evert’s Abortion

Seventies-era tennis star Jimmy Connors has a new autobiography out, and he's using it to take some nasty jabs at his former girlfriend and fellow tennis champion Chris Evert. Jessica Luther of the Atlantic explains:

Game of Thrones Lady Power Rankings: Week Eight

Our Creepy Fascination with Celebrity Pregnancies

I’ve never felt more scrutinized by strangers than when I was pregnant. During my third trimester my body felt like public property. Sometimes this was pleasant—older women on the subway would chat me up about my impending arrival. Often it was less so. Show More Summary

Salvadoran Woman’s Story Is a Powerful Argument for Legal Abortion

Proponents of legal abortion could not make up a more heartbreaking scenario to prove their point. Beatriz (not her real name) is 22 years old with a one-year-old son. She has both lupus and kidney failure.

A Military Parent’s Homecoming Should Not Be a Surprise

Last night at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium, 9 year-old Alayna Adams, whose father has been deployed in Afghanistan for the past year, threw out the first pitch only to discover the man in the catcher’s mask was actually her father, Lt....Show More Summary