Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. By Lisa Lerer ...

A rev(O)lutionary new study may have cracked the carnal code of the female orgasm. According to researchers at the University of Essex, it’s down to something women can do — not men — that makes them ...

In 2016, Hillary Clinton was a former secretary of state and senator running against the politically inexperienced real-estate tycoon Donald Trump. She lost. People would vote for a woman, the ...

You’ve likely heard of the male gaze, the concept coined by British film theorist Laura Mulvey in her 1973 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In her writing, she notes that the “male gaze ...

There’s no single way for a woman to be a badass—she can kick ass like the Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill,” solve a crime like Clarice (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs,” or lead a ...

Perhaps nothing has been more damaging to women running for office than the idea that voters simply won’t pick female candidates. There’s just one problem: It isn’t true. But was the anxiety warranted ...

There are more licensed female drivers in the U.S. than licensed male drivers. But men nonetheless drive far more than women each year. A disproportionate share of fatal traffic accidents involve male ...

Does a person's sex dictate how they respond to pain? To a certain degree, yes, but there's a lot scientists don't know. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Female serial killers often times go under the radar. They're a more unique breed, only representing about 16.7% of serial killers. But even more so, the image of a serial killer may be surprising ...

Research on how the drug affects female arousal is sparse. But doctors have been prescribing creams and pills anyway. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Could the drug used to treat erectile dysfunction help ...

Viri Rios is a Mexican scholar and public policy expert. She holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. Being a woman in Mexico is tough—if not dangerous. Women earn 16% less than men, and ...

Taylor Tomlinson is the it-girl of the stand-up scene. She currently hosts “After Midnight,” a late-night game show, making her one of the few female hosts on late-night television in recent history.