When we were young, many of us were told by parents or other adults to learn to ignore hurtful words from others - that physical blows could...

Some interesting gender-related stories from around the web in the past few weeks... More indications that socialization might shape biolo...

Calling all Washington, DC residents and visitors:  The DC Office of Human Rights requires that single-occupancy restrooms in the District b...

Some people are possessed of a bizarre compulsion to engage strangers in awkward chit chat on the elevator. One of my early posts  on this b...

NPR has this great new blog called Codeswitch ( www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch ) that explores peoples' different uses of language and oth...

I'm getting married in one month.  My partner and I are pretty excited about it, though for a long time, we thought we would never get m...

Gender is constructed The single biggest idea that blew my mind in college was the notion that not just gender, but sex, too, is socially c...