Complexities of Menstruation in Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo by Erol Ahmed (Source: Unsplash). Thirteen-year-old me was excited to go to school! I had a new Mickey … Read More
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Gender Sucks for You and Me
When women enter into an occupation that has previously been male dominated, it can be described as becoming “feminized.” While individual women may benefit from … Read More
Why Don’t Women Run the World?
Who runs the world? Girls? Not quite. Women constitute only 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs, 24% of Congress, and only 30% of University presidents. Read More
Love Me Tinder, Love Me Sweet
Are “hookup” apps leading, ironically, to a revival of dating culture on college campuses? In our forthcoming book with Ken-Hou Lin on online dating, Through … Read More
Gaming on Romance
June goes into detail about how Mordin broke her heart. She reminisces about the surprise and shock that she felt when he told her that … Read More
Bad Boys or Exceptional Interrupters?
What is the process by which boys learn to believe that they are smarter than girls? How does this unravel in schools? In the American … Read More
Being The Boss
Managing our own feelings and those of others—which scholars call “emotional labor”—on the job and off, it’s something we all have to do. Research has … Read More
Couples Sharing Money
How should couples share their income? Couples with greater relationship investments (e.g., having children together, being legally married) are expected to prioritize their families’ needs … Read More
To Hire or Not to Hire?
Several studies show that decisions about who to hire contribute to occupational gender segregation. But what about the decision not to hire? In American … Read More
Gendered Impacts of Social Support
Does social support benefit the self-rated health of men and women differently? In the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Katharine Donato and colleagues … Read More
