From Shakespeare to sexbots, centuries of culture and commerce have rehearsed the same fantasy: if women cannot be controlled as people, they can be remade as objects.
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Years after losing her adoptive parents, she sought out her birth mother to fill a childhood ache. It all led to unexpected answers.
Abuse, denial, and political impunity are eroding social trust and creating cognitive dissonance. What is the antidote?
LGBTQ people — especially trans people — shouldn't feel guilty for choosing not to spend the holidays with the people who support the regime that wants to eradicate them.
From Scott Galloway to Tucker Carlson, the panic over endangered manhood isn’t helping boys — it’s enforcing the same rigid gender rules that harm everyone.
Sex pests called out during #MeToo are being absolved and are trickling back into the spotlight. But the massive movement’s mission—to out and oust powerful abusers—proved to be...
Women over 50 are statistically prone to becoming more socially isolated and lonely. Our writer, who has combatted lifelong loneliness, investigated first-hand on a solo adventure trip...
Researchers have historically categorized people as either gay or straight, only recently acknowledging bisexuality as its own identity. But they still won't take it seriously.
Fifty years ago, the dystopic film that imagined suburban white men swapping their spouses for robot trad wives terrified viewers. Now, it watches like a GOP playbook.
For gymnasts, the Olympics is the apex of a sport with no margin of error. And with the new two-competitor-limit ruling, the opportunity to participate has become an increasingly...