Sexes
Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors
New research estimates that if all physicians were female, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year.
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Warner Bros. Understanding the Women of Pedro Almodóvar’s Movies
The Spanish auteur has been accused of making films with misogynistic themes. But too infrequently have critics considered an important factor: the director’s sexuality.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters When Women Run Companies
What happens to employees under female leadership?
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An Arranged Marriage Is a Family Affair
In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.
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Yuya Shino / Reuters How Men’s Economic Struggles Can Look Like Good News for Women
When actually everyone is having a hard time
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Toru Hanai / Reuters D.C.’s Battle for Paid Family Leave
City-council members in the nation’s capital are preparing for a final vote on what could be the most expansive parental-leave law in the United States.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Sexism They Faced
One colleague’s constant refrain: “When are you going to have babies and quit?”
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Beyond Maternity Leave
For all the focus on parental leave as a barrier to women’s professional ascent, women’s real struggle with work-parenting balance grew—alongside their children—years after their maternity leave ended.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic How Much Ambition Can a Marriage Sustain?
Power couples are a rarity. Instead, many high-achieving women have husbands who do their own opting out.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Rethinking What Success Looks Like
For women who left the workforce, their ambitions didn’t disappear so much as found a new target.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic When Women Choose Children Over a Career
“I went to a job interview after my first daughter was born and cried the whole way home.”
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Having It All—and Hating It
Some women prioritize career. Others prioritize their kids. It's those who try to juggle both who often feel they aren’t succeeding at either.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic What Happens to Women's Ambitions in the Years After College
When we graduated in 1993, my friends and I had big dreams for ourselves. More than two decades later I decided to find out if anyone’s had come true.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Ambition Interviews: A Table of Contents
Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out
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Ilana Panich Linsman / Reuters A New Study Says Abortion Doesn't Harm Mental Health
A scientist’s findings suggest there’s no evidence to support mandatory abortion counseling that warns women about the negative mental-health impacts of abortion.
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Godong / Getty The American Obsession With Parenting
Parents of all income and education levels are spending more time promoting their kids’ development—yet socioeconomic gaps in childrearing behavior are growing.
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Will Sanjuan / AP The Infuriating Cancellation of Good Girls Revolt
When women aren’t present for senior-level decision-making, companies can fail to see the value of shows and products that appeal more directly to the female half of the population.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters Ikea’s Leave Policy Actually Includes Most of Its Workers
The furniture retailer will provide up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for its staff—including hourly employees. A generous, and rare, offer in the U.S.
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What Happens When an Evangelical Church Welcomes LGBTQ Members
When a pastor in Portland, Oregon, advocated for inclusivity in his congregation, he paid a high price.
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A Gender Transition Delayed by Rape
That’s the personal narrative this reader struggled with: I’m a genderqueer and male-identified but assigned-at-birth female. I…
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Oscilloscope Laboratories Always Shine’s Sobering Female Rivalry
Mackenzie Davis on why her new film’s portrayal of complex friendships between women feels so authentic
