A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — ...

Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. The history of medicine, of illness, is every bit as social and cultural as it is scientific. It is a history of people, of their bodies and ...

Despite being the fastest growing group among women over the past decade and their advances in education and entrepeneurship, Latinas in the U.S. continue to experience the same cultural and gender ...

The statements in the SWS survey have been the same since 1994. SWS said maintaining consistent wording is necessary to track ...

We study the role of Gender Role Attitudes (GRA)—beliefs about appropriate roles for men and women—in marital sorting and intra-household allocations.

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

The discrepancy in sexual desire remains one of the most common yet complex issues treated by sex and relationship therapists. Couples often feel frustrated when their partner desires sex more or less ...

Romanians have limited perceptions of gender inequalities and continue to maintain traditional views on the roles of women and men, according to Eurostat data from the survey on the perception of ...

Regarding “A Church’s Campaign to Teach Lost Boys How to Be Men” (Review, May 31): I agree that too many young men today are struggling—lacking purpose, guidance and models of responsibility. We need ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...