This post was written by Anirudh Tagat, Ph.D., research author at the Department of Economics, Monk Prayogshala. What explains how we perceive gender across societies? Part of it has to do with ...

It’s no secret that gender norms are perpetuated in society and have undoubtedly spawned a restrictive set of socially-acceptable behaviors that dictate how people should act based on their gender. Of ...

Adults who broke with gender roles as children earn less money than their peers who were socialized to follow them, new research has found. More dependent boys had a 6 percent decline in earnings as ...

Using archaeological findings and survey data on contemporary gender attitudes, political scientists find individuals who live in areas that historically favored men over women display more pro-male ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Outdated gender norms are like those old clothes in your closet that you hang onto just because they've been there forever. You ...

Research across Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia and Sri Lanka highlights how gender norms perpetuate corruption against women. Sexual exploitation thrives in environments where officials objectify women, ...

My relationship with bras was misaligned from the start. Victoria’s Secret didn’t carry my bra size and rather than letting me know this pertinent information, they crammed me into a bra they stocked.

Pre-established gender norms hinder migrant men's access to sexual and reproductive health care by Rhiannon Koch, University of Adelaide edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Powerful. Problematic. Caring. Logical. Would you assign these words to a specific gender, and if so, which one? That’s what SheKnows asked our Teen Council — and their answers provided a fascinating ...