Naturally, people find it very troubling when someone holds a job traditionally associated with the opposite gender, but new research suggests that it's inaccurate and unwise to mock the male nurse responsible for jamming a needle into your arm. It's hard to belive that our ignorant stereotypes could be wrong, but it… » 11/13/11 8:42pm 11/13/11 8:42pm

Earlier this week, archaeologists revealed that they found a Stone-Age man from a culture with gender-specific burial practices in a female position, leading dozens of media outlets to celebrate the discovery of a "gay caveman." Now researchers are pointing out the obvious: Just because the guy has an unusual grave… » 4/08/11 11:00am 4/08/11 11:00am

Says one British researcher, "Women's aspiration to marry up, if they can, to a man who is better-educated and higher-earning persists in most European countries...Women thereby continue to use marriage as an alternative or supplement to their employment careers." » 1/04/11 12:20pm 1/04/11 12:20pm

An interview with a gender-bending filmmaker is a window into the state of Indian conceptions of gender. » 12/22/10 3:50pm 12/22/10 3:50pm

One man, two sex changes, about a million gender stereotypes — welcome, friends, to the prejudice-ridden world of millionaire Charles Kane. » 11/08/10 2:45pm 11/08/10 2:45pm

Recently, a reader told us her school had refused to let her serve as a resident assistant in an all-male dorm. Was this fair hiring practice, she asked, or discrimination? We decided to throw the question open for debate. » 7/01/10 4:00pm 7/01/10 4:00pm

Researchers report that facial expressions play a major role in gender identification. Faces showing happiness or fear are seen as feminine, while scowling faces are read as masculine. Apparently, angry female faces "took the longest to identify." [UPI] » 12/09/09 10:20am 12/09/09 10:20am

• We're so used to thinking of dogs as companions that we often forget the most basic reason people buddy up to animals: Food. A new study suggests wolves were first domesticated in southeastern China for their meat. • » 9/08/09 5:40pm 9/08/09 5:40pm

A new study claims that women are better (read: more accurate) hammerers than men, at least in broad daylight. Men are better at pounding nails in the dark, but given a good light source, women take the lead. [EurekAlert] » 6/29/09 9:20am 6/29/09 9:20am

After studying 66,000 births, Professor Marek Glezerman has concluded that men are the "weaker sex": "Men are known to have a shorter life span, are more susceptible to infections and have less chance of withstanding disease than women. In short, men are the weaker sex." [Telegraph] » 5/27/09 9:40am 5/27/09 9:40am

The Mirror attempts to forge a truce between the sexes by naming men or women "winners" in various categories, all backed up by scientific research. Men apparently win at driving, dieting, and telling jokes, while women excel at shopping, fighting infection, and working in teams. [Mirror] » 5/26/09 10:40am 5/26/09 10:40am

A new study published by the Royal Society claims to explain men’s superiority over women at the top levels of chess. » 12/29/08 11:40am 12/29/08 11:40am

The differences between the sexes are fairly obvious, but even more interesting are the differences within » 9/22/08 1:00pm 9/22/08 1:00pm each sex, according to a in . There are "tomboys" and "girly-girls," robust female weight lifters and lithe fashion models. The paper states: "Recent evidence supports the idea of psychological gender as a spectrum,…