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Countries with a lot of ethnic diversity generally show weaker economic growth than homogeneous countries. A new…

Cats and dogs are gendered in contemporary American culture, such that dogs are thought to be the proper pet for men…

NPR's Linda Holmes wrote a great article about the gender dynamics in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and concluded,…

I don't know about you, but whenever I go shopping for shoes, I'm always stunned by the incredible disproportion of…

I am convinced that women could pee standing up, with the same accuracy as a man (which means, what, 90% accuracy?),…

One of the many privileges that Peggy McIntosh identifies in her famous essay on "White Privilege: Unpacking the…

In my opinion, there is no way to administer a math test that will identify inborn ability. So people who think the…

Here's a revealing look at the wait time to get a family-sponsored immigration visa in America. With the removal of…

Here's an interesting example of how to interpret scientific results - and draw policy implications from them - from…

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report on employment and parental leave for first-time mothers, showing…

It's the kind of finding to warm the hearts of us liberal, Larry-Summers-hating, gender-egalitarians. Summers —…

After unveiling their latest advertisement claiming "Skinny Always Gets The Attention," Skinny Water has decided to…

At least that's what Skinny Water is promising in their latest advertisement. The ad shows a woman facing a throng…

With the summer over, it's time for Hollywood to pull out a new season of films. Here's some of what's coming up…

I've argued in the past against framing a preference for boy children as "culturally Asian." New data from Gallup…

The dress below, available on etsy (and covered on regretsy) transforms a woman into … a urinal.

We recently learned of a new photo project by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio documenting individuals' daily meals…

Way back in September of last year, we saw this Star Trek promotional poster, which showed the main cast staring…

In a new book called "The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia became a Black Disease," psychiatrist and cultural…

Recent studies show that inter-racial and -ethnic marriages are on the rise. Not all groups, however, intermarry at…