One of the first people you encounter upon entering The Basement is a girl in dirty pajamas with bloody bandages…

A study of nearly 4,000 Pennsylvania women suggests that domestic abuse can have a long-term and profoundly…

Nothing that surprising, apparently, as sociologist Thomas Linneman's research, which was gleaned from him examining…

In a wonderful article called It’s Only a Penis, anthropologist Christine Helliwell talks of how her time with the…

Sorry, trend-piece writers, you sweet and clueless scribes: it's really, really time to cast aside your moral panic…

Hillary Clinton has long been a role model for women in male-dominated fields, but a new study proves that her…

Cupcakes are not new. Cupcakes have been around the block. Cupcakes have been declared the "it" treat for years,…

Like Love Potion no. 9, a decent film adaptation of Infinite Jest, and passable meatless bacon, the notion that a…

There may be no new studies in the just-released White House Report on Women, but that doesn't mean there's nothing…

According to new census data, marriage rates in 2009 were the lowest they've been in a century. Why? It's the…

A new study shows that for some 30% of Americans, pets can be considered family. But not so much for gay partners.

One psychologist thinks twentysomethings who are marrying, procreating, and starting careers later than their…

These sales-happy customer relations images from a modern food merchandising catalog (Modern Merchandising, 1939)…

Perhaps in response to all the recent talk about the female imperative for mate-poaching - or perhaps coincidentally…

U.S.: One kiss. France: Two. Netherlands: 3. In today's "Freakonomics," Daniel Hamermesh asks, who makes the kissing…

A new book, The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie is a sociological study that seeks to examine the history and culture…

There is a totally made-up story in today's New York Times about Bottega Veneta. You know Bottega. They make those…