The relationship between sex, gender, gender identity, and psychological (dis-)comfort with gender typicality has increasingly become a topic of interest ...

Think back to the last time someone told you you shouldn't feel a certain way, your beliefs are wrong, or you did something bad. That’s invalidation. Invalidation often triggers defensiveness, ...

The term “male-centered woman” has exploded online. It refers to women who prioritize male approval in dating and social life. Some see it as internalized norms from past generations. Others argue ...

Has the gender madness fever finally broken among America’s youth? Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, compiled a report for the Centre for Heterodox Social Science ...

Psychologist, author and adjunct instructor at Stanford University Caroline Fleck, PhD, has a new book out entitled Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your ...

You can't control how other people see you, so needing — or demanding — that someone else understand your perspective has always seemed like a flaw to me. And depending on the approval of others feels ...

To many, it seems obvious that having women well-represented in the workplace would be a good thing. After all, they make up more than half the population and, in many cases, they are contributing or ...

Anthropologists challenge the traditional view of men as hunters and women as gatherers in prehistoric times. Their research reveals evidence of gender equality in roles and suggests that women were ...

On January 20, 2025, the US Department of State stopped processing passport applications and issuing new passports with the marker X, which denotes unspecified or other gender identities, as well as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. Using data from Kythera Labs, a healthcare data technology ...

We asked Americans a series of questions about changing gender roles for men and women. First, we asked if society is too accepting or not accepting enough of men and women who take on roles typically ...