These ‘experts’ once said women couldn’t play football. Boy were they wrong.
An excerpt from the new book ‘Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League’ looks at the spate of criticism female players got for their bodies.
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These female hummingbirds don flashy male feathers to avoid unwanted harassment
Where tropical rainforests meet the Panama Canal flits the White-necked Jacobin—a large, aggressive, and rather showy hummingbird. While females don olive green feathers and a mottled chest of white, gray, and black, the males captivate birdwatchers with deep iridescent blue plumage and brilliant white bellies and tails. However, about 20 to 30 percent of female […]
The tangled and messy science of medicating female sex drives
In 2019 the FDA approved the women’s libido drug Vyleesi. But follow-up reviews and discussions show many caveats to how female sexual dysfunction and sex drive are measured.
How to use science to talk to kids about gender
Psychological research shows that the earlier you start conversations with kids, the better suited they’ll be to think beyond gender binaries, stereotypes, and discrimination.
LGBTQ+ health networks helped make urban neighborhoods more resilient against COVID
A look at historic gay neighborhoods across cities shows strong mutual aid networks, action against misinformation, and localized testing labs, all built during the AIDS fight.
Low testosterone in men is linked to more severe COVID-19, but we have no idea why
A study on 150 hospital patients admitted for COVID-19 showed lower testosterone levels in men were linked with more severe symptoms.
Eating soy does not make men grow boobs
Does eating soy really give men more feminine characteristics? We dive into this myth and so much more on the latest episode of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
Women are more likely to take COVID-19 guidelines seriously
A recent COVID-19 study on 21,000 international participants showed that women agree with and follow pandemic guidelines more than men. But there’s a major gender gap among coronavirus leadership.
What we can learn from Scotland’s free period products
Just before Thanksgiving, the government of Scotland passed a law gives the country’s 5.5 million residents access to much-needed sanitary products at no cost.
A female hunter’s remains hint at more fluid gender roles in the early Americas
Researchers excavated a 9,000-year-old partial skeleton in the Andes buried with hunting tools and determined that the remains belonged to a young woman.