Mocking boys for doing "feminine" things leaves them ill-equipped for life, and makes America a worse place for all

What makes a book like "The Rules" a best-seller? Do those who abide by the rules and those who are ensnared by them deserve one another?

Applauding the new range of Barbies is easy—teaching kids to look beyond their plastic toys for self-worth is hard

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, is making thousands of women upwardly mobile and challenging STEM-bros

After Sandy Hook, the Arizona sheriff sent his poorly vetted, gun-toting group to patrol local schools

Being ironic and self-aware and knowing something is offensive doesn't make it funny -- or OK

Why is our culture so obsessed with girls' chastity? Author Jessica Valenti talks about how purity balls and "barely legal" porn both feed the same idea: That a woman's worth is between her legs.

It's a feminist period comedy called "Max"

Time magazine reveals the many flattering faces of the female gender.

In the age of "empowertising," it's worth asking whether feminism should be treated as a brand at all

How could I explain myself to my boyfriend, or to naive Allie -- who had never really paid her dues? Sixth in a series.

"Louie's" girls are tough and scary and know what they want: He killed the MPDG and invented a new type altogether

Far from being lazy and unmotivated, teen mothers are anxious to succeed. They just need the opportunities.