I thought it meant that I was special. I didn't know it would turn sex into an act of shame.

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.

Some people with metastatic breast cancer feel unheard, especially during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In an industry where actresses over 40 mutilate themselves and disappear, one disgusting exec isn't the problem

If affirmative action gives unearned opportunities to one racial group, it is whites who have benefited the most

Many incels claims to identify with or be autistics — but in reality embrace prejudices about autism

Men are more logical, women more empathetic? So says Simon Baron-Cohen in his new book, "The Essential Difference: The Truth About the Male and Female Brain."

It's a moody serial-killer story that is less invested in the cat-and-mouse chase than in who is doing the chasing

Oprah's magazine enters the fascinating world of adult sex education

A piece from the New York Times looks at 16 ways to evaluate women and their voting habits.

A reader asks if fantasizing about now-dead people is "creepy." We ask Dan Savage and other experts to weigh in

Samhita Mukhopadhyay argues that your search for romance is ruining your love life

With the exception of Piers Morgan, a study finds that female writers face disproportionate negativity online

Clinton was defeated under a fake, sexist email "scandal," but Ivanka Trump just plays dumb and skates by

Huckabee threw his hat into the 2016 race yesterday. Here's a look at what makes him so scarily effective