Sex and Gender

Breaking News: Women Like Having Access to Contraception

That's good news for Obama, not so good news for Romney.

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| Mon Apr. 2, 2012 9:04 AM PDT

New Map Helps Women Track Down Rapists in Syria

Can crowdsourcing take down sex criminals during a time of conflict? A new website thinks so.

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| Sat Mar. 31, 2012 4:00 AM PDT
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Game of Thrones: Come At the Hand of the King, You Best Not Miss

In the second season of HBO's television adaption of George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy novels, the brother of last season's villains becomes the protagonist.

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| Fri Mar. 30, 2012 10:00 AM PDT
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Arizona Outdoes Everyone With New Anti-Abortion Bill

A proposed law would bar abortions as soon as 18 weeks after conception, among other things.

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| Thu Mar. 29, 2012 1:37 PM PDT

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House GOP: Rape Prevention Measures an Unreasonable Luxury

Republicans say Obama's policy to prevent abuse of immigration detainees amounts to "holiday" accommodations for them.

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| Thu Mar. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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The Pill Makes Women Richer

Economists find that access to oral contraception has helped women close the wage gap over the past decades.

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| Wed Mar. 28, 2012 9:28 AM PDT

WATCH: Step Right Up to See the GOP's Amazing War on Women [Saunders Cartoon]

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| Tue Mar. 27, 2012 11:22 AM PDT
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Montana GOPer Compares Sandra Fluke to Studding Bulldog Named "John-Boy"

State Rep. Krayton Kerns doesn't understand why we're talking about some "coed."

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| Tue Mar. 27, 2012 8:11 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: The Affordable Care Act and Women

How much more will women pay for health care before and after health care reform?

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| Tue Mar. 27, 2012 3:03 AM PDT
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Gender and Patents: Are Women Slackers?

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| Mon Mar. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Hunger Games Film a Child-Slaughtering Time Waster

The much-hyped adaptation is a fatally dull exercise in contemporary dystopia.

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| Fri Mar. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

WH Official on Birth Control Backlash: "I Didn't Think It Would Be This Controversial"

Obama's deputy chief of staff is flabbergasted by the controversy over contraception coverage.

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| Wed Mar. 21, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Knit Your Congressman a Vagina

Feminist website wants male leaders to have one so they'll "leave ours alone."

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| Tue Mar. 20, 2012 3:30 AM PDT
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Republicans Are Blocking the Violence Against Women Act

Here's why.

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| Tue Mar. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Republicans Getting Ready to Approve of Violence Against Women

That's how Democrats plan to frame it anyway.

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| Thu Mar. 15, 2012 8:01 AM PDT
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Obama Administration Partners With Anti-Abortion Magnate's Gym

Curves, the women-only fitness chain, is an official government partner for National Women's Health Week. Its CEO is a big supporter of anti-abortion causes.

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| Wed Mar. 14, 2012 4:30 PM PDT

Inside Mumbai's Infamous Dance Bars

Journalist Sonia Faleiro talks about the neon underworld "where women have everything as long as they can dance."

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| Wed Mar. 14, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Report: Plan B Access Limited in Native Communities

Emergency contraception is available over-the-counter in most of the US—but not on reservations, a Native women's group finds.

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| Tue Mar. 13, 2012 11:09 AM PDT
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Arizona and Kansas Pursue Laws Letting Docs Hide Information from Women

The bills would protect doctors who conceal medical information to prevent abortions.

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| Fri Mar. 9, 2012 3:08 PM PST
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House Considers Bill Federalizing Parental Consent Laws for Abortion

And you thought the House was busy with its jobs bill.

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| Fri Mar. 9, 2012 12:34 PM PST