Sex and Gender

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"True Blood" Season 5: Sex, Gore, and Michele Bachmann

The HBO series reboots with more of what its audience loves (and then some).

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| Sat Jun. 9, 2012 7:47 AM PDT
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Michigan Looks to Pass Nation's Most Anti-Abortion Law

Sorry Arizona and Kansas, Michigan is giving you a run for your money.

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| Fri Jun. 8, 2012 8:09 PM PDT

The Morning-After Pill Does Not Cause Abortions

After a decade of scientific evidence to the contrary, anti-abortion activists are still claiming that emergency contraception is a form of abortion.

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| Thu Jun. 7, 2012 10:10 AM PDT
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Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" Is Not Sadomasochistic Kiddie Porn

It is a hugely enjoyable, weird comedy, though.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 9:44 AM PDT

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"Snow White and the Huntsman": Bella Swan & Thor Do Battle With Æon Flux

For a movie full of wily, axe-wielding dwarves, it's pretty freaking bland.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Timeline: Female Hysteria and the Sex Toys Used to Treat It

Vibrators, douches, and pelvic massage: Curing crazy ladies for centuries—one "hysterical paroxysm" at a time.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Mother of All Wars: The Battle to Breastfeed in Uniform

Conservatives have opened a new front in the offensive against women: an attack on nursing military moms.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Boxing Beauties

Three of America's best female boxers will be dueling it out during the London Olympics, the first ever to let women in the ring.

Photographs by Jed Conklin/zReportage.com

 | Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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House GOP's 'Prenatal Nondiscrimination' Bill Fails

The House GOP failed to pass its latest effort to curb abortion rights.

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| Thu May. 31, 2012 12:36 PM PDT
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Senate Panel Advances Measure To Broaden Military Access to Abortion

Measure would allow for abortions in the case of rape or incest.

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| Fri May. 25, 2012 2:26 PM PDT
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Mitt Romney and the Women Who Don't Love Him

Why the presumptive GOP nominee has zero game with female voters, explained.

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| Fri May. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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"Hysteria": Very Feminist, Very Socialist, Mildly Funny

For those looking for a left-wing romantic comedy that dramatizes the invention of a lady's sex toy in Victorian-era London.

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| Fri May. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Feminists Defend Conservative Writer against Sexist Hustler "Parody"

There's a big difference between how conservatives and liberals react to sexism.

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| Thu May. 24, 2012 1:09 PM PDT
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Colin Powell Evolves on Same-Sex Marriage

Powell once helped keep gay and lesbian servicemembers in the closet. Now he supports marriage equality.

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| Wed May. 23, 2012 3:15 PM PDT
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Many "Pro-Life" Americans Don't Want to Outlaw Abortion

Americans are confused about the labels they give themselves when it comes to abortion.

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| Wed May. 23, 2012 8:50 AM PDT
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American Airlines Boots Woman With Pro-Choice T-Shirt From Flight

The airline says it was the F-bomb, not the womb stuff, that it didn't like.

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| Wed May. 23, 2012 8:09 AM PDT
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Is One Superhero's Same-Sex Marriage an Existential Threat to Comic Book Marriages?

A comic book superhero is tying the knot with his longtime boyfriend. A conservative freakout can't be far behind.

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| Tue May. 22, 2012 1:47 PM PDT
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The Case of CeCe McDonald: Murder—or Self-Defense Against a Hate Crime?

She pled guilty to manslaughter, but activists believe this trans woman was "on trial for surviving a hate crime."

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| Tue May. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

DC Becomes the Next Front in Abortion Fight

Republicans seek to impose ban on abortions after 20 weeks in the capital.

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| Fri May. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Lizz Winstead Has an Opinion on That!

"The Daily Show" co-creator on her new memoir, our worthless media, and how people keep trying to mess with her "crazy-ass uterus."

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| Fri May. 18, 2012 12:46 AM PDT