Movement toward gender equity accelerated in the 1970s and 1980s, but slowed or stopped beginning in the 1990s, research finds.

Black men reported experiencing fewer poor mental health days after the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama. Black women reported more.

Women who head departments at public medical schools may have broken the "glass ceiling" but still earn as much as $80,000 less than men.

Toxic masculinity can keep you from bonding with others and make you more socially isolated as you age. That's bad for your health.

When should parents worry about teen girls' selfies? Usually, they're no big deal, researchers say, unless editing becomes an obsession.

Hear how women organized to help make the Montgomery bus boycott a reality, and why they're work is sometimes forgotten.

An expert busts a few chocolate myths, including whether women are more into it, and whether it boosts romance as an aphrodisiac.

A new report debunks the Hollywood myth that films with female or underrepresented minority lead actors tend to perform worse at the box office.

Feminist design thinking could help rid hiring algorithms of some bias, researchers argue.

"Basically, if you believe that a white man rules the heavens, you are more likely to believe that white men should rule on Earth."