We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body’s mysteries. And we expect medicine, as a science, to uphold the ...

We often hear: “boys will be boys,” “obey your husband,” etc. Many still find gender role expectations as useful. They argue that traditional gender roles assist in the division of labor; create a ...

The state of our mental, physical and emotional health determines our performance and potential during our lives. Our health, to a large degree, is influenced by what we think about ourselves (in ...

Scott W. Sunquist calls the American church to observe the diversity in ecclesiologies around the world. The recent revival of interest in biblical gender roles—how men and women serve in the church ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

If we judge by divorce rates, marriage was easier years ago. At least that’s how things looked on the surface. Divorce in those days wasn’t socially acceptable, and so couples stayed married ...

Bill Jennings, a 69-year-old libertarian who lives in Daytona Beach, Florida, said his mother and wife both worked outside the home, but he has been impressed by the younger generation of women in his ...

A “pandemic within the COVID-19 pandemic.” That is what domestic violence (DV) has been called over the last two years due to the alarming increases in domestic violence in various countries ...

Elisabeth Kelan receives funding from a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (MRF-2019-069) and a British Academy grant (SRG20\200195). This research was funded by a British Academy Mid-Career ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...