List of Sex and Gender articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Want to Be a Miss Myanmar’
Lap dances, forced plastic surgery, and a fist full of yaba: How to make it as a teenage beauty queen in Asia’s newest boomtown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Still Waiting for Davos Woman
The Alpine retreat is both absurd and worthy -- but can't achieve its goals as long as it is primarily a guy thing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the Pope Good for Filipina Women?
In a land of fervent believers, some say that the pope isn’t being progressive enough when it comes to the rights of women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dashed Hopes in Gay Ukraine
Ukrainians thought that, post-Maidan, their country would start to look more like Europe. But for members of the LGBT community, things may have even gotten worse.
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A man puts a ring on his wife during a m The Last Country in the World Where Divorce Is Illegal
Welcome to the Philippines, home to philandering politicians, millions of “illegitimate” children, and marital laws that make Italy look liberal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time to Act for Afghan Women: Pass EVAW
Why Afghanistan needs to pass the Elimination of Violence Against Women bill.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is patriarchal sexism alive and well in the military? Where do you think bears poop?
Sexism in the U.S. military is perpetuated by officials who refuse to recognize its existence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 They’re Here, They’re Queer, They’re Arrested
Egypt's new regime is cracking down on the gay community -- with a little help from the media.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Do We Really Know About Wartime Rape?
There's more will than ever before to fight sexual violence in conflict, but the world can't stop what it doesn't understand.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Pakistan, “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” Attitude Emerges
Pakistani girls and women used to be excluded from sports, but a revolution sweeping the country has given many female athletes hope for the future.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. Military’s Continuing Sexual Assault Problem
The Pentagon says the sexual assault problem in the military is getting better. Critics say: not so fast.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Carrie Mathison Is a Misogynist
Why Homeland, Zero Dark Thirty, and Hollywood’s sexed-up spies are bad for women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Video of Sisters in India Thrashing Their Harassers Goes Viral
Nearly two years after the fatal Delhi bus gang rape, Indian social media users are seizing on the video of the sisters as a symbol of women's ability to fight back.
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