The gender gap in pay has slightly narrowed in the United States over the past 20 years or so. In 2024, women earned an average of 85% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis ...

Some scientific findings are black and white. This is seldom the case for the science of gender. To interpret research on gender, it is not enough to understand research methods in social science.

Overall comparison of the experimental power literature and sex/gender difference meta-analyses. Overall, 70.6% of sex/gender differences were consistent with the effects of experimentally induced ...

Most Americans, including majorities of men, women, Republicans and Democrats, say men and women are different in many ways. But there are gaps by gender and partisanship when it comes to views of ...

Different terms are regularly used in theories of sexuality and gender, for example sex, gender, gender identity, gender expressions, gender roles, sexual orientation. It is important to be clear ...

Is it a sex difference or a gender difference? According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, "Gender is cultural and is the term to use when referring to women and men ...

Pop culture literature tells us men are from Mars and women are from Venus, and while that may not exactly be true, there is something to be said about how different genders communicate in the ...

Biological sex and gender identity expression, though largely interconnected, can sometimes hold different meanings for different people. (Illustration: Nathalie Cruz; photos: Getty) Though the terms ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kelly Dittmar writes about the intersection of gender and politics. Especially since Kamala Harris’ entry into the 2024 ...

And why it matters.