Men have nipples because of a quirk in how embryos develop. But that’s only part of the story of this seemingly redundant body part.
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How embryos develop, evolution and sexual pleasure all help explain why men have nipples. But ‘man boobs’ are a different story.
Science doesn’t appear to support the modern myth that women are super-human multitaskers.
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The myth that women are superior multitaskers has just been busted. So, let’s divide work in and out of the home so women aren’t left running themselves ragged.
Even working women who have partners often have to do the most work at home.
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Does having children make the goal of fairly dividing work at home more elusive?
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Men are feeling more and more pressure to get rid of their love handles and beer bellies – and heavy promotion of unrealistic appearance standards are to blame.
Does this look messy to you?
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Dirt blindness is used by some to excuse men for spending a third as much time as women cleaning. A new study shows it’s a myth.
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From video games developed where players can “play” at raping women, to advertisements that sexualise women’s bodies, men’s entitlement to women is just a given.
While 68 percent of men now support marijuana legalization, only 56 percent of women do.
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Could mothers be responsible for the gender gap? Or are other factors at play?
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And it needs to wholeheartedly attack the foundations of western philosophy.
Ideas of masculinity have changed yet toxicity stays the same.
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It’s time to address one of the roots of the problem.
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The backlash against the Gillette ad shows how painfully little distance we as a society have covered since the #MeToo movement.
We’ve got this.
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There is a wide problem with the way society talks about gender equality.
In therapy.
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Economists have used their monetary methodologies to work out how visiting a therapist affects labour income.
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With the exception of anger, women experience emotions more intensely and share their emotions more openly with others.
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Perfectionism-driven social anxiety means young men will also be susceptible to ideological scripting of behaviour on TV.
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Although it has ballooned in recent years, the market for men’s cosmetics isn’t just a modern phenomenon.
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If you feel threatened or confused by the #MeToo movement, try channelling your masculinist mystique.
In the recent wave of sexual assault allegations, men tend to only appear as active perpetrators. But the landscape of sex in American culture is more nuanced.
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Even though they weren’t particularly interested in having sex, fear of ridicule and insecurities tugged at many of the young men the author spoke with.
Women participate in a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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Research shows men and women interpret violence and bullying differently.
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Throughout history, metaphors based around the testes and semen brought out very different sides of masculinity.
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Infertility is not just an issue for women.