Gender
Vox’s coverage of the gender equality movement.


“Trump is a reminder of what masculinity can be like outside of conventions.”

“All you’ll have left is the party The Left always accused you of being.”

Kaine and Democrats can’t just say they respect women. They have to model it.

And celebrated with a shimmy.


Sexism holds Hillary Clinton to two contradictory standards. Trump is barely held to one.

Explained by a Princeton historian.

Even though she understands how toxic harassment can be.


This is a terrible idea.

Unlike women’s reproductive clinics, most crisis pregnancy centers are not medical facilities, and apart from providing free pregnancy tests and possibly limited sonograms, they do not offer medical assistance.



Men have always been able to “have it all.” Here’s why I still don’t want kids.

Prince tried to help us understand the differences between identity, behavior, and perception. Prince dismantled and queered what contemporary culture has tried to bracket.


Transgender bathroom bills have been getting a lot of backlash lately, but there’s a long history of trying to “protect women” through discrimination.


Female tennis players make more money than all other women athletes. Why one player thinks men should get even more.


More than 200 kids 15 or younger, nearly all girls, have gotten married in the state since 2004.


Along with Spotlight, Room, and Mad Max.

When I started dating men, I was so used to the feelings associated with harassment that I would no longer object to them. I just maintained a level of protective numbness.


Is it the gender wage gap (again)?

I interviewed women about why they chose to get lower back tattoos and how they’ve dealt with the stigma attached to so-called “tramp stamps.” Here are five things I’ve learned.


The dictionary contained some troubling examples that show how discrimination gets ingrained in our language.


From baby shoes to canes, products for women cost more than similar products for men.


Her new essay applies to more than just Hollywood.


“‘Why would a grown-ass woman thrive off drama?”


Civil rights are enforceable everywhere, including in sweaty locker rooms.


It’s way easier to #FreeTheNipple on Twitter than Instagram, but an iconic supermodel might be able to pull it off.


Airlines treated their women flight attendants like children who were just part of their product.


The hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer took off this week after social media commenters implied Isis Anchalee doesn’t look like herself in an ad campaign she took part in for her company.


A more honest YouTube makeover for the $10 bill.


A new paper suggests race, gender, and income level strongly affect political influence.


It’s obviously inaccurate when addressing a mixed-gender group. But I learned it has other consequences, too.


A viral photo seems to have led to a surge in Googling about the gender pay gap.


A high school yearbook quotation is the perfect opportunity for graduates to smash the patriarchy and combat homophobia in one fell swoop.


Paybot is a very cool idea — but Norway’s searchable database of all tax returns is better.


It’s Equal Pay Day. Ladies, maybe celebrate by contributing more to your 401(k)s.


Kristen Schaal and Jon Stewart get it exactly right: there are two gender wage gaps.


This chart shows when your state’s gender wage gap is projected to close. (Hint: it’s not soon.)


Just like that, with one comment backstage, Arquette muddied the golden speech she had made minutes before.


Owens’ fashion aesthetic is making a larger point about sexuality.


Like racism everywhere, the answer is complicated, and tied up with money and class and all the rest.


While Stefanovic’s prank is funny, it also shows the inequality women face in the workforce everyday. On television, as in every workplace, women are judged more harshly than men on their appearance and less on their actual work.