Refugee and migrant men are bringing the cultural, gender and sexual norms from their countries of origin into their idea of sexual and reproductive health care in their countries of resettlement, ...

As Thailand has experienced a rapid increase in its elderly population, a new study published in World Development has found that "social gender norms"—shared beliefs about how "altruistic" women or ...

Sensitive women and stoical men are the prevalent images of people in chronic pain. Unwarranted differences in medical treatment may result, as a University of Gothenburg doctoral thesis emphasizes.

Adults who broke with gender roles as children earn less money than their peers who were socialized to follow them, new research has found. More dependent boys had a 6 percent decline in earnings as ...

My relationship with bras was misaligned from the start. Victoria’s Secret didn’t carry my bra size and rather than letting me know this pertinent information, they crammed me into a bra they stocked.

Almost nine out of 10 people hold “fundamental biases” against women, a new UN report has found, decrying a “decade of stagnation” that has led to a dismantling of women’s rights in many parts of the ...

Adolescence marks a critical transition during which socially constructed expectations of masculinity and femininity exert profound influence on health trajectories. Prevailing gender norms shape ...

Powerful. Problematic. Caring. Logical. Would you assign these words to a specific gender, and if so, which one? That’s what SheKnows asked our Teen Council — and their answers provided a fascinating ...

Many people have felt the subtle pressure to be “man enough” or “woman enough” in the eyes of others. And research has shown this pressure can have personal and social consequences. When men feel ...

Gender reveal parties are best known as celebrations involving pink and blue, cake and confetti, and the occasional wildfire. Along with being social media hits, gender reveals are a testament to how ...