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What Roles Do Nature and Nurture Play in Constructing Boys and Girls?

I've always wanted to believe that nurture, more than nature, determines our interests and abilities, and that the differences that exist between children are more about personality than gender.

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France Passes a Tougher Sexual Harassment Law

Does the news leave you thinking, 'It's about time!" Or concerned that France could be headed the way of U.S.-style political correctness?

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Why Attack American Muslim Women in Government?

With some conservative politicians pointing suspicious fingers at American Muslim women involved in government and activism, I talk to some who fear a witch hunt and an erosion of American values.

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Will Indian Women Ever Have the Freedom Not to Marry?

Behind the Bollywood dream of the Great Indian Wedding, complete with white horse and brass bands, the reality for many Indian women is stark: there isn't much alternative to marriage. Does it have to...

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Fighting to Get Women in the Boardroom

Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission, is pressing the case to mandate quotas for women on boards of European companies despite strong resistance. Liz Alderman of the International...

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Behind China's High Abortion Rate: New Sexual Freedoms

The one-child policy has long been cited as the reason for China's steep abortion rate, but some experts now point to another factor: Young people, they say, simply don't know how to use contraceptives.

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Why Socialist Europe Is Better for Families than America

Writing in Slate, an American expatriate mom makes the pocketbook case for how Romney and the Republicans hurt middle-class families. (And Obama and the Democrats don't necessarily help.)

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After Election Success, What's Next for U.S. Women?

Women voters and candidates made history last week in the U.S. elections. What should be their legislative priorities?

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Shirin Neshat: An Artist — Iranian, Muslim and Female — Engages

The complexities of her work have captivated the author since Ms. Neshat first attained international recognition.

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Indian Women Need a Political Party

Only a political party whose fate is tied to how women perceive it can begin to influence the system in a deep way.

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Chinese Activists Demand Clarity on Domestic Violence Law

Chinese feminists not only want a law against domestic violence, they also want to know exactly what's going into it, in a new push for accountability from their opaque government.

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