Gender and Sexuality

Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights

A Constitutional amendment is on the November 8 ballot in Mississippi which wants to amend the Bill of Rights to declare a fertilized human egg as a legal person.

Oct 27, 2011 / Press Room

A Reality Check on Teen Sex A Reality Check on Teen Sex

New York City’s new sex ed curriculum is based on real evidence: very young teens are having sex, and need to know how to stay safe.

Oct 26, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...

Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away

Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away

Women helped found and sustain the leaderless, anarchist-influenced movement—and despite running into bursts of sexism and ignorance, they are determined to stick around.

Oct 26, 2011 / Sarah M. Seltzer

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...

Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work

Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work Eve Ensler: Wall Street and Women’s Work

How can women make their voices central to the debate that the Occupy movement has created?

Oct 19, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Militarism as a Family Value Militarism as a Family Value

At the Value Voters Summit in Washington, Republicans claim we cannot safely trim Defense spending. 

Oct 7, 2011 / Ben Adler

Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…

Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare… Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…

Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.

Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom

New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom

Injectable hormonal birth control can double a woman's risk of contracting HIV from her partner, even as it prevents pregnancy. Condoms are still the best way to prevent both ...

Oct 4, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

‘My Clothes Are Not My Consent!’ Say SlutWalkers in New York City ‘My Clothes Are Not My Consent!’ Say SlutWalkers in New York City

Over a thousand feminists gathered at SlutWalk NYC on Saturday to protest victim-blaming. Will the world get the message?

Oct 3, 2011 / Emily Douglas

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