Young people tend to lean more liberal on a range of issues pertaining to relationship norms. But when it comes to dating, the idea that men should pay still prevails in heterosexual courtship.
Category: Gender
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Gender-Inclusive Wedding Fashion for the Modern Era
Some designers are creating looks that embrace a wider range of gender expressions.
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China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank Again
Faced with falling births, China’s Communist Party is ignoring the citizens it needs most to help stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth.
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7 Queer Icons From the Ancient World They Don’t Teach in School
When an Irish poet and an English illustrator set out to dust off Greco-Roman tales with homoerotic undertones, they were not hard up for options (or for overtones, for that matter).
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Do Cocktail Glasses Have a Gender? For Some Men, Clearly.
Stereotypes may be fading, but bartenders say many male customers are still uneasy with fancy glassware. And bars are trying to help.
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Can This Deck of Cards Make Your Partner Do More Chores?
The Fair Play system, a word-of-mouth hit, seeks to bring so-called invisible labor out into the open.
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How Transgender Runner Nikki Hiltz Rose to the Top of Track
The American middle distance runner who identifies as transgender and nonbinary gladly carries the weight of a country and a community into the world championships in Budapest.
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The Artists Depicting the Power and Strangeness of Breasts
New generations of women painters are challenging centuries of art history with their nuanced, empathetic renderings of bare-chested bodies.
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Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer, Behind the Mask
The musician, whose new album was released in March, discusses disguises, recording and why they find karaoke so off-putting.
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Calling All Bodies
With a graphic new H&M capsule collection and joyful accompanying video, Mugler celebrates the inclusivity the label’s founder pioneered.
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A Couple Turns to Polyamory to Fix Their Broken Marriage (It Didn’t Work)
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:After 10 years together, a Bay Area couple opened their relationship. But contrasting sexual needs led to a permanent split.