Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.

In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.

One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.

If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.

The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.

As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.