Green jobs - those are jobs that feel like new economy jobs; they do require some training.

We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

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

In my mother's day, she didn't go to college. Not a lot of women did. Now for every two men who get a college degree, three women will do the same.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

Men are now also in the minority among the entering traditionally male-dominated areas such as law and medicine. Finance and politics are still firmly in male hands, but in many other areas it seems the proportions are shifting in women's favor. Boys are doing worse at school and university. It's only logical that this imbalance, which can be observed in most industrialized countries, will change conditions on the job market.