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

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.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

People with a college education are now less likely to divorce than they were a few decades ago, and they're more likely to describe their marriages as happy. That finding really surprised me. It appears that those with a higher education have been more able to dismantle strict traditional roles and, in doing so, gain more freedom. I call it a seesaw marriage, one in which both the man and the woman take turns being the breadwinner, making it possible for each of them to experience career advancements or breaks at different times.

Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.

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

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.