The nature and source of the difference between men and women is a relevant question, and so is whether we need to think of gender as binary or as more of a continuum. In the meantime, we have a lot ...

To understand how U.S. adults see their own masculinity and femininity, we asked men and women to rate themselves on two scales: We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the ...

Forget everything you think you know about “sugar, spice, and everything nice.” In 2026, the recipe for femininity has been trashed, burned, and replaced with something far more intoxicating. While ...

We live in a complex world, yet we want to divide people into two genders. We expect men to be masculine and women to be feminine. With modern psychology, we have learned that we have both within us.

Both gay men and heterosexual men prefer masculine-presenting men for high-status roles, according to a new study from the University of Sydney, leaving more feminine-presenting gay men disadvantaged ...

On National Public Radio’s “It’s Been a Minute,” panelists discussing “Barbie” speculated about whether toxic femininity exists as the opposite of toxic masculinity. Conservative pundits have been ...

John is an SVP in a Fortune 500 company. We are implementing a system of coaching as an informal and formal tool for performance management across the company. After one of our team sessions, he calls ...