The pandemic is erasing decades of progress in young women’s health, education, and independence in developing nations.

A generation of burned-out women pulling away from paid work means they will take a lifelong income hit even if they do return to work later. Men need to step up -- in their own homes, and as bosses and colleagues.

"Both liberals and conservatives point to shifting demographic trends as a kind of failure...But what if lower birthrates are a good thing? For a great many individual women, reconsidering motherhood doesn’t reflect hardship or unmet desire, but rather a new landscape of opportunity. As a country, we would be better off if we saw significant demographic changes as data points that can give us important clues about what people want, what they need and how we might improve their lives."

They are the largest and most narrowly divided group in the electorate. And they can be swayed.

While taking nude photos is increasingly normal for both men and women, it’s women who suffer disproportionate consequences when those photos are made public.

While we don’t see sexually active men as morally questionable, we still live in a world where sexually active women are branded as sluts and shamed them for their sexuality — which is exactly what’s happening to Hill. There is simply more leeway for men to make mistakes or to be imperfect.

The image, which displays milk ducts in all their raw, floral detail, is indeed a new one for many of our eyes. That isn’t out of personal ignorance, or at least not entirely. It’s also because American scientific and medical education – and, troublingly, research, treatment and standards – presume the male body is the default.

The viral image, which displays milk ducts in all their raw, floral detail, is a new one for many of our eyes (my own included). That isn’t out of personal ignorance, or at least not entirely. It’s also because American scientific and medical education – and, troublingly, research, treatment and standards – presume the male body is the default.

While Ms. Gillibrand was called “Senator Working Mom,” Mr. O’Rourke’s status as a parent has been just one part of his story, not the core of it. After losing his Senate race, he took an extended solo road trip to clear his head and blog. A jaunt that would be portrayed as child abandonment had a woman done it “could help him politically, advancing his offbeat brand,” reporters mused. Few fretted about who was watching his children.

Many of our most hyper-performative social media moments tie back to traditional gender roles. But gender reveal parties put those conventions on steroids, and we would all be better off to skip them.