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Men

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Economics

J.D. Vance Says 7 Million Able-Bodied Men Have Dropped Out of the Labor Force. Where Are They?

There are many explanations for the slow, long-term decline in work force participation among American men. Undocumented immigration doesn't seem to be a major factor.

Eric Boehm | 10.17.2024 11:30 AM

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Gender

The Battle of the Sexes Turns Political

Political polarization poisons yet another area of life.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.29.2024 7:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Biden's Plans To Fix the Pay Gap Won't Actually Help Women

Plus: A win for animal rights activists in Iowa, Republicans sue the CDC over air travel mask mandate, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.16.2022 9:31 AM

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Women

The Gender Gap in Pandemic Job Losses Has Been Wildly Exaggerated

Jobs data casts doubt on the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic is uniquely setting women back. 

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.11.2021 2:30 PM

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Reason Roundup

Justice Department Tells States the Equal Rights Amendment Is Dead

Plus: Rand Paul says White House's war-powers arguments are "absurd," the Cato Institute wants Congress to investigate the FBI, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.9.2020 9:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

The Time for an All-Male Military Draft 'Has Passed,' Says Federal Judge: Reason Roundup

Plus: Silicon Valley is suspicious of media, Cory Booker calls for weed reform, and how to understand the "upper middle class"

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.25.2019 9:30 AM

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Advertising

The Gillette Ad Tells Men Not to Hurt People. Why Is This Offensive?

"Toxic masculinity" is sometimes a scapegoat for the left, but this particular commercial makes no grand anti-male claims.

Robby Soave | 1.15.2019 3:15 PM

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Women

There's a New Wage-Gap Myth Going Around and It Makes Women's Work Life Look Grim

But don't believe the dire diagnosis. New research shows a mixed bag of pay patterns for women-and men-over the past 50 years.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.4.2018 10:50 AM

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Gender

Men and Women Are Less Alike in More Feminist Countries

Places that score high for gender equality also show more sex differences on personality tests.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.26.2018 10:55 AM

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Reason Roundup

Writer Stephen Elliott Sues Over 'Shitty Media Men' Spreadsheet: Reason Roundup

Plus: libertarian accounts purged from Facebook?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.12.2018 9:30 AM

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Sex

Authenticity and Truth in the #MeToo Era

You'll never know for sure what's in someone else's heart. But forgiveness can be as much about what we owe ourselves as what someone else deserves.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.7.2018 9:00 AM

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Immortality

Is Immortality Gendered?

Therapies that slow and even reverse aging will be a tremendous boon for both women and men.

Ronald Bailey | 1.26.2018 5:00 PM

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Election 2016

The Trump Effect: White Men Stand Alone?

A new poll shows white women souring on the GOP.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.22.2018 12:20 PM

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Sex

Aziz Ansari and the Limits of 'He Should Know Better'

Sloppy seduction or sexual assault? If those are your terms, you're already missing the point.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.16.2018 3:17 PM

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Internet

Men as Likely To Be Harassed Online as Women

New study says men are more concerned about free speech and for women it's safety concerning the internet.

Cathy Young | 7.18.2017 5:00 AM

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Abortion

Support for Legal Abortion at Highest Level Since 1995, But Partisan Gap Widening

The gap between Republicans and Democrats on abortion is at its widest point in nearly 10 years.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.4.2016 1:15 PM

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Health insurance

The New Contraception Mandate: Free Male Sterilization

Vermont joins Maryland in extending the "free birth control" mandate to cover vasectomies.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.11.2016 11:00 AM

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Gender

5 Quick Facts About the Gender Pay Gap

Do women still earn just 79 percent of every dollar men make? A look at what's really going on with the gender wage gap

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.23.2016 8:05 AM

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Sex Trafficking

DOJ Report: 'Males, Whites, Republicans' and Porn Watchers Hold 'Incorrect Beliefs' About Sex Trafficking

Don't worry, the feds will fix those for you.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.21.2016 10:40 AM

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Media

How Maryland 'Neomasculinity' Blogger Roosh V Became an International 'Pro-Rape' Villain

A case study of collective catharsis through call-out culture and moral panic as meme.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.8.2016 1:30 PM

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Toxicology

Sperm Apocalypse: Are You Just A Quarter of the Man Your Father Was?

Danish researcher claims that plastics and cosmetics are emasculating.

Ronald Bailey | 6.22.2015 4:32 PM

Politics

"We're All Perverts": The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality with Author Christopher Ryan

Sharif Matar and Thaddeus Russell | 10.14.2013 1:27 PM

Culture

Up to 1 in 4 Men in Parts of Asia Say They've Raped Before

One in 10 when not including wives or girlfriends

Reason Staff | 9.10.2013 1:20 PM

Politics

What if Miss Utah Gave the Correct Answer at the Miss USA Pageant?

Todd Krainin | 6.18.2013 7:49 PM

Nanny State

The War On Men Is Working*

Ronald Bailey | 4.15.2013 1:53 PM

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