Encouraging a growth mindset and being more subtle about the pursuit of power and dominance are among the ways women might ...

Whether you played with Barbie dolls or action figures, watched Beauty and the Beast or Power Rangers, you have been exposed to gender stereotypes at a young age. The entertainment and marketing media ...

There is no major difference in the gender identity development of children raised by same-sex parents compared to those adopted by heterosexual couples. The toys that children prefer to play with in ...

This research investigated an integrative model of race- and gender-related influences on adjustment during early adolescence using a sample of 350 Black and White youth. In the proposed model, ...

When Charlotte Moser started graduate school, she was the only woman in a shared office with four male students. One day, a classmate casually remarked that he wished she weren’t there so the office ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Karen Struthers is affiliated with the Australian Labor Party. She was a former State Government MP and Minister. By pre-school children are already thinking about the career they will have when they ...

Both sex (a biological attribute) and gender (a complex social construct incorporating identity, roles, relations and institutionalized gender) may influence infectious disease risk and outcomes, and ...

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) Amanda Bittner receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...

What causes a person to be transgender? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Jane Chin, Ph.D, ...