Until 2018, women biology faculty members in the U.S. were less likely than their male colleagues to be featured on Wikipedia. By 2024, the trend had reversed; women biology professors at top R1 universities are now 25 percent more likely to have a biography on the platform than male biologists in academia.
New research from the Council on Criminal Justice estimates the number of women under correctional control will increase by some 10 percent by 2035, resulting in a 34 percent increase in the costs associated with women's justice system involvement.
Across a series of five experiments, scholars at Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley found that women are consistently perceived as more trustworthy negotiators. Furthermore, this focus on relationship-building in negotiations did not lead to worse economics outcomes for women negotiators compared to their male counterparts.
Using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Guttmacher Institute, Pew Research Center has analyzed several decades of information on abortion in the U.S., including the number and rate of abortions over time and the demographics of women who have experienced the procedure.
Compared to the prior year, women's representation declined among lead actors and directors of English-language streaming films released in 2025, while their share of streaming film writers remained unchanged.
Standard heat tolerance tests used in military and athletic populations to determine when someone can return to duty or play were developed based on the male body and are not as effective at measuring tolerance in women, according to new research from the University of Connecticut.
In 2024, women made up a larger percentage of college and graduate students than was the case at all other lower grades of education. There were 10,050,000 women enrolled in higher education in 2024. They made up 57.8 percent of all students.
Of the 629 women who have ever served in statewide elective executive office in the United States, only 72 (11.4 percent) are women from historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities.
A new study has found that men, political conservatives, and adults who had previously been hazed are more likely than other groups to approve of hazing. Notably, participants who reported a greater hazing tolerance are also more likely to minimize sexual violence.
State-level abortion bans have led to substandard medical care for miscarriages, according to a new study led by clinician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University.
Megan Fitzhugh and Judy Pa of the University of California, San Diego are co-authors of a new study that found women not only have a higher prevalence of certain dementia risk factors, but also experience stronger cognitive decline associated with other risks that are more common in men.
Between 2019 and 2025, male-owned businesses have consistently adopted AI at a higher rate than women-owned businesses. Among different generations, Millennial and Gen Z owners are the most likely to use AI; however, these age groups also have the largest gender gaps in AI adoption.
