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Oct 14, 2007 2:22 PM CDT

Black Women Face Tough Choice

(Newser) - South Carolina’s real Democratic debate is going down in the hair salon, where the New York Times informally polled black women on their split allegiances to Hillary and Obama. Maternal fondness for Barack may work against him—one won’t vote for him because “I fear that they...

Women Have Been Falling for Brad Pitt Types for 2.6M Years

Aug 25, 2007 10:42 AM CDT

Women Have Been Falling for Brad Pitt Types for 2.6M Years

Rules of attraction haven't changed much

(Newser) - The facial proportions of the average hot guy haven't changed much throughout human evolutionary history, finds a new study that compares contemporary human skulls with skulls from 2.6 million years ago. Women have been selecting for males with short, broad faces—think Brad Pitt and Will Smith—since the...

Girls Think Pink, Naturally,
Study Finds

Aug 21, 2007 3:16 AM CDT

Girls Think Pink, Naturally, Study Finds

Women's attraction to redder hues linked to evolution

(Newser) - Shocking news: Girls love pink. That love might not just be cultural—but linked to evolutionary development, researchers in a new study have concluded. Pink may have helped ancient women recognize ripe fruit and healthy men with ruddy faces, while both genders yearned for the blue of open skies and...

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

Aug 4, 2007 6:10 AM CDT

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

Showing anger in the office boosts men, hurts women

(Newser) - Women who show anger in the workplace undercut their professional standing, but their male counterparts may well be admired for their office rage, says a new study. And public temper tantrums affect more than just co-workers' respect, Reuters reports—test subjects assigned far higher salaries to angry men than to...

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Jul 30, 2007 5:00 PM CDT

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Study shows women's smoother elbows may be holding them back

(Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says....

Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

Jul 12, 2007 9:08 AM CDT

Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

Frontrunners attempt opposite-sex appeal, Salon's Scherer says

(Newser) - In the Democrats' dramatic race to the White House, Michael Scherer writes in Salon, “the leading man is a woman and the leading woman is a man." While Barack Obama soothes audiences with his nurturing baritone, Hillary Clinton attempts to parry the disadvantages of a female candidacy with...

Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

Apr 26, 2007 4:22 PM CDT

Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

Intrepid L.A. Times scribe describes his decision to change genders; promises he will still like football

(Newser) - A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will...

Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

Apr 13, 2007 8:54 AM CDT

Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

Scientists may be able to produce sperm from women's bone marrow

(Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to removing men from the conception equation, announcing yesterday that they have produced early-stage sperm cells from male bone marrow. Now the team of British researchers is seeking ethical approval to try the same thing with women.

To Work Or
Not to Work?

Apr 3, 2007 1:34 PM CDT

To Work Or Not to Work?

Provocative book worries about women giving up good careers to be trophy moms

(Newser) - The feminist generation gap gets a sharp appraisal in "The Feminine Mistake," the new book by Leslie Bennetts that questions why so many upscale young women are abandoning careers for children. Joan Walsh finds it a refreshing rebuttal to recent paens to motherhood, especially since Bennetts recognizes that ...

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Mar 30, 2007 6:21 AM CDT

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Children neither fraternal nor identical

(Newser) - A new kind of twin has been discovered, neither strictly identical nor fraternal. Now toddlers, the babies look identical but one is anatomically male while the other has ambiguous genitalia. Genetic tests show the children are identical on their mother's side but share only half their father's DNA.