Until puberty, our bodies look similar regardless of our sex, other than our genitals. When we hit puberty, a barrage of hormones—androgens like testosterone and estrogens like estradiol—reshapes our ...

Their feminine body shape, however, was different enough from the ‘normal’ women’s body to attract comments and stares from strangers. The comments from what the bodybuilders called ‘the general ...

Somewhere along the way, femininity became confused with fragility. Softness got mistaken for weakness. Sensitivity became something to hide, not honour. And for many women, being feminine started to ...

The foundations of the body: foundation garments and the early modern female silhouette -- The artificial body: courtiers, gentlewomen and disputed visions of femininity, 1560-1650 -- The socially ...

Today marks 50 years of Title IX. While Title IX helped normalize female athletics, many women currently face tension and toxicity in their sport as transgender women attempt to compete against them.

All people of the world, men and women, have masculine and feminine energy within them. The conflicting energies create balance, giving each of us the right tools to manage different situations in ...