It’s easy to see gender inequality as perpetuated by a few toxically masculine men, but gender bias is embedded in our social systems in many subtle ways too. One system that scientists have been ...

“Does the word ‘guys’ (the plural of ‘guy’) refer only to males, or can it refer to people of any gender?” A few days ago, I received this question from a reader of this column. She wrote: “I found ...

HANOVER, Germany — How do you pronounce a word with an asterisk or a colon in the middle? And what's the German word for inclusivity? These are just two questions businesses and organizations in ...

Most of us use gendered terminology on a regular basis without realizing it. For example, you might walk into a meeting and say, “Hey, guys!” — even if there are people in the meeting whose gender ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of girls laugh together at school. The word “girl” evokes the thought of a female child, while “boy” conjures the thought ...