Cultural lag is an important concept from sociology that affects a great many people in our current cultural landscape. As originally defined, it is when there are differences in the rate of change ...

Even cultures that are vastly different one from another have long touted similar themes and rules around gender. Those in power have used the existence of gendered behavior to enforce a hierarchy ...

Gaby Cervantes’ home allowed very little room for mistakes — she could never leave a dish in the sink, let crumbs accumulate on the countertops or neglect sweeping the living room. Cervantes, one of ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

Lindsey has 20 years of experience in human resources and currently is Director of People & Culture for Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY. Women climbing, holding hands Research consistently ...

Since World War II, Rosie the Riveter has symbolized women’s contributions to national defense. She encouraged women to enter the workforce and fill jobs in factories and shipyards that drafted men ...

Scott W. Sunquist calls the American church to observe the diversity in ecclesiologies around the world. The recent revival of interest in biblical gender roles—how men and women serve in the church ...

While working as the director of the Sheehan Gallery at Whitman College, I met artist Lisa Sheets. She worked as the wax department coordinator at the Walla Walla Foundry, casting and tooling wax ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...