Men Vs. Women | featured news

Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively - Republican Mitt Romney - lost. More women voted for the other guy.

Since the recession ended in June 2009, men have gained 80% of the 2.6 million net jobs created in the U.S., including 61% in the last year. Even as women have moved up the economic ladder and outpaced men in earnings growth over the last decade, they are lagging behind in a crucial area — getting new jobs.

Commonly quoted statistics suggest that more men are unfaithful to their partners than women. But how reliable are the figures and, if it takes two to tango, is it even mathematically possible?

Men are more concerned with their partner's body type than women but they also seem to value family more highly, according to a new survey released on Tuesday.

Forbes analyzed the median weekly pay of full-time workers by sex and occupation in 2010, to pinpoint the jobs with the largest gaps in men and women’s earnings.

Gender stereotypes are alive and well where holidays are concerned, it seems. British men typically pack only three pairs of underpants.

A nationwide survey of 610 U.S. drivers -- commissioned by navigation firm TeleNav -- uncovered what men and women really found annoying about their partners' driving habits. Men typically said that their better halves drove too slowly. And women complained that men tailgate.

The room is large and airy, the stone floors clean and cool - a welcome respite from the afternoon sun. Until your eyes take in the horror that it holds. Ten severely malnourished children - nine of them girls....

Census figures show women outnumber men for the first time when it comes to finishing college and holding advanced degrees....

As a publisher I appreciate a provocative headline. A good hook is more important than ever in our link-and-like economy. But I bristled at the sexist assumption in the title of Daniel Freedman’s March 16th column, “Do Women Need to Act Like Men on Wall Street?” and I thought: will men in our culture ever catch a break?