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In the past two years, wronged political wives have been rebelling against being typecast as “the good wife.”

Parris Island, the South Carolina military installation that has trained thousands of young Marines, has its first female commander.

The spirit of the Arab Spring broke the steel gates of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today as one by one Saudi women started their engines, defying the country’s notorious ban on women driving, the only place in the world where women are not permitted to drive.

Afghanistan has the dubious distinction of being named the world's most dangerous country for women by an international poll of 213 gender experts from five continents.

The ABA Journal reported late last week that a St. Louis federal jury, in what might be a record breaking verdict to a single plaintiff, awarded $95 million in damages to a former Aaron’s Inc. associate for sexual harassment, $15 million in compensatory and $80 million in punitive damages.

Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical ...

Like many expectant mothers these days, Autumn Yates posted updates about her pregnancy on Facebook. “It’s nice for my extended family to see pictures from time to time of me getting bigger and little comments like, ‘34-week check-up went well!’ ” said Yates, 29, a Spanish teacher from Oakton. “I don’t see anything wrong with that. I think there is kind of a line sometimes, though.”

A computer repairman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly planting spyware on dozens of computers he fixed and remotely taking hundreds of photos of women in their homes partially clothed or naked.

According to a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in fall 2010 titled, “When It Comes to Pay, Do the Thin Win? The Effect of Weight on Pay for Men and Women,” a woman’s weight can have a significant impact on her earnings.

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