When the seducer Willoughby comes to call on Marianne Dashwood in Emma Thompson’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, Sir John Middleton, in a conspicuous attempt at humor, turns to the ...

In a shocking turn of events, a binary societal structure based on the stereotypical attributes of one gender isn’t working out for everyone. Patriarchy, i.e. the current power structure that most of ...

It’s a community “known for being a place where women are in charge,” Sehl says, adding: “I don’t know to what extent that is actualized nowadays.” She’s nonetheless curious to see how the roles ...

When two soon-to-be founders were brainstorming ideas for a female-oriented home improvement service, Lacey Soslow suggested something like “OnlyFans but for home improvement,” a reference to the ...

Does matriarchy exist? Peggy Reeves Sanday says yes. For two decades, Ms. Sanday, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been studying gender in West Sumatra, Indonesia. In ...

There are more women in politics now than ever, a resurgence of women’s rights activism and the possibility of another woman as the Democratic presidential nominee. Yet, it could still take 88 years ...

I am thinking about the emerging matriarchy, which I eagerly await. The men are on the verge of ruining the world. Here it is, ladies. Take it. Good luck. Beware of the spent nuclear-fuel pools! I’m ...

In 1617, the menfolk of an isolated Norwegian hamlet have just set off on a whaling expedition when a tempest swamps their boat, drowning every one of them. The mothers and wives that remain have ...