Staff / TruthdigAug 3, 2011
The incidence of HIV infection among young, black American males who have slept with men shot up 48 percent between 2006 and 2009, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 13, 2011
This is one of those scientific categories in which it's better to come in second: According to a new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, men in the U.S. are more likely to die of cancer than their female counterparts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2011
A couple of neuroscientists looked through a billion publicly available Web searches from about a million people and told Salon, "There are almost three times as many searches for fat women as there are for skinny women" and "men search for penises almost as often as they search for vaginas." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigAug 16, 2010
Whether by chance or design, Hollywood turned the weekend of Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, into a cinematic tug of war between the sexes, with two of the most narrowly gender-targeted movies imaginable coming out on the same day. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 30, 2010
It's an age-old complaint, at least judging by the highly scientific content found in women's magazines: Men just aren't snuggly enough and, what's more, they don't empathize enough either. Hmph! But a hormone-laced nasal spray might change all that for the better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2009
Conservatives love to claim we live in a post-racial or post-gender world, but researchers in England are reminding us of the persistent examples of inequality that mark our society. A new study demonstrates that women are less likely than men to be offered enrollment at England's prestigious Oxford University despite having the same grades as, or even better grades than, their male counterparts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigJul 19, 2007
As old stereotypes about the differences between men and women continue to resurface in the form of the latest book releases (see: "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps" or "Men Are Clams, Women are Crowbars"), scientific evidence continues to refute them. What does the evidence show? What any chatty man or any woman of few words can tell you: The sexes are not so extremely opposite as we're made to believe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 21, 2007
After market research revealed that young American men "have no feeling toward Israel one way or another," the Israeli consulate in New York came up with a foolproof plan to get their attention: pin-up girls. The shande for the goyim will take place in the July issue of Maxim magazine, which will feature Israel Defense Forces veterans taking it off for the homeland. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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