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Post Topic: Gender

Five babies sit on the floor in a row.

Nov. 14, 2023

3 min Read

Do Some Men Produce Only Boys or Girls?

Emily Oster

An arrangement of lavender products on a white background.

Sep. 20, 2023

3 min Read

Does Lavender Exposure Lead to Early Puberty?

Emily Oster

An image from a hospital nursery with several babies.

Sep. 13, 2023

2 min Read

Were More Boys Born During COVID?

Emily Oster

A mother looks concerned as she answers her cell phone in at her desk in an office.

Jul. 17, 2023

6 min Read

Why Schools Always Call Moms

Emily Oster

An array of used tissues and cold medicines on a yellow background.

Jun. 30, 2023

2 min Read

Why Aren't There Better Breastfeeding-Safe Medicines?

Emily Oster

Toy-sized mop and bucket, broom and garbage can, and brush and dustpan are seen on a pink background.

Apr. 21, 2023

3 min Read

How Can My Partner and I Equally Split Domestic Labor?

Emily Oster

A baby smiles as it is held by a new father.

Apr. 3, 2023

11 min Read

How Important Is Paternity Leave?

Emily Oster

Brown locked bathroom stall door in a public bathroom.

Feb. 3, 2023

2 min Read

Why Does It Take Men So Long to Poop?

Emily Oster

A parent stretches to prepare for jogging next to a baby stroller.

Jan. 9, 2023

13 min Read

Puberty, Postpartum, and Adaptation

Emily Oster

Gold balloons spell out "It's a girl" on a pink background.

Jan. 6, 2023

2 min Read

How Can I Conceive a Girl?

Emily Oster

A gloved hand holding a glass test tube with clear liquid is seen in from of a glowing screen showing DNA comparisons.

Aug. 12, 2022

3 min Read

Are Girls Starting Puberty Sooner?

Emily Oster

A lineup of all the animated Disney princesses.

Jul. 14, 2022

8 min Read

Are Disney Princesses Ruining Your Daughter?

Emily Oster

A woman stands at the door in a green bathroom. She is holding a baby in one arm and hangers with different clothing items in the other.

May. 23, 2022

3 min Read

How to Think About the “Motherhood Penalty”

Emily Oster

A bandaid is applied over a tear in a piece of orange paper.

May. 20, 2022

1 min Read

Does Childbirth Increase Your Pain Tolerance?

Emily Oster

A parent sleeps in a toddler bed while the toddler stands over the parent holding a book.

Nov. 29, 2021

8 min Read

Paid Parental Leave

Emily Oster

Illustration of a woman climbing over a crack between two large pink blocks.

Nov. 11, 2021

7 min Read

What do Claudia Goldin and Emily Ratajkowski Have in Common?

Emily Oster

A closeup of a mother and daughter leaning their foreheads together and smiling.

Apr. 26, 2021

10 min Read

Mom Genes and Other Parent Science

Emily Oster

A child with Downs Syndrome hugs a parent around the neck on a sunny day.

Jul. 6, 2020

7 min Read

Ableism, Disability, and Love

Emily Oster

A stack of colorful magazines are seen close-up.

Sep. 9, 2019

3 min Read

Do Men and Women Have Different Brains?

Emily Oster

A stack of colorful magazines are seen close-up.

Apr. 23, 2019

1 min Read

We Need to Stop Shaming Women for Wanting (or Not Wanting) to Return to Work

Emily Oster

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