Every time we cheer the downfall of a powerful woman, we’re giving ourselves the message that power is bad and we shouldn’t desire it. Every time we revel in a beautiful woman’s aging or weight...

The message couldn’t have been clearer: women may rise to the top, but they must seem as though they don’t care whether they win or lose. Nice girls care only about being nice. They win...

Although previous studies had suggested that friendship–male and female–could be a powerful antidote to stress, more recent research indicates that broken promises, dashed expectations, and other side effects of friendship gone wrong can actually raise...

It wasn’t only my friends who suffered from female rivalry. I remember when I was just sixteen years old, during spring vacation, being whisked off to an early lunch by my best friend’s brother, only...