The new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle has arrived. And all those female audience members who won one on Oprah's Favorite Things may be disappointed — if you believe the brand's head of design, anyway. "Masculine" is the word being hit over our head to describe the Beetle's new design, but what does that mean? If you're curious about what the company is really saying in its descriptions of the new Read more

Pink for girls and blue for boys may be the most successful marketing campaign ever and princess culture may not be great for girls, but one scientist wishes political correctness and parenthood never met. Donald Pfaff, a neurobiologist and author of Man and Woman: An Inside Story, is frustrated with how findings are portrayed, particularly when they're about gender. When it comes to nature vs. Read more

"How do I know the color blue I see is the color blue you see?" The question was first posed to me by a nun in fifth grade, and I thought my religious education had suddenly taken a deep turn (it didn't). I've since learned the question is sort of a mockery of entry-level profundity. It's so pervasive, though, that Mad Men named episode 10 in season three "The Color Blue." When the question is Read more

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what "everyone knows" isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at our brains and genitals: they are just Read more

A young Japanese student who sells herself to pay for school gets hired by an elderly academic. A middle-aged Austrian woman travels to the beaches of Kenya looking for young African men to fall in love with, or at least sleep with. Two new films to be shown at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival will feature these very different scenarios starring the world's oldest profession. If you enjoy Read more

Challenged with the task of designing a gender-neutral dining space that reflected two very different styles, Nik's Naks founder, Nicole Ben-Dor, started with a table. The wood and iron Horchow dining table successfully merged Nicole's husband's modern industrial taste with her adoration for feminine French country, which sparked the inspiration for the rest of the room's design. Aside from Read more

Ever want to read your interviewer's mind? LearnVest shares a couple of secrets hiring managers don't want you to know. The next time you walk into an interview, consider the following: Your wedding or engagement ring? Can and may be used against you. Those photos of kids on a hiring manager's desk? They may not actually be the manager's children — but the photo is designed to get you talking Read more

Emily Blunt was in NYC last week to chat up her new movie The Five-Year Engagement, which hits theaters tomorrow. The movie was one of two Emily premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also hit the red carpet to show off Your Sister's Sister. Five-Year pairs Emily with her pal Jason Segel, and the duo portrays Tom and Violet, a couple who has more than their fair share of difficulty getting Read more

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ozy Frantz explains the difference between fear and hatred of women, and the more common fear and hatred of anything feminine. When I was a freshman in high school, I and my friends were Cool Chicks. We weren't like those other girls, the ones who were passive and weak and giggled and watched romantic Read more