The unrealistic ideals placed on female athletes are not only ignorant, but also deeply harmful, writes Lauren Fleshman.

Evolutionary theory has revolutionized the way we understand humans – yet more than a century after Darwin's ideas reshaped biology, the female form of our species remains largely a mystery.

In “The Second Sex” (1949), Simone de Beauvoir examined the social situation of women, arguing that in Western culture men are treated as Subjects whereas women are relegated to Others. Cat Bohannon’s ...

The female body is capable of all manner of wonders, from live birth and multiple orgasms to menstruation, regeneration, heroic pain tolerance, and the ability to destroy men in this TikTok challenge.

Cat Bohannon’s new book, Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, opens with a fact so thoroughly detached from beauty myths and the beauty industry that it makes every ...

It’s no secret that beauty standards are always shifting, but looking back over the last century really puts it into perspective. What was considered the “ideal” female body in one decade might be ...

Edwina Preston has received funding from Creative Victoria and the Australia Council for the Arts. She works for the Australian Education Union American essayist Cat Bohannon loves a bit of pop ...

From fat cells that stretch like spandex to more flexible muscles, scientists are finding that women’s bodies are just as strong as men’s. A surfer prepares for one of the worst surfing mishaps, a ...