Researchers found Western women also experience greater media pressure to be thin than black Nigerian and Chinese women of all ages. The study, conducted by Durham University psychologists, looked at ...

The five artists featured in the exhibition—Evelyn Cameron, Fra Dana, Josephine Hale, Elisabeth Lochrie and Lora Webb Nichols—witnessed the rapid transformation of women’s roles in Western American ...

Western countries like the U.S. might have fewer women pursuing physics degrees compared to Muslim-majority countries because of identity conflicts caused by cultural expectations in the physics ...

In 1932, lanky, lantern-jawed Mildred (“Babe”) Didrikson, then famed only as a basketball player, proved at the Olympic Games that she was the world’s best woman track athlete. In 1934, she learned ...

White women are less confident about their bodies than women from other cultures, according to a new study. Researchers found Western women also experience greater media pressure to be thin than black ...