When little kids draw a scientist, even a computer scientist, “they always draw a man in a lab coat, for some reason,” computer science professor Gloria Townsend says. “A pocket protector, glasses ...

For all the strides that technology has made through the years, women have had little to do with designing the shoes. Women make up the majority of Internet consumers, but play a smaller role in the ...

Ships are ‘she,’ people have motherlands and fatherlands, but what about a picture of a baby with the number ‘1’ on it? What about a nice beef stew? Or a chair? Strangely, we tend to assign genders to ...