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Why are you a good, empowering friend to other women? What do you bring to the table? We all have our specific qualities and in a friendship, we must to have something that benefits the other person if we are to be of value. What is it that you provide? Dependability? An ear to listen? Good advice? Positive feedback? Or do ...

A father dissects the different attitudes people have towards baby girls and boys -- in his experience, people were far more excited about the latter. Why the difference in enthusiasm? Why do people get so much more excited about a baby boy?

This past weekend I attended a professional development conference for business and life coaches. Each of the speakers focused on a different topic, and each spoke in a different style. Some used PowerPoint slides while others spoke without notes. Some were very polished while others were rough around the edges. Sitting in the audience, I was struck by something they all ...

Does sexism still exist in the workplace? Of course it does. But it's no longer in the form of an unsolicited smack on the behind or blatant, belittling comment. Modern day sexism is less obvious, more subtle, harder to put your finger on. It's also harder to fight. In her blog post "Top 10 Uwritten Rules That Could Sabotage Your Career," ...

Apparently, today is National Cleavage Day... in South Africa. This holiday has been around since 2002, and is sponsored by Wonderbra. But thanks to Twitter's new "trending topics" sidebar, it's gone from one country's holiday to a national trend. (Scary!)

Friendships and their impact on our lives have long gone underestimated and undervalued. But now researchers are finding that friends can not only improve the quality of our lives, they can actually lengthen it.

There's a buzz around the feminist blogosphere about HBO's potential new show, "Women's Studies". Backed by "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" executive producer Ben Karlin, the show will supposedly star Julie White as a former feminist It Girl who is now a professor at a small liberal arts college. But will the show ever get made, and what will it look ...

An insider's look at why we need more women in tech.

In the enclosed op/ed, Ian Robinson splashes out all the standard cliches attributed to "feminists": hairy legs, ugly clothes, and bad hygiene. But worse than that, it seems to paint a picture of right-wing women as vapid, shoe-obsessed breeders. You've got to see this awful article to believe it!

Women of child-bearing age routinely pay more for health care because they're women. If they're pregnant, they can be legally denied coverage. Women face other problems in today's insurance market: They tend to need more preventive care and therefore are subject to more co-pays and deductibles, and single heads of households are often women, meaning they're responsible for the family's health ...

I’ve learned some valuable things about life, love, and being female over the past half-century. Here is the advice I try to pass on to younger women in my life (family and friends) in the hope that it will save them some precious time: *1. You are at least 10 times prettier than you think you are.* That holds true no ...

We're a community made up of smart, savvy women who have a lot to say. So let's start talking! This is the first in our new "Question from the Editor" series. Once a week, we'll present a timely, thought-provoking question and open it up to the Excelle community for discussion. So, here goes... Last week, late night talk show host David ...

It’s an oft-repeated scene in a Hollywood romantic comedy: Gorgeous girl makes man totally tongue-tied. Now there’s science behind the phenomenon—not just screenwriting. According to researchers at the Radboud University in The Netherlands, men who spend even a few minutes with a pretty girl perform less well in brain function tests than those gabbing with a woman they don’t find attractive. ...

Four months ago, twenty-two year old San Diego resident "Natalie Dylan" went on the Howard Stern show to put her virginity up for bids, intending to use the final proceeds to pay for her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. Update from Natalie Dylan: On January 23rd, "Natalie" published her version of her own story on The Daily Beast. Why ...

Are you tired of that certain friend dumping her toxic emotional waste on you? Do you ever notice how happy she is once she gets it all out and how lousy you feel afterward? She's usually ready to go have fun in a few minutes while you feel like a you just got hit by a truck. Do you realize attackers ...

by Wendy Atterberry of TheFrisky Recently, the good people at AskMen.com revealed their list of the “Top Ten Things Men Shouldn’t Do In Public,” which included definite no-no’s like picking their noses and peeing conspicuously, and debatable no-no’s like crying (Come on, what if his dog just died? What if he just watched The Notebook for the first time?). Interestingly, they ...

What with the glass ceiling, the wages and the child care difficulties it's not as if the problems women face in the workplace haven't been well-documented. Now there's a major, and somewhat unexpected, addition to the list - the female boss. University researchers say women who have to answer to a female supervisor feel more stressed than if their superior is ...

10. All lesbians just want to be men. No, we don’t. We are women who like to be with women. Who said anything about men? So guys have penises, so what? It’s not like I can’t walk six blocks and buy one of my own. Plus, I don’t have to worry about being too small or any other "sexual dysfunctions" of ...

Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the way authority is exercised in companies and economic systems. Ostrom was the first woman to win the prize since it was founded in 1968, and the fifth woman to win a Nobel award this year — a Nobel record. Ostrom, ...

 If you are a women, you feel guilty about something. This article suggests some things you can do about it.