My 17-year-old daughter and I are standing in line in the lobby of The Majestic 7, a new movie theater in Watertown’s Arsenal Yards. I’m wearing a hot pink beret and she a pink gingham blouse, and ...

I was surprised to find out that a matriarchy is not actually the opposite of a patriarchy. Of course, it’s not surprising that I would’ve thought that. I have a hunch that most of us do. In our still ...

“Wicked,” the stage musical, took its first bow 22 years ago. The novel it’s based on, “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” was published in 1995. All of that happened well ...

READER QUESTION: Many people assume the patriarchy has always been there, but surely this isn’t the case? How did it really originate? Matt, 48, London. The patriarchy, having been somewhat in retreat ...

Even cultures that are vastly different one from another have long touted similar themes and rules around gender. Those in power have used the existence of gendered behavior to enforce a hierarchy ...

Men is not a subtle movie. With a jaw-dropping climax, the new horror film from Alex Garland delivers its anti-patriarchy message with all the force of a sledgehammer through a garden wall. The story ...

Strong female characters fill the horror genre. Some of our earliest folklore features not only the monsters that terrify us, but the women who fight back. In fact, it’s in the stories about things ...