Housewives in the 1950s enjoyed much more active sex lives than women of today, other research has found, because their time was not divided between career, childcare and socialising as it is now.

However, Japan ranks low on the Global Gender Gap Index at 125 in 2023, out of 146 countries.This disparity is reflected in ...

Early man first invented tools. Then he invented jewellery. Archeologists have discovered strings of shells, believed to have ...

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.

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Adoptees are looking for answers years after unwed Italian mothers were pressured to give their babies up for adoption under ...

"I don't think she understands that, there are a whole lot of women out here who ... this is not the 1950s anymore." ...

The 1950s was a time when many women in the U.S. were expected to stay at home, managing households and caring for their families. Career opportunities were limited, and traditional gender roles ...

IRELAND AM star Muireann O’Connell has dressed in a 1950s outfit on air after receiving offensive messages from an online ...

In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes how they compared the three top contenders, and why they chose the 1950s, as the most likely marker.