Female (♀) is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova (egg cells). Most female mammals, including human females, have two X chromosomes.
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Here are the 11 female-led podcasts you should be listening to
According to a report by PwC, podcasts made well over $600 million in 2018 — and the golden age is yet to come. PwC further ...
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How myths about the 'female' brain hold women back from pursing careers in science
In 1879, French polymath Gustave Le Bon wrote that even in “the most intelligent races” there “are a large number of ...
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It's lonely being a female engineer — here’s how we fix it
Ultimately, I want fellow female engineers to be bold enough to join an all-male team, but also lucky enough to not have ...
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Sick of sexism in tech? Share this article next time you’re pissed off
Sick of sexism in tech? Well, read this — and share it with the culprit next time someone says something that pisses you. ...
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A quantum physics explanation for polyamory, BDSM, and queer people
Quantum physics! Now that I have your attention, let's talk about sex. Cultural norms would have us believe that human sexuality ...
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Google thinks it wasn't sexist to give its voice assistant a female voice
Google always wanted to use a male voice in its voice assistants, but they didn’t because female voices are apparently ...
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Fighting for sex helps animals survive habitat loss, new beetle research says
Animals around the world are seeing their environments change. Climate change is causing heating and changes to weather patterns, ...
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I failed supporting my female co-founder — here’s how I try to do better
I always thought of myself as an enlightened, progressive man. Maybe I didn’t exactly paste the word “feminist” on ...
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Study: Women founders face challenges, but investor bias is rare
It's recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according ...
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Reddit operates exactly as it was designed -- and that’s a problem
After carefully selecting a semi-automatic weapon from the trunk of his car, one of at least three, a 28-year-old gunman ...
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Meet the woman designing RHA's gorgeous headphones
Here's what it's like to design products that get used by millions
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Why it’s a no-brainer to have women in your startup’s exec team
While women have made strides toward better representation in leadership roles over the last decade, the progress has been ...
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The world's first smart oral sex toy aims to close the orgasm gender gap
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between ...
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Here's why icons are sexist
Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech ...
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Facebook lets you search for pictures of your female friends, but not your male ones
Well, this sounds familiar.
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How selfies help Indian women from Delhi's outskirts claim their right to the city
Taking selfies and posting them on social media is often derided as a narcissistic, self-absorbed, and attention-seeking ...
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Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less ...
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How a poor Victorian woman changed the way we do dinosaur science
Lyme Regis is an almost obnoxiously gorgeous town in Dorset in the west of England, perched atop the cliffs of the world-heritage ...
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Female-founded companies are making better sex toys and confronting taboos
In an industry traditionally dominated by men, women are now making more sex toys than ever before The lack of female ...
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Tumblr's 'female-presenting nipples' language isn't semantic -- it's oppression
Tumblr's adult content ban gets everything wrong in more ways than even a hater could have imagined. Worst of all: it says ...
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85% of employees at recently launched blockchain startups are male
Recent analysis has discovered men comprise an overwhelming majority of recent blockchain startups - just 14.5 percent of ...
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Apple's Entrepreneur Camp is a show of support for all women in tech
Apple announced earlier this week it'd be launching an app development camp exclusive to female-led companies and developers, ...
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5 female entrepreneurs on how to perfect a pitch
With only two percent of all US venture capital going to female founders in 2017, saying women have it tough when pitching ...
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Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn't a secret. We know that women make $0.82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It's ...
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Dating app Bumble launches fund to invest in women-led startups
Popular dating app, Bumble, has launched a fund which will be invested into female-led startups as they received only 2% ...
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The EU sucks for women tech founders
Research done by TNW’s Index team shows the EU ranks worse than Silicon Valley when it comes to tech startups founded by ...
