Working women like to be spanked, says Katie Roiphe, who did not actually interview a single working woman for her Newsweek cover story. Wait, did I really just write that?

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Hide/Seek: Sexual Identity in American Portraits

Today in California, the ban on same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. The news reminded us of “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” the current exhibition up at the Brooklyn Museum. The show, on view through February 12th, explores the role of sexual identity in modern art through a variety of media, including photography. For more selection of photographs, along with captions from the exhibition, visit our Photo Booth blog: http://nyr.kr/AgOCAM

All photographs courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.

"To me, it’s too much work. I’m a different generation. The women stay home and take care of family and the man. Heck no. If a man asked me for a cup of coffee, I’d say, ‘Well, there’s the kitchen.’"

The most gangster 80-year-old woman in the world, on why she doesn’t date, as featured in Arianne Cohen’s new book, The Sex Diaries Project. See: What 1,500 Bedroom Diaries Can Teach Us About Sex (The Daily Beast)

It was the first book to teach women about sex, birth control and—yes—the clitoris. On its 40th anniversary, why 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' still matters.