Gender and Gender Issues

We asked Iowans what it means to be a man in 2025.

Women are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault while men are more likely to be murdered. But we don't socialize boys and girls to understand the real threats to their safety.

On this episode in our series on the gender gap, the history and persistent effects of gender disparities in health care.

Girls are more likely than boys to graduate from high school on time, more girls take advanced courses in high school and significantly more women are earning college degrees.

For decades, men have been moving to the right and women have been moving to the left. What has influenced this divide and what issues does it pose for our relationships?

A Des Moines OBGYN shares how the current political climate has impacted patients and lawmakers discuss a new bill that would remove gender identity as a protected characteristic from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Expert readers discuss Alice Walker's The Color Purple on this archive episode of the Talk of Iowa book club.

On this special edition of Talk of Iowa, a taste of the storytelling event, Stories to Tell My Daughter

A federal judge has blocked Title IX protections for LGBTQ students from taking effect in Iowa and several other Republican-led states including Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota.

A trans teen in Iowa says he's faced little discrimination, but recent Iowa laws could change that for other trans youth.