Many women in relationships fall into the habit of avoiding disagreement because conflict feels scary. It can seem easier to ...

Psychologist Lisa Kaplin says that more assertive women don't just stay married — they tend to be happier in their marriages.

Women often have a smaller range of acceptable behaviors at work than men. If they are too nice, they are seen as weak or manipulative. If they are too aggressive, they are judged as acting like men ...

“Get ready for a wave of assertive women to step forward,” said a woman colleague of mine upon learning that Senator Kamala Harris would be former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate on the 2020 ...

What underpins the workplace gender gap? It may be just words. This is the finding of a new study in Management Science out of Washington State University, in which researchers successfully made a ...

And then men get paid more than all of us. Sigh. New research published in The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology suggests that women who are more assertive and clear about their ...