This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. To a degree unimaginable a decade ago, the intensely personal subject of gender identity has entered the public square.

A study published in Travel Behaviour and Society explores the role of gender associations in the adoption of electric vehicles. The research finds that countries with a more feminine cultural ...

Like Umbridge, these traditional, feminine traits are contrasted by descriptions of her animallike appearance — in this case, a horse. Petunia should benefit from her motherhood status ...