80% of women at the top (in business, I presume) have husbands who don’t work.

As critics see it, the loss of our common culture is a result not of cultural changes but of shifts in policy and the economy. There are two problems with this line of argument.

Linda Basch is certainly correct that the entry of so many women into the labour force has been good for the economy, good for society and good for women themselves (I would add that it has been good for men as well). But she is wrong when she implies that full-time mothers have made an unworthy choice.

Polls show Americans have a high opinion of Michelle Obama and the way she handles both her personal and public responsibilities.

Conservative women may wish to describe themselves as feminists, and they may offer a new model of women's empowerment that large numbers of American women find inspiring.

Myths about rises in domestic abuse on days of major sporting events are exaggerated and misleading and put truly at-risk women in other parts of the world at greater risk.

Women are joining men as partners in running the world, but they are not replacing men and never will. Yes, women are flourishing in unprecedented and gratifying ways. But men have hardly vanished from the center.

Misinformation on domestic violence against women leads to misdirected policies that fail to target the true causes of violence.