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A new study shows how difficult that information is to come by.

Sheryl Sandberg's explosive "Lean In" — a muscular manifesto on the gender inequities of the professional world — is being published within weeks of the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." It's a convergence destined to invite disparaging comparisons, to prompt people to holler about how they knew Betty Friedan and that Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and one of the most powerful women in the tech world, is no Betty Friedan.

Crystal Kelley got paid $22,000 to have a baby. But when an utrasound revealed significant medical issues, the biological parents offered her $10,000 more to have an abortion. The gross immorality of that second offer tells us that there is a lot wrong with the first arrangement, writes bioethicist Arthur Caplan.

Many postpartum women have violent thoughts involving their infants, but we don't talk about this side effect of motherhood, Shanon Cook says.

Lauren Silberman's NFL tryout has lasted all of two kicks, neither of which traveled 20 yards. Silberman is the first woman to compete at an NFL regional scouting combine.

Thanks to mothers with too little supply and mothers with too much, the first breast milk depot recently opening in Florida, reports CBS Miami. The Gathering Place, a maternity center in Miami's Biscayne Corridor, started officially accepting breast milk donations as of February 19.

Despite the 50-year anniversary of the Equal Pay Act this year, women continue to earn less than men across most job functions. In fact, according to new numbers released in February, the gender wage gap widened by slightly more than a percentage point in 2012—back to levels last seen in 2005. Across the economy, women now earn 81 cents for every dollar earned by men. Meanwhile, economists say wage growth has stagnated for all workers in the last decade, and particularly so for women.

A study finds no evidence that a popular anti-nausea drug will lead to major problems.

Advanced breast cancer has increased slightly among young women, a 34-year analysis suggests. The disease is still uncommon among women younger than 40, and the small change has experts scratching their heads about possible reasons....

Park Geun-hye is sworn in as South Korea's president, making her the first woman to lead the East Asian nation.