"Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men-and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it."

"They don't actually reflect innate preferences."

"Social media star Danah Boyd's new book on teens, It's Complicated, argues that most adults misread and overreact to the online lives of young people. (This story originally aired on Feb. 25, 2014.)"

"Tavi Gevinson of 'Rookie' Inspires Young Women to Create Communities of Self-Empowerment"

"Any revolution in the depiction of women's bodies is not going to come from marketers, whose job it is to construct a narrative in which a person is incomplete until a product is purchased-and so must create feelings of unworthiness and desire, as well as an impulse to change. The problem with looking to companies, even well-meaning ones, to determine ethical standards is that the effort will always feel cynical at some level. And so, as it ever was, the representation of the female form will continue to be a battleground."

"Photoshop makes quite a big difference on virtually anything and with celebrities always wanting to put on a good appearance you just know their magazine cover shots are heavily photoshopped! Here we have 22 before and after shots of your favorite celebrities. Surprised?"

"Many women describe sexism as a part of 'normal' life. Here Leah Green goes undercover in London to see how unsuspecting men react to sexist situations often experienced by women - but this time perpetrated by a female. All scenes are based on real encounters reported by women to @EverydaySexism"

"Despite proof that everyone loses when Hollywood is sexist, everything from the questions actresses are asked in interviews to the representation of women on the big and small screens suggest that an issue remains. Old habits die hard, but many actresses are lining up to deliver a blow. Here are eight actresses who aren't afraid to call out Hollywood's sexism:

"It took a while, but someone has finally lampooned Cadillac's much-derided "Poolside" commercial starring Neal McDonough. And not just any old someone-Ford Motor Co."

"During last Tuesday's presidential debate, Romney answered a question about pay equity by saying that he made sure his chief of staff could leave work in time to cook dinner for her family. "The Bachelor" has resurrected the same regressive view of relationships, showcasing bubbly babes promising to "make the best wife" for ABC's husband-in-chief "because I would be a servant to him. And if he comes home from a long day at the office, I'll just rub his feet and have dinner ready for him!" For more than a decade, reality TV has stuffed "binders full of women" with stock characters:"

"Chivalry is a behavior that masquerades as a courtesy while concealing a dramatic assertion of inequality between the sexes. There is no way around it: it's about viewing women as fragile, delicate creatures who require special treatment. And it needs to die."

"Beauty pageants should go the way of the corset. They're outdated and restrictive and perpetuate a damaging link between real world success and a woman's capacity to cultivate a very specific, stereotypical definition of beauty."

"A Chicago Tribune photojournalist says another newspaper's single photograph of a star high school basketball player seeming to "flip off" the opposing team's fans was taken out of context. And Tribune photographer Scott Strazzante released all of his raw images capturing the incident as proof that the player did nothing wrong. Now, the photographer who posted the image that caused an online firestorm, and nearly cost the player a chance to play in a tournament, says he should not have used the image."

One company has found a way to do some emotional branding around the issue of the photoshopping of models and celebrities that are prevalent in the media. "The sister brand of American Eagle markets bras, panties and sleepwear to girls 15-21-girls in high school and college who are notoriously bombarded with the message "You need to be hot." Lest you think I exaggerate, surf Tumblr or the hashtag #thinspiration on Instagram, and you'll see what I mean. Aerie's new ads are unretouched. The girls you see in the ads are what they look like in real life, which is, sadly, groundbreaking. The models are wearing makeup, they look healthy, the poses are flattering, and the lighting is perfect. But theres's been no Photoshop-surgery removal of skin folds or digital slimming of thighs and stomachs. The copy on the print ads declares, "The girl in this photo has not been retouched. The real you is sexy.""

"Yesterday, Mar. 18, Huffington Post writer, Stacy Bettison, wrote a piece about seven take-away messages from recent photoshopping extremes by major companies and how to work against the insecurities that these alterations attempt to instill. With Target's retraction of a poorly photoshopped swimsuit model - to the extent that whole chunks of body parts were missing - has come a heightened realization of just how far companies will go to create the 'perfect' model."

"Why are we so drawn to these stories? anchor Suzanne Malveaux asked me in a few different ways, perhaps wanting an emotional take on how the plane crash scene in the TV series Lost or the film Alive could have ended Flight 370's mysterious voyage. Instead, I tried to talk about an odd feedback loop we're experiencing in media, where those fictional scenes were created precisely because they reflect our worst fears about air travel. Then an actual event occurs that seems to mirror the fiction, and we can't look away - which only makes media want to feature it more, regardless of the information available. But the problems with runaway media speculation go beyond a lack of basic information on the missing plane. Information given publicly by Malaysian officials and leaked to journalists is also sometimes seriously unreliable, leading to more untrustworthy reporting."

"BuzzFeed's new video, "If Women's Roles in Ads Were Played by Men," swaps the genders in three commercials-for GoDaddy, Hardee's/Carl's Jr. and Doritos. (Only the first two were approved ads, however. The Doritos ad was a fan-made entry into the 2011 Crash the Super Bowl contest, and didn't advance to the finals-though it has gotten more than 2 million views on the director's YouTube channel.) BuzzFeed recreates each ad and plays them side by side with the originals. "

"New NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said placing corporate logos on player jerseys is "inevitable" -- and will probably happen within the next five years."

"No matter how old they are, people surveyed for a new study by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute were "more than twice as likely to express high levels of trust about what they learn directly from a news organization (43 percent say they trust it mostly or completely) as they are to trust what they discovered through social media.""