But women weren't always expected to smile — in fact, smiling women were once considered troublesome and devious. But by the 20th century, in the US, smiling women were considered the epitome of ...

Yet somehow, society acts like women’s faces come with a built-in obligation to look cheerful 24/7. If we’re not flashing a perfect smile like we’re auditioning for a toothpaste commercial ...

Not long after #SmileGate, I was on my usual evening walk. I noticed that I smiled three times when I did not mean to. Each smile was forced out of me in a half-rictus as the corners of my mouth ...

When a body language expert and voice coach encouraged Caitlyn Jenner to act feminine by giving out grins, she balked. "Kim doesn't smile," Jenner told Lillian Glass, who earned a Ph.D. from the ...

Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s Stop Telling Women To Smile posters seek to remind men that just because they see a woman on the street, it doesn’t entitle them to a conversation--or even a smile.

‘The Good Boss’ jabs a smug CEO who hides his incompetence behind a smile Javier Bardem stars in the wickedly warped Spanish film as a charmer with no clue that he’s a creep.