Today there was a win for people with disabilities when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a disabled victim of alleged sexual assault will get a second trial. The woman’s original testimony, about alleged assault when she was 19 from her step-father in 2004, was dismissed because she couldn’t describe what an oath was ...
Some women want to have just as much sex as men, or more. Some women don’t want as much sex. And some women have no interest in sex whatsoever. Unfortunately for the latter two categories, low sexual desire in women has been viewed as a dysfunction. Pharmaceutical companies are busy trying to medicalize women’s sexual ...
We often hear about women’s rights and human rights, but what about babies’ rights? No, I’m not talking about “fetus rights” or any of the crap that pro-lifers come out with; I mean the basic rights that babies should be entitled to have once they have been born into the world. The UK-based charity NSPCC ...
Watching a woman dance buck naked is one thing. Demanding sex from her is another. In Toronto, some would agree that swingers are taking sex to the extreme. Those that frequent the 11 swingers clubs in the Toronto area are now trying to sway strippers into engaging in more sex acts, including intercourse performed in ...
The Church of England is in the middle of a sizzling debate over whether women will be permitted to act as bishops. The conflicting views are trying to be calmed by meeting Christian folk half-way. “The Manchester Diocesan motion proposes ‘co-ordinate jurisdiction.’” While this may sound refreshingly communal, the compromise would mean women would be ...
Vice President for Public Policy, of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, Karen Handel resigned on Tuesday following the outstanding public backlash against the organization. Handel and the organization received major criticism for supporting new grant guidelines that excluded Planned Parenthood. Seen by some as another step in the “War Against Women,” the ...
When you need emergency contraception, you need it fast with no questions asked, as it’s most effective if it’s taken within 24 hours. At Shippensburg University, a vending machine dispensing Plan B and pregnancy tests has been installed so students can have easy access to the emergency contraception pill. The best part is that young ...
The ban on gay marriage in California, Proposition 8, has been ruled unconstitutional according to an appeal court in San Francisco. The long-standing battle about whether to allow gay marriage in California will now likely make its way to the Supreme Court where opponents want to make sure the ban stays in place. The recent ...
A woman in PEI was fired only one hour after telling her boss she was pregnant. They, of course, claimed they were going to fire her anyway for other reasons and that they had discussed this with other staff. They said it was just bad timing, but she didn’t believe it and took them to ...
If you thought geishas were as dead as the dinosaurs, think again. Increasingly, Japanese women are rejecting the conventional path of love and marriage. Some choose to focus on career advancement, and becoming a geisha is now a very real aspiration for some young women. In Shimoda, a hot spring resort on Japan’s Pacific coast, which ...
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Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
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Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
