Four Melbourne teenagers were arrested after police say they sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl. The group, which consisted of three males aged 16, 19 and 21 and one girl aged 16, video taped the assault and posted the footage online. The attack took place at a party, according to police. The four have been released from ...
I should preface this by saying I didn’t know what the hell a hipster was until 2010, and even then I needed an American friend to explain it to me with pictures and stuff. “That’s just a person wearing clothes and doing things,” is what I said. Wrong. Actual subculture, much maligned yet better than ...
There are few women in the world right now who are as inspirational as Joyce Banda, the new President of Malawi. Banda is the survivor of an abusive marriage, a successful business woman, and latterly a top ranking politician. As the Vice President, she became President of Malawi in April by default following the death ...
Marrying an old rich guy and divorcing him may no longer be the only way to make a profit off nuptials. A US insurance company will pay you to work out your problems and stay married. SafeGuard Guarantee Corp. will offer marriage insurance that protects couples who get divorced, but will also give couples an ...
Does a perfect mother exist? According to French feminist Elisabeth Badinter, this creature is a myth. Earlier this month, her book The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women was translated into English. Already a best seller in France, the book boldly proclaims that the myth of the modern perfect mother has become ...
Women who breastfeed their babies see a drop in their wages for as long as five years, a new study suggests. After studying 1,300 first-time mothers, researchers at Acadia University found a strong correlation between mother who breastfed and a drop in their incomes. Mothers who used formula did not see this drop. This is ...
Substantial progress has been made this week in protecting transgender rights. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Tuesday to extend sex-discrimination protection to transgender women. Meanwhile, in Nepal, a ground breaking ruling established a national third gender. It also pledged to abolish all laws that discriminate based on gender, to protect people who identify with ...
Female genital mutilation surgery (FGM) is still being offered in the UK, despite being illegal. This thought horrifies me. Investigators from the Sunday Times report that doctors have offered to do the procedure on girls as young as ten. They also reportedly video taped a doctor, a dentist and an alternative medical practitioner offering to ...
Girls like to talk, it’s official. New research looking into cell phone use in the context of relationships found that women call men way more than they are called by the man (or men) in their life. I can easily believe that. My husband never calls me. If you looked at our cell usage alone, it ...
Once again, I have lost faith in humanity. Admittedly, I lose faith in humanity fairly easily and often (just last week, a clip from Jackass: The Movie nearly reduced me to tears over the futility of existence). But nothing – nothing! – has compromised my faith in humankind as much as researching this article about ...
Dear Madame X, I suspect that one of my female co-workers might have a crush on me. I think...
After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries...
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
Ali G interviews Naomi Wolf about feminism!
Some men are leg men. Some like bottoms. Some prefer breasts. Some men even like personalities. Me, I’m a...
Bloody Facebook. I knew there was a reason I became a reluctant convert. It’s all very well having hilarious...
Looks like the producers of Jersey Shore just got more than they bargained for! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend has grown a beard and I hate it! Can I tell him to shave?...
