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Stop Being Ashamed Of Your Botox Habit

Stop Being Ashamed Of Your Botox Habit

August 31, 2011 No Comments

Some women want to get Botox to smooth out their wrinkles and make them look younger. Who cares? Women care. Young women (average age of 19) and older women (average age of 70) think that middle-aged women who get Botox injections are vain, according to a study at the University of Toronto. It seems a ...

Fired Over Her Gray Hair?

Fired Over Her Gray Hair?

July 12, 2011 No Comments

Sandra Rawline had built a solid career for herself at Capital Title of Texas, a real estate company. She started out as a receptionist but made her way up the ladder to become an escrow officer and branch manager, earning a few “outstanding employee” awards along the way. Yet, she was fired in 2009, and ...

Men Want Cuddles, Women Want Sex

Men Want Cuddles, Women Want Sex

July 6, 2011 No Comments

What happens between the sheets is central to a great, long-lasting relationships. The newest study of relationship and sexual satisfaction from the Kinsey Institute reveals just what aspects of our sex life need to be emphasized for heightened success because it turns out, men and women have different needs. And they might not be what ...

Actresses Age Into Oblivion

Actresses Age Into Oblivion

March 31, 2011 3 Comments

Sweet Jennifer Garner has terrible karma. Everyone knows that there are no good roles for older actresses, and then she goes and steals one of the only parts left. It has been announced that she will be playing Miss Marple. The character was described by Agatha Christie as: “rather like some of my grandmother’s cronies ...

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Old People And Betty White Do It

May 10, 2010 No Comments

Betty White plays up her libido for comic effect, but when she was paired with Andy Samberg the skit was too hot for Saturday Night Live to air. This is the show that invented “Dick in a Box” and “Bitch Hunter,” for goodness sakes! Why is octogenarian sex such a taboo?

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BBC Wants Menopausal Women

BBC Wants Menopausal Women

December 21, 2009 No Comments

BBC has started recruiting for women over 50 after accusations of ageism against the company. Looks like this could be a great opportunity for both ageist and “boys’ club” stereotypes to be dispelled.

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

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