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Gender Equal Sexism In New Axe Commercials

Gender Equal Sexism In New Axe Commercials

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Axe body spray brings to mind naked women chasing men on the beach, and men spraying themselves in the hopes of getting laid. That strong, musky scent represents manhood, treating women like prizes and anything but subtlety. But that symbolism may change as Axe unveils its new body spray for women: Anarchy. Does this mean ...

Ladies, Shut Your Legs: How The Pill Ruined Marriage And Civilization

Ladies, Shut Your Legs: How The Pill Ruined Marriage And Civilization

May 11, 2010 No Comments

Raquel Welch, noted scientist and philosopher, is worried about the effect of the pill on morality. Women being able to have sex without consequences means that fewer want to get married. It also also led to men who can’t “keep it in their pants.” She rose prominence after the release of One Million Years B.C., ...

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...

Laptop Bags: Too Big And Too Sparkly

Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...

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