May 22, 2012
One of Australia’s leading female politicians has suggested that women facing sexual discrimination at work should just ignore it and it will disappear. Isobel Redmond made the comments at a women’s leadership event in Adelaide. These comments seem more suited to a grey-suited politician from the an earlier era, not a liberal Australian political leader. ...
May 1, 2012
After the publication of his fourth and most successful novel The Slap, which was turned into a TV miniseries in Australia and kicked off the 2012 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Christos Tsiolkas complained of the poverty of criticism of the sex in his book. I agreed. The novel itself is written in eight parts, telling ...
Tags: Australia,
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Christos Tsiolkas,
coming of age,
discipline,
misogyny,
parenting,
porn,
racism,
sex,
slapping children,
The Slap,
Tuesday book club,
virginity
October 20, 2011
Not all gay men are (anal) sex fiends. If you ask any Tom, Dick or Harry what they think gay men do in bed, the reply will probably involve an asshole, but a new study from Indiana University and George Mason University is set to challenge this widespread misconception. Apparently, anal sex is the least ...
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Australia,
bias,
blood donation,
Canada,
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gay men,
gay sex,
HIV,
HIV transmission,
homosexual sex,
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oral sex,
UK,
what do gay men do in bed,
women and anal sex
October 1, 2011
So the papers have a fair bit in them this week about Australia’s decision to make all combat roles in its military available to women. Obviously this means they’ll be able to do any of the things men do, including getting shot at and blown up right in the middle of things. And so there’s ...
September 28, 2011
Whether you’re married or not, no means no. Rape in marriage is a sex crime that should not be taken lightly. But it seems it means something different in 2011 than it did in the 1960s. Fifty years ago, an Australian woman accused her husband of rape. Today, it looks like the case, which has ...
Tags: Australia,
body,
consent,
consent for sex,
criminal,
criminal code,
criminal conduct,
High Court,
law,
law books,
legal,
marriage,
marriage vows,
modern standards,
moral code,
morality,
no means no,
obligation,
perpetrator,
protect women,
rape,
rape-in-marriage,
sex,
sexual violence,
to obey,
victim
September 23, 2011
“If this backward law passes, I’m moving to Canada!” “This backward law” could refer to abortion, gay rights, health and education cuts, or countless others; you name it, if it’s going down the gurgler in your own country, chances are you can slap a big Canadian band-aid on it and all will be well. But ...
Tags: abortion,
Afghanistan,
America,
Australia,
best and worst countries for women,
Canada,
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Chad,
Congo,
Daily Beast,
Denmark,
feminism,
gay rights,
healthcare,
Iceland,
Newsweek,
rank,
Somalia,
Sweden,
UK,
US
September 17, 2011
My niece, who is nearly three, has begun to notice the physical difference between the sexes, principally through observing the physique of her little brother at bath time. This has become a matter of some interest to her, and with a young child’s typical candour, she is prone to declaring what she, her parents, friends ...
Tags: Australia,
gay rights,
gender,
intersex,
learning about bodies,
passport,
penis,
sex education,
the why chromosome,
transgender,
transsexual,
vagina,
vulva
September 14, 2011
“Everyone else was doing it,” is a common excuse from teenagers, but it’s being used by a man accused of raping his comrade at arms. While she was unconscious he filmed his crime on his phone and she was only aware of what happened when she stumbled across the footage. Keith Eric Calvert was found ...
Tags: Australia,
digitally raped,
Keith Eric Calvert,
military,
military rape,
rape,
rape on camera,
recordings of rape,
sexual assault,
soldiers,
US,
women in the military
September 9, 2011
Australian businesswomen are attempting to blame their lack of climb up the success ladder on a lack of nannies. Wait, what?! Okay. I get their anger with the business world. For starters, there is only 16.4 percent women on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 100 boards and only 68 boards with women on the ASX 200 ...
Tags: Australia,
business world,
businessmen,
businesswomen,
childcare,
day care,
equality,
feminism,
glass ceiling,
government childcare,
nannies,
nanny,
parenthood,
sexism,
women in business,
working fathers
August 12, 2011
Today the Australian LGBT community is rejoicing! The country’s first gay, lesbian and bisexual retirement village has just been given the official go-ahead. The complex’s developer, Peter Dickson, said the 120-unit estate would be a “haven” for older LGBT people. Apparently he’s already been contacted by more than 200 potential buyers from all over the ...
Tags: Australia,
Australian gay politics,
bisexual,
discrimination,
equality,
gay,
gay and lesbian retirement village,
gay rights,
homophobia,
lesbian,
LGBTQ,
old people's home,
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