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 ...
After having to dish out co-payments and deductibles for many years, American women finally have a reason to celebrate. Recently, Institute of Medicine (IOM) health experts issued a recommendation to the government pushing health insurance companies to fully cover birth control, among other health services for women. Well, it’s now a done deal. Contraceptives for ...
Who said women couldn’t make awesome businesswomen? Turns out they are in possession of one of the most valuable commodities, breast milk. So those who can sell it on the Internet in exchange for quite a bit of cash. Called a mother’s natural liquid gold, a month’s supply of milk can cost anywhere from $300 ...
Ever walked past a woman breast-feeding her child at the playground and thought “How can we allow this? It’s indecent, it’s criminal?” Neither have I. But apparently the perfectly natural, healthy act has upset the good folk in Georgia. Forest Park, Atlanta has extended public indecency laws to apply to women breastfeeding any child over ...
Contrary to popular belief, breastfeeding is not free. It might be cheaper than buying formula, which can be up to about $1,500 in the first year, but the industry offers gadgets galore. So what do women buy to enhance nature’s most natural food? Pumps and bottles, bras and clothing, nursing pillows and cover-ups, creams, and ...
Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of life has been declared dangerous by scientists. The World Health Organization (WHO) made this an official recommendation in 2001 and many countries have since adopted it. But now scientists say that WHO had no evidence for this claim and in fact they are doing damage to babies’ ...
Like an awkward adolescent at a party, Facebook has always had trouble with the ladies. Whether they are banning breasts, or the scars that show where those breasts used to be, it is clear that any reference to female sexuality is verboten. The puerile censors who scan the pages for obscene content have trouble telling ...
I was recently in Madrid for a few days and went to the three famous art galleries there: the Prado, Reina Sofia, and Thyssen-Bornemisza. Now while I was impressed with artists like Goya, Picasso, Monet, Dali, and others whose names I don’t know, after a while I began to notice that in a lot of ...
She just lost 40lbs. without dieting or exercising! How did she do it? Breast-feeding, the latest weight-loss sensation to hit the nation! This new ad campaign from the New York Department of Health is wrong on so many levels. In a statement, the department says that it wants to increase breast-feeding awareness among working-class women: ...
Where is the line drawn between what is best for baby and what is good for his mama? Kathryn Blundell decided to giver her baby formula, but not because she couldn’t breast feed. She did it because she thought breast feeding was “creepy” and she wanted to keep her “funbags” for her lover. Can you ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
