If you thought geishas were as dead as the dinosaurs, think again. Increasingly, Japanese women are rejecting the conventional path of love and marriage. Some choose to focus on career advancement, and becoming a geisha is now a very real aspiration for some young women. In Shimoda, a hot spring resort on Japan’s Pacific coast, which ...
Women and men, it seems, are in the same boat on the sea of fertility. As we age, the ride to parenthood gets rockier. We most often talk about women’s bodies being ticking time bombs, but just as a woman’s “fecundity and fertility starts to decline precipitously after 32, a man’s semen quality and fertility also ...
According to recent research, the IT sector may be a better career choice for women than it appears at first glance. So why are less women entering the field and record numbers of women leaving it? Society doesn’t really seem to encourage women to study or excel at maths or science. And if less women ...
Many women are putting kids on the back burner until they get an education and career. The consequence? Some women are left childless. But there’s new evidence that educated women, for the most part, are actually having more kids. Canada is the odd woman out. While women in the US are getting an education without ...
We are constantly told that childhood isn’t what is used to be. We are either being spoiled, or forced to grow-up early. Yet we rarely take the time to look at the mothers whose job has changed substantially in the last few decades. Everyone feels like the other generation has it better, so let’s take ...
As much as we all want supermoms to exist (and want to be one ourselves), everyone needs a little help from their loved ones. Although there’s daycare and nannies, some women cannot afford to pay for childcare. So they rely on “Team Mom,” a close-knit network of friends and family, to help them out. A ...
When you picture what a farmer looks like, I wouldn’t be surprised if you think of a burly man with steel toe boots and coveralls riding around on some sort of heavy-duty machinery. But all that is changing, so it’s time to toss aside the stereotypes and forget the “norm.” In Michigan, more women are ...
People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me. ~ Princess Diana
Most of us know that just being with friends is enough to get us out of a rut, put a smile on our faces and brighten the day a little, yet a new study reveals Australian women spend only five percent of their time with pals. The study also found women juggle five or six ...
Are you a woman who wants to share her knowledge with the world and the millions of young students trying to find sources for the research papers they’ll be finishing at the last minute in the upcoming school year? Apply to work for Wikipedia. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is calling for more women to become ...
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There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...
Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...
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Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
