The process of sex selection and aborting fetuses purely because they don’t have the set of chromosomes you were hoping for is barbaric, not least when it’s done to avoid having daughters. Few of us would dispute this — but has a move to prevent it gone too far? A proposed law, a draft resolution ...
My favourite scene from the movies Babies which came out last year is the one where the San Francisco parents take their 1 year-old Hattie to a musical awakening class. While the parents are very involved in singing “The Earth is our mother, she will protect us,” the kids on their laps are less than ...
Domestic abuse isn’t about anger — it’s about control. A chilling new report by the National Domestic Violence Hotline says the one in four women who called said their partners “pressured them to become pregnant, told them not to use contraceptives, or forced them to have unprotected sex.” “It was very eye-opening,” said Lisa James, ...
If there is one topic that makes everyone uncomfortable it is the sexual abuse of children. We can watch shows where people painfully recover from drug abuse, read books about detailing the work of serial killers but bring up child abuse and the conversation just dies. No one even wants to think about it. During ...
Some say the world is growing more callous, less feeling. A 16 year old girl was allegedly gang-raped by 5 to 7 males after being drugged. Someone filmed it, and now the images of her assault are going viral on the internet. “The very public discussion about this victim and the taking and subsequent sharing ...
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...
