In Britain, medical ethics experts are pushing for an inquiry into the ethics of transgendered births and its effects on the child. Apparently, researchers are concerned that if a transgendered female-to-male gives birth, the rights of the parent to reproduce comes at the expense of the child’s interests. This call to “defend” the child’s rights ...
Sex slaves and child soldiers are common in Afghanistan and the government has acknowledged this problem to the United Nations. The government is going to sign an agreement with the UN’s special representative for children and armed conflict on an “action plan to combat the problem.” This will be the first time they “officially acknowledge ...
When a Christian organization says “opposing same-sex adoption is not bigoted” you know they must be bigoted. Bigoted means being prejudiced, biased, or forming opinions without cause. Assuming that all same-sex couples will be bad parents and that the children would not thrive in these families is quite obviously forming an opinion without cause. Have ...
When children are fat we usually blame the parents. We assume they are feeding them too much, or feeding them the wrong kind of food. But should it be considered child abuse to let your kids get fat? These children will be at extra risk of diabetes and other health problems. One set of parents in America was ...
States in Mexico have been refusing to recognize same-sex marriages performed in Mexico City. This means couples have not had access to equal rights. Does this mean you marriage disappears when you cross the border? I hardly think so.
For most children summer is a time of fun and relaxation. But for girls from families where female genital mutilation (FGM) is the norm, school holidays are the time when they are most likely to get cut. Between 500 and 2,000 girls will undergo FGM this summer in the UK. This happens either by taking ...
Hitting children as a form of discipline used to be so common people wouldn’t bat an eyelash. In the UK almost half of us think there’s nothing wrong with it. There’s definitely something wrong with that! I once saw a man hit his child at a restaurant and I was sickened. Then thrilled when another ...
Dear Madame X, Is circumcision good or not for boys? Actually I’m pro circumcision while my hubby is anti (which is weird considering he is circumcised). He said he wishes he could have made the decision back when he was a baby. He talked about the difference in sexual pleasure. The only reason I’m pro, I ...
This morning, Jordan Romero must be the happiest 13-year-old boy on the face of the earth. Having become the youngest person ever to summit Mount Everest, by two whole years, he can certainly tell all of his middle-school friends how he cheated death while climbing the world’s tallest mountain. But why does he need to ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
