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Bridging China’s Gender Gap

Bridging China’s Gender Gap

May 2, 2011 No Comments

What would we do in a world without women? This is usually a philosophical question for apocalyptic novels that take place far into the future, but China is having to face it now. China may be bridging the gender gap that widened after the Chinese government instituted the one-child policy in 1980, but there’s still ...

Pink Seats And Women-Only Train Carriages In Jakarta

Pink Seats And Women-Only Train Carriages In Jakarta

August 20, 2010 No Comments

Women travelling in busy train carriages often have to deal with men taking advantage by purposefully bumping into them. Jakarta, Indonesia, is now introducing women-only train carriages along a busy commuter route to stop this problem. But is this going to work?

Watching Porn Not A Cultural Activity

Watching Porn Not A Cultural Activity

March 19, 2010 1 Comment

Watching porn in a private booth in a sex shop isn’t exactly what I would call a cultural event. A sex shop owner has been trying to get tax exemptions since 2004 that are given to other cultural events in Belgium. Not surprisingly, the final answer is no, The Erotic Cinema is not eligible for these exemptions. ...

Dubai Pays Lip Service To Love

Dubai Pays Lip Service To Love

March 17, 2010 No Comments

Dubai gets a lot of attention for its staggering displays of wealth, as it positions itself as a London-meets-Disneyland on crack. But that wasn’t the experience for one British couple, who face a 30-day jail sentence for kissing. Back in November, the two defendants were casually strolling through a beachfront shopping mall when the offending ...

Testosterone Link To Aggression Proved To Be All In Our Heads

Testosterone Link To Aggression Proved To Be All In Our Heads

December 11, 2009 No Comments

Testosterone’s has been shown in a study to “encourage decency and fair play”. It looks like in the battle between nature and nurture, in terms of men being more aggressive because of their hormones, that nurture has won this round. When they gave participants in the study a placebo, but they thought they had been given testosterone, ...

Quickie Sex Tip

Want a cheap, fun date? Stay home with a cheesy romance movie, popcorn, and a bottle of wine. You...

When Getting The Bill Doesn’t Add Up

On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant...

Oh Harry! Getting A Piece Of The Royal Pie

There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...

Tired Of Faking It

Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...

Getting Committed

It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...

Quote Of The Week

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort...

Lazy Sunday Awful Proposal Post

  Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...

All About Men’s Underpants

My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...

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