If a woman is completely drunk then she is incapable of giving consent to sex, right? Well not according to Emily Yoffe aka Dear Prudence. In her web chats this week she completely dismissed a scenario where a woman stated she had been date raped on the basis that she had gotten very drunk in ...
Neil Strauss’s The Game fell into my hands by accident, the way most strange and slightly sticky things do. You might have heard of this book. It was a New York Times bestseller for a worrying two months in 2005. Tom Cruise’s character in Magnolia was apparently based on the material printed on the 486 ...
It may put a damper on your night of partying, but with high incidents of date-rape, it’s in everyone’s best interest to keep an eagle eye on their martinis. If you’ve ever been paranoid about the date-rape drug, you will be pleased to hear that researchers have discovered a test that reveals whether your drink ...
So, you’re with a guy. Maybe you met just a few hours ago, or maybe he’s that cute guy from the IT department you’ve been flirting with for the last few months, but you’ve finally invited him back to your place for sex. He looks really cute and you’ve been waiting to tear into him ...
A convicted rapist will get no jail time because the judge believes “sex was in the air.” The victim, or woman in heat, apparently confused the rapist by wearing suggestive attire and flirting. I guess she shouldn’t have worn her “No Means Yes” t-shirt and “Rape Me” jeans, because we all know that what a ...
I was born in 1981, so by the time I realized I was a feminist a lot of the hardest battles had already been won. Women could vote, rape in marriage was illegal, birth control was freely available, abortion was legal, and women were smashing through that glass ceiling. What this means is that I ...
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...
