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Punishment For Oral Sex? Cancer

Punishment For Oral Sex? Cancer

February 1, 2011 No Comments

A rise in head and neck cancers has been blamed on oral sex. “It seems like a pretty good link that more sexual activity, particularly oral sex, is associated with increased HPV infection,” said Dr. Greg Hartig, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. He said that up to ...

In Praise Of Cunnilingus And Condoms

In Praise Of Cunnilingus And Condoms

December 2, 2010 No Comments

What’s sexier than a guy who likes to go pearl diving? Well, not much. But a pair that with a passionate practitioner of safe sex and you’re pretty close to the ideal female fantasy. Enter Raheem DeVaughn, whose song “She’s Single” begins: Take off that Gucci-this and Louis-that Break out the Magnum Gold 12-pack Then ...

Powerful Women Know What To Drink, And What Their Men Should Taste

Powerful Women Know What To Drink, And What Their Men Should Taste

July 28, 2010 No Comments

He’s bringing sexy back, yeah. In a new ad for his tequila brand, Justin Timberlake ventures into the complimentary areas of oral sex and female empowerment. Using alcohol to sell sex is nothing new, but it is rare to see a woman on the receiving end. A well dressed woman walks into the room, talking ...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

Laptop Bags: Too Big And Too Sparkly

Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...

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