We have all joked that one day women will take over the world. But that day may come sooner than we think. Economists and sociologists have been predicting that women will surpass men in salary and become bread winners by 2020. And it’s not just experts who have such esteemed predictions for women — it’s ...
Sex and the internet, our two great obsessions. Which one would you rather have? A new study surveyed 1,000 people in 20 countries, and the results were surprising. Americans, as it turns out, like sex a whole lot, and wouldn’t give it up even if it meant losing the internet for a year. Only 21 percent of Americans ...
While we celebrate the large and even small triumphs of the women’s rights movement, sometimes we want to see the bigger picture. On a worldwide scale, is life improving for women? The World Bank says yes, but at a painfully slow rate. As it stands right now, “women perform 66 percent of the world’s work, produce 50 ...
Most of us want some extra cash to help out around the house, but few of us turn to the sex industry. But it looks like the phone sex industry might be an exception. A survey says that many stay-at-home moms are turning to phone sex as a career that’s easily manageable with kids and ...
Many women are putting kids on the back burner until they get an education and career. The consequence? Some women are left childless. But there’s new evidence that educated women, for the most part, are actually having more kids. Canada is the odd woman out. While women in the US are getting an education without ...
It’s the same old story. The conservatives don’t want to fund abortion and liberals back a woman’s right to have the choice. In an alternate ending, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has funded “an international aid group that provides abortion along with sexual and reproductive health services,” despite promises that Canadian dollar tax dollars would ...
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 ...
“Australians have become more conservative in their views” of women and work, according to a new study. But I think the problem is that any survey like this misses out of the real nitty gritty of the issues. Most women (74%) think stay-at-home mothers are better for children and 41% of men “endorsed the male ...
When people say they want a job before they get married I usually think it’s an excuse and that really they just don’t want to make a commitment. But with this recent recession I’m starting to see their point — when you literally can’t pay (or just barely make) the rent each month, wanting ...
We’ll latch onto anything to climb out of this recession depression. Apparently the new trend in men’s bathing suits, less is more, indicates that the economy is about to turn around. I know when I see strong indicators of financial growth I start looking for a banana hammock.
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...
