Small changes in legislation can positively affect women’s lives. Take India for example. In 1993, a law was implemented requiring that a third of all local government council seats be held by women. The hope behind the legislation was that “women’s status might improve” by putting them in positions of influence and power where they ...
Doctors are being told to conceal the sex of the fetus from pregnant women in case they are from cultures who practice female infanticide. An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that many Asian women in Canada come from cultures where they prefer baby boys, and if these women know the sex of ...
Do Vancouver Men Suck? was (unfortunately) one of the first pieces of writing I read for the New Year. Shouting in riled-up disbelief at the computer is a tragic way to start the year, let me tell you. Let’s start with the premise of this piece. The article attempts to “call out” Vancouver men who ...
Axe body spray brings to mind naked women chasing men on the beach, and men spraying themselves in the hopes of getting laid. That strong, musky scent represents manhood, treating women like prizes and anything but subtlety. But that symbolism may change as Axe unveils its new body spray for women: Anarchy. Does this mean ...
Santa gets all the credit. He hears what people want for Christmas and personally delivers it, but I bet Mrs. Claus is the brains behind the whole operation. This year it’s time for Mrs. Claus to share in some of the glory. While Santa is off doing his thing and eating all the cookies ...
Women who work full time are already seeing their wages grow at twice the rate of men’s, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics. If this rate keeps up, women’s pay will overtake men’s by the year 2020. That would be 50 years ahead of previous forecasts. This is just a prediction, and it may ...
If I had to describe the “type” of man I like, it would have to be feminist. Most of my good friends subscribe to some kind of feminism and as a self-identified straight woman, there is nothing better than a feminist man. Since high school, I found myself crushing on boys who were articulate and ...
Same-sex civil partnership ceremonies will be now be allowed to take place in any church in England and Wales, so long as the church agrees and is happy to do it. Gay marriage is still illegal in the UK, and until now same-sex partnership ceremonies have been purely secular, civil occasions. Whilst it seems very ...
On average, the gender gap is narrowing around the world so this is definitely something to celebrate. Women are almost as healthy (96 percent gap closed) and educated (93 percent gap closed) as men. Unfortunately, there’s still a long way to go with only 60 percent of the gap closed for economic participation and 20 ...
We own our bodies, and the government cannot step in and tell us what to do with them. That doesn’t sound too outlandish, right? A recent United Nations report stood up for this idea, saying that a woman has a right to her own health and body. Although the idea seems simple it goes against ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
