Europeans have long prided themselves on being enlightened, advanced—some sort of social frontrunners. But perhaps even the seemingly progressive culture of Europe can’t withstand the backlash against homosexuality being carried out by conservatives the world over. A recent article reports gay conversion therapy is on the rise on “the Continent,” particularly in countries such as ...
Feminism is for everyone. It’s not about punishing the boys, but about freeing the girls and the boys from roles they may not want to play. It is not about telling men or women how live their lives, but letting people do what suits them best. It’s about judging a person based on their thoughts and ...
Polygamy is outlawed in many nations for multiple reasons. One of them, a scholar explains, is a link between monogamy and democracy. Get ready to get pissy, ladies. Apparently, since the first sun rose over Mount Olympus, men in democratic nations have been expected to have only one wife. For, in a democracy, all men ...
Today, July 24th, 2011, will forever be marked down in history as the day when the great state of New York joined the ranks of those performing gay marriages. While the vote to legalize gay marriage in New York occurred exactly a month ago from today, we can now rejoice as church bells officially ring and ...
It’s not Molly Maid any more, it’s Mommy Maid. As we all know, women still shoulder most of the housework. Yet as much as we acknowledge this, we tend to minimize just how much work they’re putting in. It’s time that those of us who get away duty-free learn the cold hard truth: moms are ...
Two Kentucky pool workers have been disciplined after forcefully kicking out two gay men with developmental and intellectual disabilities last Saturday. The were apparently showing public displays of affection. Eyewitness reports claim that the two men were simply standing “belly to belly,” playing in the pool with the occasional hug or kiss. This is apparently ...
Since women are now outpacing men in higher education and breaking through professional barriers, it’s clear that the traditional idea of “division of labour” is out the window. Parents are fighting to stay above water to support their family and, most of all, to spend time with their family. We’ve known all along that women ...
It’s not uncommon now for women to reach the top echelons of companies and large corporations, but the scale still tips in men’s favour. In South Africa the Gender Equality Bill is attempting to even the playing field by making sure women have half the top jobs. Women’s Minister Lulu Xingwana is strongly backing the ...
Outside of being a senator’s daughter, the two things Meghan McCain is most known for are her breasts. She knows her cup runneth over, and frankly, she doesn’t mind. “I wake up every morning with large breasts, and it doesn’t affect me,” she told the New York Times. “But people had a meltdown when I ...
Women have made great strides towards evening the playing field in education and the workplace, but we still can’t wave the equality flag when some places are noticing these changes more than others. While it may be hard to measure sex equality, data has been extracted from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to create ...
John Burnside’s novel A Summer of Drowning takes us into the mind of Liv, a woman remembering the strange,...
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. ~...
Are you a couple? Aren’t you? Maybe it’s just complicated. Thanks to xkcd.
This week I had a meltdown. In its wake, the remains of a Very Nice and Thoughtful Man who...
If you are breastfeeding your child, they are less than six months old, they only eat breastmilk (no other...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Actually, some time in the 1980s in a flat...
Dear Madame X, I have been on a few dates with a guy I met online. He is really...
Achmat Dangor’s novel Bitter Fruit begins in post-apartheid South Africa, when Silas spots the police lieutenant who raped Lydia...
