If you want a date, whatever you do, don’t call her sexy. Women are more likely to ignore comments about their looks but will respond to questions about their interests, according to an analysis of 500,000 inquiry messages from OKCupid, a dating site. Grammar also counts, as women are less likely to respond to “your ...
The British government has unleashed yet another obstacle for working mothers everywhere. Two female police officers, both mothers, have been taking turns caring for each others’ children while one of them works. Their arrangement has been declared illegal and the Department for Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) wants them to each register as a child ...
HatManJim // A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe in women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
The leader of one of the major religions of the world has come out, as a feminist. During his acceptance speech for the “International Freedom Award,” his holiness the Dalai Lama said he was a feminist to a cheering crowd in Memphis, Tennessee.
What a vile, selfish thing the working mom is, depriving children of love and shunning her natural maternal instincts. The Daily Mail looks at this old chestnut and says that we’ll be surprised by the answer. But we’re not. Louise Chunn, former editor of InStyle, reveals her experiences as a working mom. She had two ...
Mack // Shere Hite, a sex researcher famous for the Hite Report in 1976, was featured in an article in the Times about the debate over motherhood and the right to bear children. Hite’s view is that motherhood is a feminist issue and women should have the right to bear children at any age. When asked ...
HatManJim // Confession time. Dear readers, before I embark upon churning out this weekly column, I have two confessions to make. Confession number one: I am a feminist with a penis. I do not think this is particularly unusual or contradictory. No one said 1960s civil rights activists in the southern states of the US ...
100 million women are missing. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn would like you to do something about it. Females are killed as babies, raped as girls and abandoned as women. They ask why, in a world where racial apartheid has been denounced, gender apartheid is simply a fact of life. Johann Hari reviewed the book, ...
Do you like your romances at a steady simmer instead of a rolling boil? According to the Wall Street Journal, “Bonnet Books”, or love stories set in Amish country, are setting the romance market ablaze. Or at least making it pleasantly warm.
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Veils, abayas and other garb associated with Muslim women protect their sexuality and allow them to direct it where should go, their husbands. I like Naomi Wolf but the article she wrote for the Syndey Morning Herald was shocking in its naiveté. She traveled to Muslim countries, and even wore a headscarf and traditional Moroccan ...
It may be hilarious when every euphemism for a penis is thrown out there so we can all laugh...
I disposed of my TV in 2008. That doesn’t mean I don’t watch TV…I have internet and I know...
Dear Madame X, My girlfriend is friends with pretty much all her exes. It makes me really uncomfortable but...
Margaret Laurence’s last novel, The Diviners, provoked controversy amongst advocates of censorship when it first hit the shelves. In...
Making the case for why men should be in charge of women’s reproductive health. Women's Health Experts Speak Out...
As a stay-at-home-Dad who handles the majority of the household and child-rearing responsibilities I take note of any article,...
If you get moody and irritable when you first go on the pill, don’t lose hope. First of all,...
Now listen, there’s nothing nice about public restrooms. Nevermind the lovely scented one in that posh restaurant with a...
