We know that domestic violence is a strain on society. It’s way too common, incredibly complicated to deal with, and it’s also expensive. The aftermath apparently costs Canada 6.9 billion dollars a year. That includes emergency room visits, chronic health issues, and increased doctors appointments. But the end of the violence is not the end of ...
Despite what Judd Apatow would have us believe, men actually want to get married. A new study found that single men want a wedding just as much as single women. They are more likely to believe in love at first site, are more prone to combining finances and more likely to want kids. The survey ...
Like many newly wed couples, Jessica Grose and her husband are trying to work out what their marriage means for their finances. They have been splitting the bills 50/50 but maintaining separate accounts. But should this change? Like any good journalist she couldn’t ask the question without doing her research. She found that less than ...
Another survey has come out looking and who cheats and why and found that men whose partners make significantly more money than them are most likely to cheat. But let’s not forget that most men are faithful. The Effect of Relative Income Disparity on Infidelity for Men and Women study found: men with no income ...
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.
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
