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Oral During Periods Is Fun, But What Are My Risks?

Oral During Periods Is Fun, But What Are My Risks?

April 21, 2010 No Comments

Dear Madame X, I like to down on girls when they have their period and obviously part of the fun of it is the mess. Is it possible to get HIV this way? I am a single guy at the moment so I don’t know these girls well enough to get tested with them. Red ...

Gonorrhoea Superbug Is On The Way

Gonorrhoea Superbug Is On The Way

March 30, 2010 No Comments

It looks like there is another reason to wear condoms! There’s a possibility that gonorrhoea is becoming resistant to medication, will be harder to treat, and may lead to a superbug.

Oral Sex And STIs

Oral Sex And STIs

January 13, 2010 No Comments

Dear Madame X, I have a problem with drinking and last time I blew a complete stranger (in a dirty bathroom stall). I was too drunk to be any good so the whole thing only lasted about a minute before he got limp and said don’t bother. I didn’t use protection. How bad is this? What ...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

Laptop Bags: Too Big And Too Sparkly

Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...

Mooncup Menstrual Cup