Irish abortion laws are “draconian” and breach the human rights of the mother, it has been claimed. Women have been denied abortions even when their own life is at risk and when the health and safety of other children is compromised, and can lead to life imprisonment.
A British woman has been banned from having loud sex. Caroline Cartwright claims this is illegal and will be fighting her rights in court. She will even be using a sex therapist as a witness saying she cannot help making the noise.
It’s finally official; Obama has lifted the ban on people with HIV travelling to the USA. This should be finalised by early 2010 allowing people with HIV to freely travel in the USA for the first time in 22 years. He said the entry ban had been “rooted in fear rather than fact”. He said: ...
Pregnant women in America are in danger. Everywhere there are judges ruling that the life and welfare of the fetus are more important than the free will and human rights of the mother. For example, Quinta Tuleh was sentenced to jail, not for a crime (she had already been in jail long enough waiting for ...
Beating up people for being fat is not ok, but India Knight says it is their own fault for piling on the pounds. The Times columnist, also the author of a diet book, writes in her article that if the “fatties” don’t like the harassment they should go on a diet. They are the problem, ...
Mackenzie Phillips has recently returned to Oprah with other victims of incest and admitted that she was abused. She sparked huge debate in the media about whether or not incest can ever be consensual a few weeks ago when she originally spoke about a sexual relationships with her father .
The American Dream; an idea that in America anyone can marry, have kids and a dog, buy a house, and have their own white picket fence. Not so for a couple in Louisiana where a judge refused to give them a marriage license because one is white and one black and he worries about the ...
President Obama is going to change the US Military’s current policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding gay people. This change will allow people to serve while openly identifying as gay, whereas currently they are discharged from service if they acknowledge their sexuality. The controversial policy has been criticized for years by the gay community. ...
A website is now available to review sex workers in London. You can now review sex workers like you would a hotel and pimps are using this to generate business online. The Equalities Minister in the UK wants to shut this down to prevent prostitution and human trafficking in the lead up to the Olympics there ...
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 ...
Like most people, I have been given many pieces of wisdom over the years by my parents. However, three...
Since my friend had her first baby, she’s had her tits out all over town. Most folk have just...
When Fashion Weeks continue around the world, the media turns its attention for a brief moment to the fashion...
Dear Madame X, I don’t know what to do. I just found out my boyfriend goes to prostitutes. We...
Much talk of girls and girlhood on International Women’s Day 2012 inspired me to re-read the most inspirational book...
Heterosexuality is not normal… It’s just common. ~ Dorothy Parker
How to beat a pick-up artist at their own game. Thanks to the geniuses at xkcd comics.
Baldness. It’s all the rage -– well, it is with men. Of course, there’s nothing new about male pattern...
