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How Do You Make Love (Without Making Babies)?

How Do You Make Love (Without Making Babies)?

September 26, 2011 3 Comments

Condoms are effective, but… flawed. Despite the promises made to us in sex ed they just don’t feel right and they are not fun to put on (no, not even if she does it). They’re fine for college kids, but what about us grown-ups in a committed relationship who aren’t ready for The Final Solution? ...

Technology's Influence On Sex And Young People

November 12, 2009 1 Comment

Sex has become more and more intertwined with technology. The latest craze is ‘Gridr’, an iTunes application that maps out gay men right in front of you.”As you make your way through the city, the menu of men reshuffles, and the erotic terrain updates in real time”.

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How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

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...

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