An Oregon woman has been awarded $900,000 in damages after her date “knowingly” gave her herpes. Apparently, she requested her partner use a condom during their romp, but he removed it without her consent before they finished having intercourse. She says she didn’t know he was infected; he claims that he told her after they ...
The current Turkish government is threatening women’s right to abortions. On Saturday at a rally in southern Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called abortion murder, saying that women had no right to abort a fetus in their uterus. The next day, thousands of demonstrators protested in the capital city of Ankara. There were also ...
The American Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has been declared unconstitutional. The federal law defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman and is the official stance of the US government on marriage. The act has been declared discriminatory because it doesn’t give same-sex couples the same rights and benefits under federal ...
When a couple wants to divorce, many would hope it would be quick and cost efficient. Looking to cash in on the exorbitant divorce industry, Dutch businessman Jim Halfens has created a new kind of accommodation for those looking to end their marriages quickly: the Divorce Hotel. The guests are given separate rooms at a ...
Since Barack Obama has introduced the new healthcare bill, he has faced an onslaught of opposition against the birth control mandate, which obliges most employers to include birth control coverage in company health care packages, regardless of the organization’s stance on the issue. It was an effort by the government to improve health care for ...
Last year, prominent Los Angeles photographer Paul Rusconi was arrested on suspicions of lewd acts with a minor and possession of child pornography. Rusconi had posted a photo of him with his two young daughters in a bathtub on Twitter. The girls’ nanny saw the snapshot and immediately called the police, accusing Rusconi of rape. The accusers were given ...
Substantial progress has been made this week in protecting transgender rights. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Tuesday to extend sex-discrimination protection to transgender women. Meanwhile, in Nepal, a ground breaking ruling established a national third gender. It also pledged to abolish all laws that discriminate based on gender, to protect people who identify with ...
There is an argument that life begins at conception, rather than at viability. But one American politician has decided that life actually begins at a mother’s last period when she’s not even pregnant! Sounds ridiculous, right? But that didn’t stop Arizona governor Jan Brewer from signing a bill into law that says life begins two ...
Several anti-human trafficking groups have joined together to organize a protest rally against the recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to change the legal position of sex workers. The decision allows sex workers to work from home, from brothels and to hire security to protect them. Human trafficking is a massive problem in ...
Jailers can strip-search anyone who is being arrested, no matter how minor the crime, according to a Supreme Court ruling Monday. If you get caught driving without a license, walking your dog without a leash, or being drunk in public, you can be stripped naked and searched before taken to jail. Even if police have ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
