It seems that there is a growing number of educated British Muslim women who are unmarriageable and left to spinsterhood. Educated British Muslim women are being passed over for marriage in favour of women with more traditional values from the family’s home country. Muslim women in the UK whose families hail from the Indian sub-continent ...
Human sexuality is nothing to be ashamed of, but this doesn’t mean we leave nudie magazines on our coffee table for guests to enjoy a sneak peek. But how would you feel about Playboys at the public library? In all my years as a library-devotee I’ve never even noticed Playboy magazines lying around, but it ...
Sasha Grey is an ex-porn star. Does this mean she should not be allowed to read to elementary school students in Compton? Some parents think so. In fact, they’re up in arms about the porn star-turned-actress reading to their kids. Grey may be trying to do good, but apparently it doesn’t make up for the ...
Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the most dangerous countries in the world for women, according to a new study by TrustLaw. The next countries in the top five are India and Somalia. Over 200 experts around the world, from aid professionals, health workers, policymakers, to journalists, participated in the poll. They were asked to rank ...
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts. I have no literary ...
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