October 11, 2011
Psychology and criminal sociology are littered with extremely sexist theories. Everyone is familiar with Freud’s “penis envy.” Other insulting theories include Cesare Lombroso’s idea that female criminals are less evolved than men and that a woman’s face (AKA ugliness) can tell you if she’s a criminal. But nothing takes the cake like Otto Pollak’s book The ...
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March 16, 2011
Dear Madame X, I told a couple of little white lies to my girlfriend to avoid some fights and now she thinks I can’t be trusted. Specifically, I didn’t tell her about going to a strip joint, or about chatting with a female friend on Facebook who happens to be my ex. I have never ...
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July 22, 2010
If a men lies about something to get you in the sack, is that rape? What about if he lies about his race or religion? A court has decided that one man must spend 18 months in jail for lying to a woman about his background before they slept together.