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More C-Sections, More Maternal Death

More C-Sections, More Maternal Death

April 29, 2011 No Comments

Pregnancy-related deaths have increased substantially in the past decade and caesareans are often involved, a recent study suggests. While the rise in maternal mortality can also be attributed to factors such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and low socio-economic background, the increase in c-section deaths is particularly alarming. A World Health Organization study conducted in 2010 ...

Being Woman Is Not A Disease

Being Woman Is Not A Disease

September 20, 2010 1 Comment

All women have a menstrual cycle and bleed and usually have some kind of emotional changes once a month. Whether or not you are open enough to discuss it, this is what is happening with your mother, sister, daughter, and wife. There is a range of problems that can come with PMS. And, although it ...

PMS Makes You Crazy — Literally — Research Has Proven

PMS Makes You Crazy — Literally — Research Has Proven

August 12, 2010 No Comments

We knew this was coming. Period pains cause abnormal changes in brain structure, scientists have been able to show. Which makes most of us ladies, well, abnormal too. Professor Jen-Chuen Hsieh, from the Institute of Brain Science at National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, observed the changes in the gray matter, but has not yet determined ...

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

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...

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