Feminists have long complained that being a mother is a full-time job and that the man-hours spent in the home are not counted by economists. Now women can get bachelor degrees in professional mothering from The University College for Mothering and Family Science, located in the United Arab Emirates. There is concern in the country ...
Motherhood is like being swaddled in a soft, warm blanket — or at least that’s what They want you to think. When Naomi Wolf discovered she was pregnant, she was shocked by the mountains of advice that mothers-to-be are given, heavy on comfort but light on the facts. She set out to write a book ...
Babies need to feed on their mothers’ boobs and this has to be done whether they are out to dinner with friends, sitting in a dark movie theatre, or having tea with the Queen. Yet not every woman is comfortable getting her boobs out in public. And this is true no matter what her opinion ...
In romantic comedies a woman fights through a series of obstacles to eventually find love. We know how it works: First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage. Recognizing women’s new-found independence, studios have decided to turn the story on it’s head.
Want to be a CEO? To make it to the top of your field? Rake in more than $300,000 a year? Don’t have kids (if you are a woman, that is). A survey of British head-hunters (the kind that gives you jobs, not shrink your cranium) found that most thought motherhood was incompatible with high ...
Where is the line drawn between what is best for baby and what is good for his mama? Kathryn Blundell decided to giver her baby formula, but not because she couldn’t breast feed. She did it because she thought breast feeding was “creepy” and she wanted to keep her “funbags” for her lover. Can you ...
In America, more and more women are delaying motherhood to pursue education and careers. This is great for many reasons, especially a better educated population with less teenage pregnancies. And this trend includes women from ”all ethnicities in the United States.” Children born to highly educated mothers increasingly are born later in life. The mothers are usually married, and ...
It is possible to hit a switch to change women from bad mothers to good ones. Scientists have discovered a way to identify bad mothers through their brain patterns. This research could be used to prevent bad mothers from having children in the first place, but we could also fix-up our out-dated mom models in ...
This week, for a change of pace, I’m looking at non-fiction online. Bookslut is an established and well-publicised e-zine...
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet...
Happy Earth Day! Earth Day Network and Women Saving the World - Kathleen Rogers from Womensphere on Vimeo.
As I lay stricken in bed the other night, twisted in agony and gurning manfully at the grinding torment...
Sandwiches. Gender conspiracy. War on women. Let me explain. It was a sunny afternoon here in southern Germany. I’d...
Touch his penis! Men like it and it feels good. Plus sometimes they do need help getting hard and...
On rare occasions, television does reflect real life. A new series that debuted on HBO last weekend, Girls offers...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend seems to have a man-crush on one of his male friends who he really...
