May 14, 2012
Great news for mothers came just in time for Mothers Day this weekend. Mothers and caretakers in the UK who choose to stay home and raise kids will receive a full pension. Those who retire after 2015 will be treated as if they have worked their whole lives. This is a huge step for women ...
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March 17, 2012
Like most people, I have been given many pieces of wisdom over the years by my parents. However, three from each of them have stuck in my mind through the years. Perhaps significantly, they differ in their nature. Firstly, my Dad’s. They were: 1. When driving, always have your speed adjusted before turning into a ...
February 9, 2012
We often hear about women’s rights and human rights, but what about babies’ rights? No, I’m not talking about “fetus rights” or any of the crap that pro-lifers come out with; I mean the basic rights that babies should be entitled to have once they have been born into the world. The UK-based charity NSPCC ...
November 20, 2011
We are constantly told that childhood isn’t what is used to be. We are either being spoiled, or forced to grow-up early. Yet we rarely take the time to look at the mothers whose job has changed substantially in the last few decades. Everyone feels like the other generation has it better, so let’s take ...
October 31, 2011
This week is Boycott Nestlé week. A lot of recent feminist chatter has been devoted to a debate about whether formula feeding is an equal choice for moms, with most commentators defending the right of mothers to pick formula feeding over breastfeeding. The debate so far has focused entirely on western mothers though, and effectively ...
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World Health Organisation
October 20, 2011
The women who have the most abortions are ones who are already mothers, according to statistics. And I can completely understand why. Having had a baby already, you know in advance that pregnancy and childbirth can be a tough slog with all manner of possible complications. And then the hard work really begins. Breastfeeding – ...
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pro-choice,
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July 3, 2011
Needing to make cut-backs, an Italian company fired 13 of their 18 female staff members because they are mothers. Engineering firm Ma-Vib believes that women should stay at home with the children. Sending our culture back about 70 years, the small company decided that instead of firing men who provide the main income of the ...
June 2, 2011
Most women fear childbirth like the plague, but new information reveals that women are now getting pregnant over and over again just to feel the high of birth once more. Every movie we’ve ever seen or story we’ve heard has made childbirth seem like one of the most terrifying experiences to go through. But then they show us ...
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mothers,
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oxytocin,
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vagina
May 9, 2011
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. ~ Isadora Duncan
May 8, 2011
Like all girls, I got a bit worried when I first got my period. The fact that it arrived on my first day at new school probably didn’t help. It wasn’t quite a freak-out because my friends had started getting it in the past months and were still living perfectly normal lives. One of them ...
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