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 ...
We have all joked that one day women will take over the world. But that day may come sooner than we think. Economists and sociologists have been predicting that women will surpass men in salary and become bread winners by 2020. And it’s not just experts who have such esteemed predictions for women — it’s ...
A woman has been sacked in the UK for refusing to wear make-up at work, and she’s decided that’s just not right. Melanie Stark was a retail assistant at department store Harrods before she was unceremoniously dumped for daring to show her bare face in public. Now she’s taken her case to the media and ...
Women have made great strides towards evening the playing field in education and the workplace, but we still can’t wave the equality flag when some places are noticing these changes more than others. While it may be hard to measure sex equality, data has been extracted from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to create ...
Ever wanted to be a stay-at-home dad but couldn’t afford it? Now you can do it – for six months at least. New paternity leave rules have just come into effect in the UK which allow dads the chance to have 26 weeks off work to stay home with their new child (biological or adopted). This ...
The UK is looking into extending their paternity leave — increasing from 2 weeks to 26 weeks. This would make the time off seem less like an extra holiday for new fathers and actually give them the ability to participate in the baby’s childcare. Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has suggested following some ...
What is feminism’s next battle? Men. No, not fighting them, but championing their causes. After all, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Newsweek has declared the battle of the sexes over, and quoted Gloria Steinem saying: “Women’s liberation is men’s liberation too.” Apparently the fact that we need men is news ...
Mommies are getting judgmental about a new court ruling. In Massachusetts it is now legal to fire a woman for taking more than the state mandated 8 weeks off without pay. Won’t somebody think of the children?
The British Government is going to allow fathers and mothers to share parental leave with up to three of the legal nine months being available to fathers and an additional three months unpaid. It’s about time fathers got some official recognition for their importance in the early life of their children.
It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
