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Is Sex Ed Too Little, Too Late?

Is Sex Ed Too Little, Too Late?

December 22, 2011 1 Comment

About seven percent of teen girls are having group sex, according to a recent study conducted by the New York Academy of Medicine. They looked at any sexual experience from a modest threesome to the more advanced orgy. Of the 328 14 to 20-year-olds surveyed, over half said they were pressured and 43 percent claim ...

Merry Binge Drinking! How Your Partner Could Make You Go Too Far This Season

Merry Binge Drinking! How Your Partner Could Make You Go Too Far This Season

December 19, 2011 No Comments

Christmastime! A time for giving gifts, loving who you’re with, snuggling, and drinking. Binge drinking. A new study put out by Dalhousie University has found that couples who celebrate together binge drink together. The psychology researchers studied 208 heterosexual couples who were in their 20s and had been together around two years. They found that ...

Abstinence For Girls Because Boys Are Bad

Abstinence For Girls Because Boys Are Bad

May 5, 2011 1 Comment

Girls are naive, vulnerable, precious creatures who need to be coddled and protected from sexually aggressive boys. And yes, all boys are sexually aggressive. At least that’s what the UK parliament would have us believe with a new bill they are trying to turn to law that sees 13- to 16-year-old girls only being required to take ...

Feminists For Anal Sex

Feminists For Anal Sex

January 31, 2011 No Comments

Anal sex has been declared a feminist issue.  Abortion and the ”low-commitment peer sexual culture” that it spawned are to blame for women being disempowered, having sex simply to please their boyfriends, and causing all kinds of mental health problems. In this article, Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage, focuses specifically on anal sex as ...

Will British Kids Ever Get Sex Ed?

Will British Kids Ever Get Sex Ed?

June 17, 2010 No Comments

Last year British kids almost got sex education as a requirement in their school curriculum from age 15. But it was dropped right before the election. Now, a public health advisory group (NICE) has again said that sex education should start from age five. It’s time to stop talking and get on with starting the program! ...

Pregnancy, Alcohol, Poverty: British Culture Needs A Serious Makeover

Pregnancy, Alcohol, Poverty: British Culture Needs A Serious Makeover

February 22, 2010 No Comments

The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe and the government is constantly putting money into sex education programs, birth control, and the like to help reduce this. But I have a more radical (realistic?) idea on how to curb teenage pregnancy: the culture of alcohol and drinking in the UK is the ...

Labour Guilt From A Dad-To-Be

So, we’re having this baby.  It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...

The 40-Year-Old Japanese Virgin

I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...

The Ladder Conspiracy

Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...

Watching Porn During Sex Is A Turn-Off!

Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...

Repressed Sexuality And Feminism

Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...

A Jolly Good Beer Festival

Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...

Lingerie For The Masses

Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...

The Brave Kick-Ass Disney Princess

All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...

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