There’s not much that hasn’t been said about Alexander Trocchi’s treatment of women, real and literary. I read Young Adam through gritted teeth as a much younger woman, and again when it became a film in 2003. The film was, in my opinion, better than the novel in the sense that it effectively contrasted human ...
Two anti-sex trade laws were ruled unconstitutional Monday by Ontario’s Court of Appeals. Three laws were up for review. The two that were struck down banned brothels and making a living off of prostitution. The law prohibiting sex workers from communicating with clients in public was upheld. The reason these laws were changed is just ...
Many people wouldn’t expect sex trafficking to be a Canadian issue. The majority of media coverage is about women being smuggled from Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America to work in brothels or massage parlours. However, it happens everywhere in the world; sex trafficking doesn’t discriminate based on gender, age or nationality, and it is ...
A man was sentenced to six years probation, but no jail time, for having sex with an underage teenage victim of sex trafficking. “I also told him this was my first time and I was nervous and I didn’t feel comfortable,” she said. “But he was all ‘relax.’ I did what he told me to ...
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with “aggravated sexual assault” and “promoting prostitution” for selling her 7-year-old step-sister to several men who raped and abused her. Disgusting.
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
