A study has found that women who have had an abortion have a higher risk of mental health problems. Researchers say “risk of mental illness was ‘proportional to the degree of distress’ associated with the abortion”. “Collectively, this evidence raises important questions about the practice of justifying termination of pregnancy on the grounds that this ...
Pregnant women in America are in danger. Everywhere there are judges ruling that the life and welfare of the fetus are more important than the free will and human rights of the mother. For example, Quinta Tuleh was sentenced to jail, not for a crime (she had already been in jail long enough waiting for ...
Soon a woman whose uterus has been damaged or removed due to cancers or other reproductive problems might still be able to carry a child to term using a transplanted womb. This is a controversial issue in the medical community but could soon be a reality for many hopeful mothers. In the UK alone up ...
Dear Madame X, My wife has begun to lactate. We are managing to keep our sex lives quite active through sleepless nights etc. I enjoy breast-play, but sometimes the milk gets in my mouth. She assures me that it’s safe, but she’s so worried about me not being attracted to her (my wife is still ...
A French obstetrician has made a controversial statement about giving birth. He claims, based not on research but on anecdotal evidence, that women would be better off if men were once again banned from the delivery room. He claims that ”birth was both easier and faster when male figures were not present”, “that babies’ arrival in ...
A woman has just made history by getting pregnant while already pregnant! According to her doctors, when she went for a routine ultrasound to check on her pregnancy they found a second fetus which was 3 weeks younger. This is called superfetation and is so rare there are only 10 cases in recorded medical history. ...
Dear Madame X, Love waits and I did until I was married. We’ve just back from our honeymoon where we went through packs of condoms, and we have decided that we hate them. They’re just gross. We don’t want to have kids yet, but abstinence is over (Yeah!), so what are my options? I don’t ...
Mack // Shere Hite, a sex researcher famous for the Hite Report in 1976, was featured in an article in the Times about the debate over motherhood and the right to bear children. Hite’s view is that motherhood is a feminist issue and women should have the right to bear children at any age. When asked ...
According to an article in the BBC there is a large black market for sperm donation in the UK. People are meeting online through unregulated sites and arranging either to have sex or receive samples from donors. I can understand the desire for children and the barriers to using regulated sperm donation, but this practice ...
Your stomach is distended. Your ankles are swollen and your breasts are sore – but you want to get some. What is a mother to be to do? A lingerie company for pregnant/breast feeding mothers called HOTmilk has a new ad campaign designed to make pregnant women feel sexy and desirable. The tv spot (after ...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
We know that a lot of women love cats. And we know that a lot of single women supposedly...
The other night, I was watching one of the many, many cooking-based shows currently broadcast, wall-to-wall and round-the-clock,...
Don’t believe the commercials! Lubricant isn’t right for everyone, especially the “warming” and “tingling” ones which have extra chemicals...
I had all sorts of things to prepare before a job interview this week. I’m sure you can relate....
