Today is the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the court case that made abortion legal in the USA. In honour of this day we are posting a video that explains some of the facts about who really gets abortions (not teenagers) and why (poverty and already having too many children to look after), in ...
Security measures are implemented to protect people from harm, but when journalists are forced to remove their undergarments, we question the necessity of such a breach of privacy. The security team of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently forced female journalists to take off their bras before attending press events, according to an ABC News ...
What if you were offered money to get pregnant — would you take it? Probably not, according to a new report. Many countries offer new parents financial incentives to boost their populations and these generally don’t work very well. But when childcare is on the table, women are much more likely to pregnant. This shouldn’t ...
Girls today are less likely to be teen moms than their grandmothers. Out of every 1000 teen girls, only 39.1 will give birth, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s been reduced by 37 percent in that last two decades, which is great news. In fact, it’s the lowest rate since the ...
Like an awkward adolescent at a party, Facebook has always had trouble with the ladies. Whether they are banning breasts, or the scars that show where those breasts used to be, it is clear that any reference to female sexuality is verboten. The puerile censors who scan the pages for obscene content have trouble telling ...
It is one of the great paradoxes of life, pregnant women don’t feel sexy but they really feel like having sex. What’s the answer? Prenatal Pole Dancing. In this hilarious spoof, Christina Applegate is shilling her unique workout video for moms to be. Obviously a terrible idea, it shows the extent that pregnant women will ...
The British army has started a sexual health campaign urging female soldiers to carry condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies and STIs. But I have to ask, why should this be the woman’s responsibility alone? It takes two to tango and she’s not going to get pregnant or HIV by herself. Surely a campaign targeting all ...
A very pregnant Claudia Schiffer is the naked cover girl for Vogue. She also posed wearing a Venetian mask, as a pregnant nun and topless. The shoot was called A Celebration of Femininity. The overt sexuality has turned some critics off, and many want to know whether this is what is now expected of pregnant ...
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...
