As feminists, we get it ingrained in us that choice is every person’s (read: woman’s) right. But what if things weren’t as simple as that? Choice is a common rhetoric used by many feminists and social justice activists. The topic ranges from jobs to abortion; sexuality and contraception to marriage; how we look to what ...
A new home for pregnant university students to live, prepare, and continue their learning in is a first, especially for the Catholic community. Belmont-Abbey College in Charlotte, North Carolina has welcomed Catholic non-profit “Room at the Inn” to build a facility on their campus for young single women who are pregnant and wish to continue ...
Wikileaks isn’t the only one to reveal the dirty secrets of the planet’s governments. Two Australian academics, Evan Smith and Marinella Marmo of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, uncovered documents from the National Archives in London that suggest that at least 80 South Asian women were subjected to “virginity tests” upon their entrance to Heathrow ...
We all hear about abstinence-only programs as sex ed in American schools and how awful they are, but have you ever wondered what actually goes on in those classes? Advocates for Youth has made an animated video (below) showing some of the common lessons young people are taught about sex. If someone has sex before ...
The Family Education Trust has sent a scary pamphlet to every school in the UK warning teens off sex. They preach abstinence before marriage and warn of the destructive aspects of sex. We have become impatient, and we suffer the consequences in terms of personal debt, emotional trauma, sexually transmitted infections and family breakdown. In ...
A British woman and her fiancé were on holiday in Dubai celebrating their engagement when she was allegedly raped in the hotel bathroom after passing out from too much alcohol. She and her fiancé reported this to police and were quickly arrested for illegal drinking and sex outside of marriage. They could face up to ...
The Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit is now available and is causing trouble in Egypt. It allows women who are not virgins to fake it so their new husbands will think their hymen has broken, something like blood will appear, and husbands will never know that their wives have had other lovers.
Mick // Your twenties: a wasteland of hormones and confusion between innocent childhood and mature adulthood. It used to be that we had proper social cues leading us from dating to marriage but now it’s all chaos! The poor kids, without any guidance, are heading down the wrong path — one that leads to divorce.
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...
