When you need emergency contraception, you need it fast with no questions asked, as it’s most effective if it’s taken within 24 hours. At Shippensburg University, a vending machine dispensing Plan B and pregnancy tests has been installed so students can have easy access to the emergency contraception pill. The best part is that young ...
Dear Madame X, There is much discussion of The Obamas, a new book by Jodi Kantor that discusses the presidential marriage. One of the topics caught my eye. Apparently Barack Obama ordered the hit on Osama Bin Laden without discussing it with his wife first. Now as President, he has no obligation to do ...
Being single around the holidays opens people up to an interrogation about their sex life from bothersome relatives. There is also pressure at office parties, potluck dinners, and New Year’s Eve parties. But alone no longer translates into lonely. People are slower to pair off than ever before because, quite honestly, being single is fun! ...
Amidst the sick-making mega marriage proposals, creepy “dates” with celebrities and random members of the public and hyperbole-ridden celebrity divorces, there was a bit of real romance this year. But it wasn’t on social media. 2011 may have been the year to project your foreplay/cutesy relationship/marriage proposal/infidelity/breakup/divorce/custody battle to the huddled masses via Twitter, but ...
Over the years, taxi drivers have delivered me to work when I’m running late, taken me safely home when public transport has stopped for the evening and dropped me off at airports just in the nick of time. They do this for a price of course, ranging from quite reasonable in Delhi to astronomical in ...
Last August, an Alberta teen was arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault after being accused of having unprotected sex without disclosing her HIV-positive status. Under Canada’s Criminal Code, it is a criminal offense to transmit or expose another person to HIV through unprotected sex or drug injecting equipment if one’s HIV-positive status had not ...
I recently came across a post in which a man relayed the transcript of an argument a young married couple were having in a Burger King. It can be found on storify, a website “to make stories using social media.” Make of that what you will. The post gives a detailed account with commentary of the quarelling newlyweds and ...
If someone you just started dating had a history of domestic violence, would you want to know? More importantly, do you have a right to know? Legislation called Clare’s Law or the “right to know” would give women this right. They would be able to go to the police and ask about a partner’s violent ...
If you travel a lot, you may choose to pack some pleasure in your suitcase. With masturbation on the mind, Jill Filipovic took her silver bullet, “a discreet mini vibrator,” on a journey overseas. Really, I can think of no better travel companion. It’s a given that your baggage will be inspected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ...
British defense secretary Liam Fox is under investigation for breaching the ministerial code. His friend and former flatmate Adam Werritty accompanied him on official visits, had regular access to the Ministry of Defense and had business cards made describing himself as Fox’s advisor. Fox is hanging on to his job with a desperation I haven’t ...
Want a cheap, fun date? Stay home with a cheesy romance movie, popcorn, and a bottle of wine. You...
On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant...
There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...
Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
