Polygamy is a confusing issue. Is it a religious practice? Is it an evil thing? Are we prudes to reject it, or naive to accept it? As more high profile cases hit the courts, we are being asked to pick a side.
NewsIf a men lies about something to get you in the sack, is that rape? What about if he lies about his race or religion? A court has decided that one man must spend 18 months in jail for lying to a woman about his background before they slept together.
Mick, Morning QuickieWhen his words crashed into the internet like a car-wreck, we couldn’t look away. Mad Mel is at it again, people said. I never liked him anyway, they said. There is a lot to say on this topic, but no one is stating the obvious: We should leave Mel alone.
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She’s wearing a short skirt, she got drunk and went back to his place. Is she asking for it? Not Ever, according to a new Scottish public awareness campaign. The ads are aimed not at rapists, but at normal men who laugh at rape jokes. One (male) commentator said that when it aired: “the laughter ...
There is a trial going on in the UK about an eight-year-old girl who claimed to be raped by two ten-year-old boys. When I first heard about it I was repulsed. But now I’m just confused.
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As a sexologist my friends often tell me all kinds of juicy details about their sex lives that they probably wouldn’t share with anyone else. I think this is a privilege as I love talking about sex! I want to share my knowledge with the world to help people have the best sex lives possible. Please ...
It’s a good thing skinny jeans are going out of fashion because wearing them means you’re basically agreeing to be raped. At least that’s what an Australian court ruled yesterday. Of course if history can be trusted, it looks like no jeans are safe from scrutiny.
Oklahoma has just passed two incredibly controversial laws that limit a woman’s right to freedom of choice as well as invading her privacy around abortion. Informed choice? What’s that? Who cares?! Obviously the doctors’ rights are more important than the pregnant woman who might have a disabled child for the rest of her life.
Mack, Morning QuickieAre women more amenable to slavery? For years and almost without exception, every time one particular group of mistreated women open their mouths, they swear their (sometimes brutally physical) torture came at the hands of other women.
Morning Quickie, The Other ManRoman Polanski allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in 1978 in California. He has been under house arrest in Switzerland since September last year. His lawyers wanted the trial to go on without him in America but it has been ruled that he must be extradited.
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