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The Other Man: Why “Cougar Town” Is Actually Good For Us

The Other Man: Why “Cougar Town” Is Actually Good For Us

June 18, 2010 No Comments

First of all, save your breath — I agree with you, Cougar Town isn’t a good show. It has its moments, but 30 Rock this ain’t. A teacher of mine once told me that you can’t judge anything properly without finding its saving grace. It took a little digging (“Scrubs is cancelled?”) but I think ...

Male Menopause Or Just Plain Lazy?

Male Menopause Or Just Plain Lazy?

June 18, 2010 No Comments

Has your husband been blaming his lack of energy or low sex drive on male menopause? Research has just shown that this affects less than 1% of middle age men and 5% over 70. Looks like that husband of yours might just be lazy! Researchers defined male menopause as having abnormally low levels of testosterone. The symptoms of ...

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Old People And Betty White Do It

May 10, 2010 No Comments

Betty White plays up her libido for comic effect, but when she was paired with Andy Samberg the skit was too hot for Saturday Night Live to air. This is the show that invented “Dick in a Box” and “Bitch Hunter,” for goodness sakes! Why is octogenarian sex such a taboo?

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The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

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