One of Australia’s leading female politicians has suggested that women facing sexual discrimination at work should just ignore it and it will disappear. Isobel Redmond made the comments at a women’s leadership event in Adelaide. These comments seem more suited to a grey-suited politician from the an earlier era, not a liberal Australian political leader. ...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to start a “men’s centre” on campus, as a place for men (according to the would-be founders) to discuss “men’s issues and mental wellness and all the different things that come along with that.” The article was ...
With summer on its way, there will be an onslaught of Hollywood blockbusters created to entice audiences to the theatres. Most of these films rely on the usual stereotypes to carry the story: the new film What to Expect When You’re Expecting is no different. In the movie, men have a great disdain for fatherhood ...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women that are up for consideration. The all-male list in contention for the prestigious Palme d’Or prize has been criticized as evidence of gender bias. Whilst it is true that, of course, women make films these days, and ...
When women experience or witness violence they are more likely to have “risky sex,” like having unprotected sex or multiple sexual partners, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Psychology of Violence, suggests that women have this kind of sex in order to cope with trauma. True, many women are survivors ...
My attention was brought this week to an article claiming that men exaggerate more than women. Nothing new in that, many of us would think. This report also claimed that men actually gain from being such fibbers. Again, this sort of declaration possibly isn’t going to shake the earth on its axis. But what was ...
Women who breastfeed their babies see a drop in their wages for as long as five years, a new study suggests. After studying 1,300 first-time mothers, researchers at Acadia University found a strong correlation between mother who breastfed and a drop in their incomes. Mothers who used formula did not see this drop. This is ...
Sandwiches. Gender conspiracy. War on women. Let me explain. It was a sunny afternoon here in southern Germany. I’d escaped from the office to the organic bakery across the street, and found an outdoor table where I could read my book and drink the peppermint tea I’ve taken to drinking instead of coffee, to avoid ...
Anyone browsing on the Voice website (the online version of the British Columbia-based Indo-Canadian newspaper the Voice) this week may have noticed an advert for sex selection IVF treatment at a Washington State-based clinic. Not only is this treatment unethical, it is illegal in Canada, so what exactly is going on here? Sex-selection techniques are ...
Bad news, ladies. Companies have invented yet another thing that can be wrong with you. Not only is your hair too curly, your lips too thin, your waist too thick, and your armpits not smooth enough. Now it turns out that your vagina is too dark. But don’t fret! Your disgusting problem can be treated ...
It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
