“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Wait. Whatever it is, it doesn’t really matter. Your job has already been predetermined. Scientists are now saying that “a person’s exposure to certain sex hormones in utero strongly predicts career choices made later in life.” The more testosterone you get while you’re cozy inside ...
We have all been in situations where we have let an unintentionally sexist comment slide. We don’t want to get into a fight or come across as rude, but one study shows that people like us better for bringing it up. It is time to step up to the feminist plate, ladies! We have been ...
A story of one woman’s life and struggle to find any man willing to treat her as an equal is one of the most unassumingly sexist stories I have ever heard. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston recounts the life and struggle to find marital and overall happiness of protagonist Janie Crawford. ...
As the cultured and refined readership of the Morning Quickie will doubtless be more than aware, the Edinburgh Festival in all its different manifestations has been in full kilted swing over the past few weeks. Indeed, I am informed that one of our esteemed editors was in attendance herself, doubtless flying the feminist flag high ...
She’s the college fantasy: the smart girl who takes off her glasses and transforms into a super-slut. What was once the stuff of wet dreams has now become reality, but some wonder whether it is really a nightmare. Anyone who has stepped into a frat house and survived the testosterone shock knows how the university ...
We know that men like sexy women, pretty faces, nice boobies, curvy figures, and beautiful hair. They also tend to be bosses and attain higher positions within businesses over women. So, do we use what we know to get ourselves ahead? Samantha Brick seems to think so. “If I had a choice of how to ...
If you’ve ever seen the movie Coyote Ugly, you were probably mildly entertained for the hour-and-a-half you sat through it and then put it in the dark recesses of your mind. Recently, it all came flooding back to me as I stepped into a Manhattan bar. My wildest dreams would come true if certain movies ...
If you’ve read any of Chuck Palahniuk’s novels, you know what he has some very strange female characters. Most of his books don’t even have many women in them. Take Choke for example: a book about a sexaholic man who meets women who ask him to fulfill their rape fantasies. The only almost-redeeming female character, a ...
Sportswomen have never been paid, respected or supported enough. And it doesn’t appear to be getting any better. Joining the grossly popular Lingerie Football League comes the Lingerie Basketball League, in which (yep, you guessed it) sportswomen compete in their underwear. When it comes to prostitutes, strippers, or any other women who use their sexuality as ...
Womanizing for the sake of self-exploration is a no-no. Once a figment of my girly imagination, protagonist Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye now really pisses my feminist side off. The Catcher in the Rye has always been one of my absolute favourite novels. Holden Caulfield was always so adorably opinionated and angry at ...
It may be hilarious when every euphemism for a penis is thrown out there so we can all laugh...
I disposed of my TV in 2008. That doesn’t mean I don’t watch TV…I have internet and I know...
Dear Madame X, My girlfriend is friends with pretty much all her exes. It makes me really uncomfortable but...
Margaret Laurence’s last novel, The Diviners, provoked controversy amongst advocates of censorship when it first hit the shelves. In...
Making the case for why men should be in charge of women’s reproductive health. Women's Health Experts Speak Out...
As a stay-at-home-Dad who handles the majority of the household and child-rearing responsibilities I take note of any article,...
If you get moody and irritable when you first go on the pill, don’t lose hope. First of all,...
Now listen, there’s nothing nice about public restrooms. Nevermind the lovely scented one in that posh restaurant with a...
