Match.com, eHarmony and Spark Networks (which operates JDate and ChristianMingle) have signed a joint statement agreeing to screen for sex offenders in an effort to better protect their clients. But is this public pledge, which holds dating websites more accountable but is essentially “non-binding and carries no enforcement penalties,” just to save face? Their statement ...
If you do a quick Google search of the word “rape,” you get dozens of headlines about the victims of sex crimes around the world. Most of us have no trouble saying that a great deal of these victims are women. In the Pickton inquiry alone there’s an ever-increasing list of women who are coming ...
More and more women are taking prescription medications to cope with depression, anxiety and a number of other mental illnesses. As the battle with maintaining a healthy and balanced brain rages on, we can’t help but wonder: why women? A new report tells us that 25 percent of women are currently taking medications for their ...
Whether you’re married or not, no means no. Rape in marriage is a sex crime that should not be taken lightly. But it seems it means something different in 2011 than it did in the 1960s. Fifty years ago, an Australian woman accused her husband of rape. Today, it looks like the case, which has ...
How different the world would be if men were to walk in our shoes. And so they did on Friday, in Pueblo, Colorado. Men of all ages slipped into a pair of women’s shoes and strolled along the river to raise funds and awareness for women who have suffered domestic or sexual violence. They said they ...
The SlutWalk has now become a worldwide phenomenon as women take a stand against those who believe that dressing provocatively is an invitation to rape. Recently, Jakarta’s governor Fauzi Bowo incited the ire of Indonesian women when he said that “women must not wear revealing clothes to avoid being raped or victimized.” Apparently the message ...
Women’s image in the media has been sexualized ever since the beginning of advertising. The painted pin-ups were based off pictures of real women, but the paintings enhanced their curves the same way we use Photoshop and various airbrushing techniques today. But since then, things have worsened. It seems obvious at first, but gets more ...
Women are becoming increasingly proactive in their fight against domestic violence and sexual harassment. Led by Rebecca Chiao, a group of Cairo women are using “new media and old-fashioned community action” to take a proactive stance on sex crimes in Egypt. Assisted by Canada’s International Development Research Centre, HarassMap “lets women report incidents that might ...
In an effort to decrease incidents of sexual violence, Vancouver police are taking action into their own hands by placing blame into the perpetrator’s. Don’t Be That Guy is the provocative new ad campaign created to stop sex assault in its tracks. Since “the campaign targets men willing to have sex with partners too inebriated ...
There’s no doubt that in times of war we all have an instinct to protect women and children, especially when sexual assault is often used as a weapon. Believe it or not, Lara Logan is one of the lucky ones. She got to come back to the United States to see her family. Unlike many ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
