Black women are generally heavier than white women, but they are also more confident, according to a study of 800 American women. The survey, done by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Foundation, found that “66 percent of overweight or obese black women had high self-esteem, compared to 41 percent of average-sized or thin white ...
One in three women are affected by sexual assault, physical violence or stalking by a partner in their lifetime. It is a disturbing fact, and one that was widely reported on when the study came out this week. Another find of the study was left out of many news reports: the same is true for ...
Sometimes our everyday lives interfere with our sex lives, leading a romp in the sack to be typed in our smartphone calendars. It’s unromantic and a little dull, but apparently only “79 percent of Canadians report spontaneous sex, versus 86 percent globally,” according to results of a recently released online poll by Eli Lilly. So what ...
We should know better by now, but people still think that only guys play video games. If a girl does happen to play one she is an exception to the rule. She’s the too-good-to-be-true girl next door or the ever elusive “girl in the video game store.” This is false. It turns out that the ...
Yet another sex myth has been debunked! As it turns out, men are not actually intimidated by vibrators. A study of over 3,000 Americans ages 18 to 60 found that it is only a myth. In fact, the only people who really think that sex toys scare away men are women! Thirty-seven percent of women ...
Women have waged a war against the drooling, rage-filled hair beast who cannot be reasoned with. The problem has reached such epic proportions that if we fail to act now, our dead ends may actually rise from Hades and try to bite us, turning us into hair-raising zombies. And we’ve all seen what a zombie’s ...
Teens who masturbate are more likely to have real sex and use a condom, according to a new survey. The sexual behavior of more than 800 teens across the US was studied in the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior. The survey asked the teens how often they had masturbated in the last three ...
Just as data flows in about the gender balance tipping all round the world and the drastic lengths people go to to select the gender of their children, a new Gallup poll reveals that the majority of Americans, if forced to only have one child, would have a boy. This is the eighth poll of ...
Stay-at-home dads still may not be the norm, but they’re on the rise. Despite sixty-five percent of Canadians holding the traditional belief that women should run the household, the number of househusbands has tripled in the past 30 years, according to Statistics Canada. The transition to embrace a household founded on gender equality has been ...
Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the most dangerous countries in the world for women, according to a new study by TrustLaw. The next countries in the top five are India and Somalia. Over 200 experts around the world, from aid professionals, health workers, policymakers, to journalists, participated in the poll. They were asked to rank ...
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...
