November 6, 2009
The announcement that sex education will be mandatory for all UK pupils from the age of 15 on is great news. Parents will not be able to opt-out their children unless they are 14 or younger (currently opt-out age is 19!). This is a great move by the government, but there is still a long ...
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October 10, 2009
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
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September 25, 2009
Mack // The UK is currently debating whether it should allow young people to have sex legally at the age of 14 instead of its current 16. The question: does the law do more harm than good?
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September 21, 2009
Results of a study show that the most religious American states also have the highest teenage birth rates. As childish as it seems, I can’t help thinking “I told you so!” With abstinence-only programs teaching young people only the failure rates of birth control methods, they would not have the confidence to buy them, let ...
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