Condoms are effective, but… flawed. Despite the promises made to us in sex ed they just don’t feel right and they are not fun to put on (no, not even if she does it). They’re fine for college kids, but what about us grown-ups in a committed relationship who aren’t ready for The Final Solution? ...
Health officials in Rajasthan are worried about the high population growth in their region so they’re bringing out one of the oldest weapons there are to try and control it: bribery. All Indians can now go to Rajasthan and if they’re willing to get sterilized, they’ll get a prize. Among the options are motorcycles, televisions ...
Birth control has always put the contraceptive ball in our court, but with potential new pills and procedures, it won’t be long before guys are scheduling their own birth control appointments. RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) could answer some prayers to the birth control gods. The new procedure perfected by Sujoy Guha of ...
In America drug addicts are given money in exchange for being sterilized. The theory is they shouldn’t have children and they need some incentive to get the procedure done. Project Prevention has now come to the UK and is paying addicts in London, Glasgow, Bristol, Leicester and parts of Wales £200 to get the snip. ...
A lot of men are doing it, but no one likes to talk about it. But with a world leaders admitting he’s gone under the knife for that special little snip, perhaps the vasectomy will become recognized for what it is — the manliest of procedures. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told reporters that he ...
There have been never-ending problems searching for a male birth control (other than condoms or vasectomies). Do women trust the men? Are men comfortable manipulating their testosterone levels? Now it looks like ultrasound waves might the solution to this problem. This method has been proven to work on dogs in Italy and researchers have been tentatively looking into ...
We all know China has a one-child policy. And we have all heard that they aren’t exactly up to snuff with their human rights. But did you know that they are kidnapping family members, imprisoning people, and forcing sterilisation for having too many children?
Scientist have found out what it is that makes sperm swim faster when they get closer to the egg. This will be used to help further the search for a male contraceptive, something with a lot of obstacles to it, as well as helping men whose swimmers are too slow to cause a pregnancy. Apparently sperm don’t start ...
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...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
