War, border tensions, street violence — all of these maladies are caused by the male sex drive, say psychologists. A new study supports the “male warrior hypothesis” that men evolved to be aggressive, especially towards outsiders. Researchers say that males needed to be aggressive in order to get the girl and reproduce. So through natural ...
On this Remembrance Day, we take a moment to consider the fallen. We think about the young soldiers that will never return home, but also the children that will grow up missing a parent’s love, the wives that live in constant fear and the husbands who are ashamed that they cry themselves to sleep every ...
There was nothing soft or kind about Hitler. If I could use one term to describe him it would probably be “cold-blooded killer,” but you have to wonder: would Hitler have been more in touch with his “feminine side” if he downed a bit of estrogen? Throughout the war, the Allies looked at various ways ...
It’s one thing to agree with the exchange of sex for money and quite another to propose it should be legal for women to be sex slaves. Salwa al Mutairi, a female Kuwaiti politician, has said that men should use women as sex slaves. But there’s more. She adds that prisoners from war-torn countries would ...
We shouldn’t need an official report to enlighten us about the situation of mothers around the world. We should already know. It’s all well and good for Save the Children to give us a yearly report of what mothers are facing from the top of Mommyville (Norway) to the pits of it (Afghanistan). People need ...
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 ...
As Mrs Lobster and I sat on the couch this evening, watching the closing credits of the last episode of Band of Brothers roll up the screen through tear-brimmed eyes, she turned to me and asked: “Why is it that men like war films so much?” I have certainly always liked war films. As a ...
Sex slaves and child soldiers are common in Afghanistan and the government has acknowledged this problem to the United Nations. The government is going to sign an agreement with the UN’s special representative for children and armed conflict on an “action plan to combat the problem.” This will be the first time they “officially acknowledge ...
Dear Madame X, I don’t understand how rape works. I’ve read reports about soldiers in Africa who are forced, at gun point, to rape women as part of their ethnic cleansing. Afterward many of them say that they didn’t want to. If they really don’t want to, how did they get it up? Also, the ...
The most amusing blog post of the week has to come from EgoTV, which sat in a windowless, darkened room for hours before emerging with 7 Things That Would Happen if ISPs Banned Porn. It was funny, it was delightfully naughty, and it exposed the blog editor’s porn collection on film for the first time. ...
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
Meh, the night bus. It isn’t ideal, but with the price of trains nowadays and the hellish standing-up-from-Edinburgh-to-Manchester situation...
Ladies, learn to know the signs of ovulation! So many women have no idea and so many headaches and...
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and...
Dear Madame X, My girl is hot but every single time we get into a fight she is all...
My first encounter with Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto’s 1988 novel (translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus) was in...
A slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical...
