During a couple’s “honeymoon phase” usually the only thing on the menu is sex. But once this phase is over and your crotch is burning from over-stimulation, perhaps you start to focus on other parts of your relationship. Maybe you even find lame excuses to say no to sex. Supposedly, this is a phenomenon unique to ...
Each October, all of our thoughts are coloured with pink ribbons in the name of breast cancer awareness. We are so tangled up in messages of hope that we fail to question what all the fuzzy pink socks, bookmarks, t-shirts and walks really mean. Are companies profiting off the deadly disease? Is it a marketing ...
This phrase may be uttered more often by women than by men, and it’s not just because men are so tough and macho. Although it’s possible for men to underplay the pain they feel in the name of preserving their masculinity, researchers suggest there’s something much deeper underlying the difference between men and women when ...
Jay-Z has vowed to stop calling women bitches and degrading them in his song lyrics after the birth of his baby daughter. In a poem he wrote to the young Blue Ivy he writes: “Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped ...
Axe body spray brings to mind naked women chasing men on the beach, and men spraying themselves in the hopes of getting laid. That strong, musky scent represents manhood, treating women like prizes and anything but subtlety. But that symbolism may change as Axe unveils its new body spray for women: Anarchy. Does this mean ...
Senior women in Ontario are receiving inadequate care, according to a five-year study. The study, called Health System Use by Frail Ontario Seniors, was carried out by St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Studies. It revealed a three-headed problem: Women live longer than men, creating larger numbers of ...
Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar, a Saudi woman, was beheaded this week for practicing witchcraft and sorcery. The evidence against her was a book on the subject, a number of veils, and bottle filled with a liquid “used for sorcery.” She also worked as a healer. And according to Amnesty International, these aren’t even official crimes ...
Edited by Jill Dawson in 1992, The Virago Book of Wicked Verse is a collection of international, century-spanning work by women who have subverted the status quo. Sex and misery are the main topics, though they’re never represented the same way twice. Bawdy songs about impoverished prostitutes and compassionless poems about cruelty sit alongside childhood ...
Honour killings — two words that should not be used in the same sentence. And yet the practice of “cleansing” a family from the dishonour of a woman is not only still carried out, it is reportedly on the rise. Honour killings are an ancient tradition of controlling a woman’s actions — particularly her sexuality. ...
The majority of women will experience violence in their lives, most before the age of 25. Violence against women is one of the world’s most pervasive problems, and yet it is rarely in the spotlight. Tomorrow it is. December 6th is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The date commemorates ...
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On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant...
There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...
Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...
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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...
