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Study Finds Chemicals in Pregnant Women; What Can Be Done About It?

Posted on January 18, 2011
What can we learn from a study that proves that over 99% of women have chemicals in their bodies at the time of their pregnancy?

Why Do We Vilify Male Sexuality? 3 Myths About Men and Sex Debunked

Posted on January 17, 2011
The falsehood that men are brutes who can't control their sex drive is harmful to everyone.

For the New Yorker, Women Are Invisible: Ms Magazine Pushes Protest

Posted on January 15, 2011
The December and January issues of the New Yorker had almost no content by women. Why do publications so often fail to include female voices?

Why I Got a Vasectomy at 28

Posted on January 14, 2011
Surveys show that the number of so-called â€œchildless-by-choiceâ€ Americans is on the rise. And even those crazy people who do want kids are making fewer of them.

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Don't Pregnant Women Have Rights Too? Woman Booted From Bar for Having a Baby Bump

Posted on January 14, 2011
There is no law barring pregnant women from entering bars, and yet a woman in Illinois was thrown out of one last week.

Advocate for Women Susana Chavez Ambushed, Killed and Dismembered

Posted on January 13, 2011
The 36-year-old woman was a fierce critic of the failure of authorities to halt the murders of women in the city and a well-known poet.

Could Polygamy Be Good for Women?

Posted on January 10, 2011
While it's established that polygamy can be a source of oppression for women, to over-simplify and construe it as necessarily generating abuse is unproductive.

New York Sharks Women Tackle the Football World

Posted on January 07, 2011
The Woman's Football Alliance is tackling a sport that's typically associated with men, and making it their own.

What Happened When Fundamentalist Christians Tried to "Cure" Me of Homosexuality

Posted on January 07, 2011
A young gay man recounts his soul-crushing experience being "rehabilitated" by the Christian Right.

Ross Douthat Wants Women to Be Walking Wombs

Posted on January 06, 2011
Does the conservative columnist Ross Douthat have any idea what pregnancy or childbirth actually entails?

Congress Likely Won't Change International Sex Trafficking Travesty

Posted on January 04, 2011
Our government officials seem unlikely to do much about the women and girls sold into sexual slavery in our country and all over the world.

"Erotic Revolutionaries": Black Women, Sexuality and Popular Culture

Posted on January 02, 2011
A new book "Erotic Revolutionaries" revolutionizes the politics of black female respectability and sexuality.

3 Totally False Claims By Those Who Want Transparency, But Not Julian Assange

Posted on December 31, 2010
While Assange takes refuge in a countryside mansion, his accusers experience tactics that are used every day to silence women alleging rape.

Pharma's New Sales Pitch to Women: If You Aren't Horny, It's 'Sexual Dysfunction' -- Try These Pills

Posted on December 26, 2010
How drug companies plan to profit from so-called 'Female Sexual Dysfunction.'

Catcalling Is a Problem: How to Talk to a Woman Without Being Rude, Creepy or Scary

Posted on December 23, 2010
Street harassment is not OK. Guys, if you really want to get a woman's attention, here's what you should say.

8 Condom Commandments for Women (and Men, Too)

Posted on December 22, 2010
For the single man, there's one commandment: "Use one, every time." But for women who want to properly negotiate condom use, here are some other rules to follow.

Pregnancy and Medical Marijuana: Can Pot Help Pregnant Women With Vomiting and Nausea?

Posted on December 21, 2010
Suffering women will try anything to combat severe nausea during pregnancy--including marijuana. But drug laws and anti-abortion policies endanger their choices.

The Sexual Politics of Meat: How Sexism and Animal Cruelty Coexist

Posted on December 18, 2010
Our obsession with women's "parts" (breasts, thighs, butts) is inextricably linked to our culture's tendency to value animals as nothing but sources of beef, bacon or veal.

Swanday Bloody Swanday: Darren Aronofsky's Sadistic, Misogynistic New Film

Posted on December 16, 2010
'Black Swan' is a textbook demonstration of what academics refer to as the male gazeâ€'with a pretty young thing poked and dismembered under a misogynist lens.

One Thing You Won't Find in WikiLeaks Cables: Concern for Women

Posted on December 16, 2010
The staff at a women's news service have been poring through the WikiLeaks cables looking for government concern for women's rights. They've found nothing.

Meet the Woman Who's Fighting Back Against Wal Mart

Posted on December 16, 2010
"I'm demanding justice" says Betty Dukes, the brave woman who decided in 2001 to take on the world's largest retailer, Walmart Stores, Inc. for pay discrimination.

What It's Like to Be 17 and Having Sex for Money

Posted on December 16, 2010
The number of girls forced to sell their bodies in the streets and in casinos and hotels keeps rising, even as their age keeps dropping.

12 Year Olds Getting Bikini Waxes: Why Do Women Do Such Terrible Things to Their Vaginas?

Posted on December 15, 2010
Pouring burning wax onto their genitals has become the norm for many women. Why?

Why Does Reality TV Present Women As Marriage Obsessed Bimbos?

Posted on December 15, 2010
Reality show producers paint American women as romantically desperate and hypertraditionalist in their views about the "proper" role for wives and mothers.

DREAMers and LGBT Community Both Saw Defeats in the Last Week -- Will They Finally See that They're Fighting the Same Struggle?

Posted on December 14, 2010
Many in the LGBT community bristle at any comparison with the struggles of undocumented people. But all of the rights the DREAMers are demanding, gays already have.

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