Ran across this NY Times piece this morning. The proposed Ohio ‘heartbeat’ bill asks state legislatures to prohibit abortions once a fetal’s heartbeat is detected (6-8 weeks approximately)- an even stronger force to breakdown Roe v. Wade. Ohio Bill Splits Anti-Abortion Forces
Read More Quick Hit: Ohio Bill Splits Anti-Abortion ForcesWant to swap your wife, husband, boyfriend, or girlfriend for one night of pleasure? Become a swinger. Although most swinging couples are indeed in monogamous relationships, especially amongst married swingers, to those outside of the swinging community, swinging is a phenomenon where the line of monogamy in a relationship, appears blurred. Yet, to note sometimes […]
Read More SwingingBelow is a detailed background of family planning policies in the countries of Iraq, China, France, and the USA. This is simply an informative post, giving readers an objective scope of family planning policies versus practices in these countries. INTRODUCTION: According to the United Nations Statistic Division’s data collected in June 2011, of every 100 […]
Read More Women’s Reproductive Rights: Iraq, China, France, and USAThis magazine preview discusses sex education in the US. Two ways public schools approach such discussions: abstinence-only or abstinence-based sex education. The piece also explains the beginning of sex education in the US and how it has evolved. Teaching Good Sex by Laurie Abraham
Read More Quick Hit: NY Times “Teaching Good Sex” Magazine PreviewA family? Children? A job, marriage, a lover, or a PhD.? Come young women, we must start picking and choosing now what we want, because we can’t have it all. We are told from a young age that if we put our sweat and blood into what we do, we can have it all. But, […]
Read More The Picking and Choosing in a Woman’s LifeI ran across this op-ed piece by David Brooks of NY Times this morning. I found it a bit humorous. He speaks on the unacceptable and acceptable inequalities in the US. He begins with, “Foreign tourists are coming up to me on the streets and asking, ‘David, you have so many different kinds of inequality […]
Read More Quick Hit: NY Times Op-Ed ‘Inequality Map’No, no, no… If we are ever going to have equality between the sexes, we have to have both sexes understanding, complying, and fighting for such equality. You are right, just because a man is for women’s rights does not mean he is a Feminist. Or does it?… Pro-feminism: persons who support the cause of […]
Read More Mythhbustin’ Monday: Only Women Can Be FeministsWith the social constructions and societal roles in our patriarchal world, in what ways can these barriers be contorted? What is custom and reserved for males, can women too take on these conventions? To elaborate, when a person opens the door for others. Generally, this undertaking is reserved for males. But what if I open […]
Read More Buy a Man a BeerOn October 28, 2011, Queen Elizabeth II as well as members of 16 Commonwealth countries approved changes to the royal thrown succession, and declared these new changes will soon take effect. Future sons and daughters of the United Kingdom monarch under this new succession law, both have equal right to the throne. To further internationalcupcakebandit’s […]
Read More Equality within the United Kingdom MonarchI recently researched the relationship between female college students and their perception on female masturbation. My question, asked only to JMU females, included the following: Would you be uncomfortable if I asked you about masturbation? This topic is of great interest because of the cultural attitudes and uneasiness regarding the discussion of female masturbation. Females’ […]
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