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04.19.12Crisis pregnancy, fornication and no action on XOur esteemed leaders have voted to reject legislation which would have permitted abortions to be carried out in Ireland under limited circumstances. During the X Case 20 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion should be legal when a woman's life is threatened by continuing her pregnancy. 20 years on and our leaders have avoided actually legislating for this. The proposal to legislate for abortion under these limited circumstance was put forward by the Socialist Party TD Clare Daly, but it was roundly rejected by 111 votes to 20. Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil voted against the draft legislation. ...
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03.16.12WOMEN MAKE MEN STUPID. REALLY?That's according to research from the Netherlands where scientists claim they have evidence showing that even planning on talking to a woman negatively affects a man's ability to think. The whole thing seems pretty insulting to men, as if the presence of a woman turned them into slavering beasts. It also seems a bit ridiculous. After all, men spend their days surrounded by women – working with women, studying at the same colleges, catching buses, trains or sharing the same road space, queuing in banks or coffee shops etc etc. None of these are segregated spaces, which if this study was ...
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03.13.12To Beard or Not to Beard?Oh oh! Apparently women don't like beards – that's according to a scientific survey. The boffins tell us that beards make men seem older and more aggressive. Hmmm... I had my doubts about this one. Lots of my lady friends rate beards, as do I. Not full-on soup catchers of course, but a neatly trimmed beard or goatee is always a delight. A look at the actual study itself shows that the sample of women surveyed were from Samoa and New Zealand, which means the results are culturally specific. I was wondering what y'all think: beards – yah or nay?
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12.16.11Do men have more sexual partners than women?If new data from the UK's National Health Service is to be believed, straight men average ten female sexual partners over the course of a lifetime while women have just five. I'm confused... How exactly is that possible? This would only make sense if there were significantly more women in the UK than men, but of course, that's not the case. The population is divided roughly in half. Maybe I'm missing something here but it seems to me that if there were 1000 men each with an average of 10 separate partners, that's 10,000 sexual experiences. If there are 1000 women each with ...
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12.08.11Muff March! Protest against “designer vaginas”On Saturday, women are planning to descend on London's Harley Street to protest against vaginal surgery. The argument is porn and popular culture teaches women to feel bad about their genitals if they don't conform to certain aesthetic standards. Labiaplasty is on the increase in the UK (and presumably here too). According to the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology there was an increase of 70% in operations compared with 2007 1,118 labiaplasty operations on the NHS in 2008; 669 in 2007 and 404 in 2006. I'm all for genital grooming, but anything involving scalpels can result in loss of sensation or ...
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09.28.11FANCY SOME SCHWEDDY BALLS?Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry have come under fire for their ice cream flavour called Schweddy Balls. The limited edition Schweddy Balls – rum and vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls – has drawn the ire of One Million Moms, a part of the American Family Association, claiming that the name is “repulsive” and “vulgar.” One Million Moms has asked people to write to Ben & Jerry demanding the flavour be withdrawn. The Moms are not fond of Ben & Jerry. Last year they complained when the company created a special edition of its ...
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09.18.11Erotic capital?Catherine Hakim, author of a book called Honey Money, reckons women should use their charms to get ahead. Hakim calls this "erotic capital" and says this is an underused resource at women's disposal. Although men can use erotic capital too, Hakim says it is mostly women who are able to leverage it since men are all slavering beasts who don't get enough sex since women over 30 are not that interested. Call me crazy, but I reckon that is equally insulting to both men and women. On the one hand it is true that better looking people tend to have ...
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04.26.11Channel 4 Sex Education ShowI've been catching a bit of C4's Sex Education Show and quite good it is too, at least in terms of answering teenagers' questions. but, but, the whole Stop Pimping Our Kids thing was really annoying. Not the idea, mind, the execution. I can't see how telling parents to switch off MTV if they don't approve of the content is useful advice. We live in an interconnected online world and it's easier to search for the latest music videos on the internet than it is to wait for MTV to get round to actually playing music. Secondly handing out awards for ...
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03.04.11Altruism Gets You More SexSave the world and get laid! Altruism may be the single biggest attribute women look for in a potential sexual partner apparently. If they are not drunk that is. Not drunk and not selfish themselves I suppose. It's really hard to break down exactly why we chose to sleep with some people and not others, but I reckon there may be something in this one. Read the full article here.
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11.01.10Men not dumb about sex…Psychologist and sex therapist Marty Klein reckons certain women's magazines perpetuate unfair and inaccurate stereotypes about men and sex. Admittedly he has a point... Read it here. Luckily for me, I know plenty of smart, capable, emotionally-intelligent good guys becausse if I thought men were as thick as women's magazines often suggest, I'd have joined a nunnery years ago. And that would have been a crying shame, even if I say so myself :-)
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