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02.28.13Should we reclaim the word cunt?This week, the satirical news site The Onion found itself in hot water over a tweet in which it referred to the nine-year old actress Quvenzhané Wallis as “kind of a cunt, right?” The whole point of the joke was, of course, that little Quvenzhané is all kinds of adorable and therefore anything but. Many people took exception to it, and it’s not that hard to see why. By and large, cunt is regarded as the most offensive insult you can term a woman. It was not always so. In the 13th century it was a standard anatomical term, and interchangeable with ...
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07.02.1250 Shades of Grey? 3 Golden Sisters do a reviewI've been writing about BDSM relationships today, inspired by the bizarre popularity of 50 Shades Of Grey. The ever wonderful 3 Golden Sisters have something to say about the book. Here they are: 3 Golden Sisters
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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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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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04.26.11Over-rated sex acts?The always amusing Em & Lo have done up a list of what they consider the ten most over-rated sex acts. Here's the link but if you are too lazy for one extra click, these are: 1. Threeways 2. The 69 3. Simultaneous orgasm 4. Female ejaculation & the G-spot 5. Fast-pumping intercourse 6. Deep-throating 7. Sharing ALL your sexual fantasies with your partner 8. Text sex 9. Sending naked photos 10. Two tongue kissing I agree with many of these. ...
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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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06.21.10The Sports Sex ConnectionIt wasn’t the happiest of occasions – we were sitting in the pub watching South Africa get thrashed by Uruguay. My passport may be Irish, but having spent my formative years in SA I support Bafana Bafana (not to mention the Boks and the Proteas). As the crowds thinned out quickly after a disastrous game from the World Cup hosts I realised something: this was the first time I’d been in this particular establishment and had not gotten hit on by a random sports fan. Hold on a moment before you call me vain. I’m not. I never believed that this ...
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05.27.10Catfight! Carrie Bradshaw vs Anne SextonSo after months of anticipation, the new SATC movie hits the cinemas today. Ho hum... Don't get me wrong, parts of the series were indeed very funny, but the first movie seemed to think that product placement constituted a storyline. The whole thing felt like an extended infomercial, featuring some rather ditzy forty-somethings in nice frocks. My own problem with SATC is that people who don't know me expect me to be Ms Bradshaw, and of course, I'm not. Not even in the slightest. Which is disappointing for some people, but a relief to others. Thankfully. But I get it, sure, ...
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03.05.10Crystal Studded Bikini Wax: Yay or Nah?Men of Ireland, I want your opinion! Vajazzling is the trend for adding rhinestones, crystals or other blinging adornments to one's Hollywood wax. What I want to know is, is this a good idea? More specifically, would this entice you to or put you off going down on your partner? Hair in the teeth is one thing... Here's an article to give you the idea.
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02.15.1050% of women blame rape victimHere's a rather shocking report from across the water. Haven, a sexual assault clinic, commissioned a survey of 1000 people of both sexes and found that half of women prefer to blame the victim of a sexual assault. While I agree that it is necessary to act in a responsible manner when out and about, it is shocking that in this day and age so many people have such a poor understanding of what sexual assault is. Just as worrying, one in three men don't think it's rape if they make their partners have sex when they don't want to. Read ...