Tag: womens rights

The Soapbox: Why Men Need Abortion As Much As Women Do

Liberal guys like me are often kind of squeamish when it comes to talking about abortion. I mean, we support it. We describe ourselves as pro-choice. We share the ridiculous things that asshole Republicans say on Facebook. (Did you hear the one about the masturbating fetus…?) If we’re straight, and we maybe decide to join […]

Ladies, Get A Pap Smear To Become A Teacher In Sao Paulo, Brazil

What does a woman’s past sexual experience have to do with her teaching skills? Just about everything! That’s why the education department in Sao Paolo, Brazil gets all up in the ladybusiness of potential female employees. According to women’s rights activists in Brazil, as cited by The Washington Post, women are required to prove their […]

5 Myths About Female Orgasms That Need To Die Already

There are so many myths about the female orgasm. The exotic, elusive, enigmatic female O. Because so many (men) fear its power, knowledge on the female orgasm is rare and myths spread like lore. It’s high time we fix that. With Prince gifs. Who knew more about females orgasms than Prince, amirite? (Fuck 50 Shades […]

Madonna Says Women Have It Worse Than Gays and Black People, Needs To Just Sit This One Out

Oh, Madonna. When she’s not being dragged down a flight of stairs by overzealous backup dancers or Photoshopping bondage ropes over Martin Luther King, Jr’s face in an attempt to promote her new album, she’s still making waves and crashing through barriers and revolting, the way she’s always done. This time, I think she’s gone too […]

Study Finds Married Women Have More Abortions Than Anyone Else

In popular imagination, women who get abortions are young, single, and promiscuous, hopping carelessly between one-night stands. I’m not one to look down upon women pursuing whatever lifestyle they find pleasing, but it’s a pretty offensive characterization, as if abortion is some shameful procedure reserved for scared teenagers, and married adult women with families are somehow above it. So you […]

This Artist Wants 100 Women To Pose Nude In Front Of The National Republican Convention, Because Sure

New York-based artist Spencer Tunick is here to change some things with a powerful art “titstallation,” if you will (yes, I had to). A specialist in large-scale nude photographs, he’s asking 100 women to pose nude at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 17, at sunrise. Participants will be a living, posing metaphor of what it means […]