womens rights

10 Celebrities Who Aren’t Afraid to Use the F Word [Lady Bits]
I dare you to say it. The F word. Ok, I’ll go first. I’M A FEMINIST. Odd as it may seem that “feminist” is such a loaded label in 2013, the fact is that there are a lot of misconceptions out there about feminism.
New Year, Same Crazy Politicians In Washington [Sex in the News]
Instead of focusing on one issue, I thought I’d share a smattering of new issues that came up this week, and judge from afar (aka Canada – the land of legal abortions and same-sex marriage).

11 Things Men Are Thankful For This Year [Dude's List]
This is when we take stock in what we’ve been given and/or retained over the last 12 months, all in the hopes of gaining a greater appreciation for these people, possessions, gifts, services, essentials, etc.
Did Sex Win In The 2012 Election? [Sex in the News]
Barack Obama wasn’t the only big winner on election night. Women, people from the LGBTQ community and marijuana enthusiasts also finished ahead this election.
Getting To Know The 4 Newest Female Senators
Yesterday marked another achievement in history: the 113th Congress will welcome four new female Senators into the fold. There will now be at least 19 women serving in the Senate, making this the largest group of women that has ever served.
What You Need to Know About the War on Women [Sex in the News]
This week things took an interesting turn when Hilary Rosen questioned Ann Romney’s ability to relate to women in America because she’d “never worked a day in her life.” Michelle Obama, jumped to Ann Romney’s defense, and Rosen was quickly denounced as she does not have any affiliation with the Obama campaign.
Sex in the News: Violence Against Women Act
One Republican woman joined a group of mostly Democratic senators late last week to try and convince Republicans to support an extended version of the Violence Against Women Act. The act started as a bill created in 1994 to provide money for “emergency shelters, counseling, rape crisis centers, and legal services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.”

Sex in the News: True Effects of the Women’s Rights Movement
In many ways women are much closer to equal income and in some college programs there are more women that men. All in all, women have been making strides over the years. But this isn’t the case for all women. While rich and middle-class women have been climbing all sorts of ladders, less fortunate women have the same amount of equality as back in the 1970s.
Sex in the News: What’s Wrong With Being Unmarried and Childless?
Overall, women who have not popped out children may have trouble with social functioning and mental health as a result of societal pressures to have children. I’m sure you could relate if you sat next to your old aunt at Thanksgiving that measures accomplishments by the presence of a ring on your finger and a stroller in front of you.
Happy Birthday, Barack Obama!
Obama has endured a ton of criticism in his presidency. While I proudly voted for him in 2008, I will freely admit that I feel he’s dropped the ball on important issues. That said, today is his birthday, and I’d like to take a moment to point out some of the great things he has done in the last 2.5 years.
Study Shows Men are Still Out-earning Women
It’s 2011, right? Um, so can anyone tell me why women are STILL getting paid less than men for equal work? Because, as a newly minted college grad looking to jump start my career (and pay off my loans), I’d really like to know.
Can We Stop the Slut Shaming Now?
Our society has incredibly dysfunctional, scary, and repressive ways of approaching sexuality, especially female sexuality. If we dare to step outside those narrowly defined boundaries, society finds it completely acceptable to hurl words like “slut” and “whore” at us. We’re called sluts for endless reasons: our hair is too big, our nails are too red, we wear too much glitter, our skirts are too short, we look like we may enjoy giving blow jobs, we dance too suggestively, our sense is humor is too raunchy…
The CC Weekly Weigh In: America, F**K Yeah!
Happy (almost) Independence Day, people! It’s time to bust out the sparklers and consume massive amounts of grilled meat, all in the name of this here country.
Deep Thoughts from The Bachelor: Did Ali Make The Right Choice?
It happened suddenly. I was doing some work in my living room while one of my roommates watched The Bachelor in the background. I needed a break from all the writing so I joined her on the couch. Ten minutes later, I was hooked.
Women Are Sluts and Men Are Suffering?
In her recent essay The New Dating Game, Allen tries to communicate the message that because women now have the power to choose who they date (and sleep with), males, particularly beta-males, are being pushed to the back burner. In the “New Paleolithic Age,” alpha males are “dragging women by the hair into their caves– and the women love every minute of it.”
Tim Tebow in Trouble
There is no doubt that Tim Tebow is an outstanding athlete, a two time Heisman winner who will automatically enter the 2010 NFL Draft. But did you know that the world might never have known that? In 1987, Pam Tebow was urged by doctors in the Phillipines to abort her pregnancy, because they feared that not only would the baby be stillborn but that her life might be in danger as well.