Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series. The initial post is here. This instalment continues Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene“. Here you can see masturbation-aversion, awful advice on interfering with childrens’ genitals, the magical thinking of today’s abstinence-only education… Read More ›
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Families, politicians and stupid rumours
I was very unimpressed with some rumours I read within hours of the announcement that Sarah Palin was running for VP on the McCain ticket: to whit, rumours that infant Trig was in fact not her son but was instead… Read More ›
Big Brother Friday: Are they doing it deliberately?
April and Ollie (the ‘clean-living’ Pentecostal preacher’s son) are having a showmance on Big Brother Ten USA. The whole shebang – unprotected PIV sex (he withdrew) and all. Go, abstinence-only education! Here’s host Julie Chen interviewing them about their showmance,… Read More ›
How to reduce teen pregnancies
Teen Pregnancy Decline: Teenage pregnancy rates continue to drop in Hackney, new figures reveal. The Office of National Statistics shows the number of teenage pregnancies has dropped by 28 per cent since 1998, compared with a national average of 13… Read More ›
Some weekend reading
Firstly, the obligatory funny picture: From ICHC Dave at Orcinus: If conservatives really, really hate being called fascists … #6 … then maybe they ought to quit talking like them. Suzanne Kleid at McSweeney: ABSTINENCE-ONLY DRIVER’S ED: stamping out unbridled… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 