Gender Issues

Schoolgirl Who Dressed Up As Boy To Take 16-Year-Old's Virginity Jailed

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A 17-year-old schoolgirl who dressed up as a boy and used a sex toy to take her younger victim's virginity has been jailed for three years. Justine...

In Defence of Amanda Todd

Elizabeth Plank | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Elizabeth Plank

If you thought Amanda Todd's suicide was the biggest tragedy you'd be reading about this week, think again.

Little Miss Know Your Place - Are You a Miss, a Ms or a Mrs?

Jessica Bower | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Jessica Bower

Within British culture, being designated 'the missus' carries significantly less glamorous and dignified connotations than 'Madame'. The anodyne and slightly self-conscious 'Ms' is hardly more appealing, although it does at least attempt to define women independent of their marital status.

All-Male BBC Sports Shortlist Down to Men's Obsession With Men

Gloria Moss | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK
Gloria Moss

Tonight will decide the winner of this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year. You might think that with a 27-strong jury, the list would be a fair reflection of Britain's greatest sporting talent. However, the absence of any women on the list has already raised eyebrows and findings from research I have just conducted points a finger at the culprit. Men's obsession with men.

Have You Been Labelled CoDependent? Time Was You Might Have Been Saddled With Penis Envy

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 19.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

It's always easier to see through the foibles of past generations, and much harder to view one's own reality with the same critical acumen. So I ask the reader to make an effort: try to view today's codependency culture with the eyes of future generations.

Gender-Free UK Passports Being Considered

PA | Posted 19.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Sex-free British passports could be brought in to allow transgender people to opt out of identifying themselves as either male or...