in this century,” says Dr. Mahinda Watsa, a gynaecologist who writes a popular sexual advice column in the Mumbai Mirror and Bangalore Mirror newspaper. Dr. Mahinda Watsa has answered more than 30,000 questions from Indians wanting sexual advice, and says a common question from men is how to find out whether their wife is a virgin, or from women who are keen their husband doesn’t know…
Thousands of women have taken part in a march in Delhi to protest against the recent gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student. The victim died at the weekend from severe injuries she sustained during the December 16 attack in a bus. The incident has caused a national outcry. Police are expected to charge five of six suspects with murder on Thursday. If convicted, they could face the death penal…
…#8217;s rights in Saudi Arabia are still defined by Islam and lack basic freedoms found in many Western cultures. Last September, King Abdullah announced that women will be able to vote and run in the 2015 local elections but Saudi Arabia is still the only country in the world that prohibits women from driving and it took huge efforts from the International Olympic Committee to persuade them to en…
Jacqueline, an obese model whose picture was unwittingly used in an advertisement for an extra-marital affairs website has spoken out about the apparent “exploitation” of her body. Jacqueline, the supersized model has slammed Ashley Madison and the advertising industry for “body shaming” and promoting infidelity. Writing on Jezebel.com, Jacqueline, the U.S. size 32 model s…
…just ahead of Bangladesh, Ghana and Papua New Guinea Figures from the UN Population Fund indicate that Uzbekistan had a maternal mortality ratio of 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2008 – a 44% improvement on 1990 This ratio put it level with Iran, just ahead of Albania and Malaysia (31) and just behind Armenia (29), Romania and Uruguay (27)…
Brooklyn Labor Day Parade 2011: 7 deaths among 49 gunshot victims at West Indian Carnival. During the Labor Day weekend in New York the number of shot people has risen to 43, after violence started at the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. In the 24 hours, from Saturday 6 a.m. to Sunday 6 a.m., 24 people were shot, the victims were shot during 15 separate incidents, and so far no arrest…
The Indian woman who died after being gang-raped on a bus has been cremated in the capital, New Delhi. The ceremony came hours after a plane chartered by the Indian government brought her body back to the city. The 23-year-old medical student died in a Singapore hospital where she was being treated for severe injuries. The attack sparked two weeks of protests about gender attitudes in India, and…
s the weekend, with daily hearings. Media reports say the charges and evidence run to more than 1,000 pages, including key testimony from the woman before she died, and that police have lined up about 30 witnesses. On Wednesday, thousands of women marched through Delhi to Rajghat – the memorial to India’s independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi – to protest against the rape and India…
tee, Leymah Gbowee had “worked to enhance the influence of women in West Africa during and after war”. Leymah Gbowee said: “I am confused. I am humbled. This is the first time in the 39 years of my life that I am out of words. “This is a victory for women rights everywhere in the world. What could be better then three women winning the prize? “This is the recognition…
Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out during an interview with BBC about the many changes she would like to see in her country. Princess Basma, 47, is the youngest daughter of former Saudi Arabia’s ruler, King Saud, and niece to its current king. The princess currently lives in Acton, West London, and is a businesswoman setting up a series of restaurant chains in…
, defying the trends seen in every other battleground and national poll.” Overall, Mitt Romney has 50% of support among likely voters in the 12 battleground states, while Barack Obama is trailing with 46% support, according to the survey. Without winning women, Barack Obama’s path to victory in November is complicated, if not impossible. The memo includes a chart of selected surveys from a h…
, defying the trends seen in every other battleground and national poll.” Overall, Mitt Romney has 50% of support among likely voters in the 12 battleground states, while Barack Obama is trailing with 46% support, according to the survey. Without winning women, Barack Obama’s path to victory in November is complicated, if not impossible. The memo includes a chart of selected surveys from a h…
According to a controversial study, the real reason women pursue careers is because they fear they are too unattractive to get married. The research team, made up of three women and two men, said that when men are thin on the ground, “women are more likely to choose briefcase over baby”. And the plainer a woman is, they claim, the more she is driven to succeed in the workplace. Central to their a…
…himself first wrongly guessed that it was “Xixapangma in Tibet”. On Thursday, Ron Garan – a US astronaut who lived aboard the ISS last year – tweeted: “We r still looking 4 a good view of illusive #Everest #FromSpace Apparently Yuri’s ISS pic’s not Everest It’s Saser Muztagh.”…
artney in November 2007 and it was announced on 6 May 2011 that the two had become engaged. Nancy Shevell and Linda McCartney, Paul’s first wife, were pals. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30s, around the time Linda was losing her battle. The two women became then close friends. Nancy Shevell is a breast cancer survivor. Nancy and her ex-husband Bruce Blakeman knew Paul McCartney, his…
A British Medical Journal analysis has found that dieting in pregnancy is safe for women and does not carry risks for the baby. The review looked at the findings from 44 previous studies involving more than 7,000 women. The London-based team said following a healthy diet – and not eating for two – prevents excess weight gain and cuts the risk of complications. But current guidelines d…
…marrying up, and one in five women are now marrying men who are seven or more years older than them.” Official figures last week showed 52% of women aged 17-30 went into higher education compared with 42% of men. …
…udies are harder to carry out in women due to the varying effects of hormones during the menstrual cycle. “In addition, many believe men are the only ones to suffer from heart disease. “However nearly 40,000 women die of coronary heart disease each year in the UK and we do not yet know whether all the diet recommendations which we currently advise are as effective for women as for men. “The good n…
o Beauty study, British women cite Holly Willoughby’s cleavage as the curves they most covet The survey of 1,000 UK women found the average bra size is now a large D cup, edging towards a DD. However, 40% of women say they wish their boobs were bigger. In contrast, 28% wish they were smaller. One in 33 of those surveyed (3%) said they have had implants, and another 27% admitted they would consider…
The female student who was raped on a bus in India’s capital Delhi has died at a Singapore hospital, doctors say. The 23-year-old had arrived in Singapore on Thursday after undergoing three operations in a Delhi hospital. The attack earlier this month triggered violent public protests in India that left one police officer dead. As news of the student’s death spread across social media…
…the Office of Dietary Supplements and the Office of Research on Women’s Health. Solae LLC, based in St. Louis, provided study products without charge. A total of 350 healthy postmenopausal women, aged 45 to 92 years, were enrolled and 313 of them were included in intention-to-treat analyses. Neuropsychological tests were given to the participants at the start and at the end of the study. They rece…
s at least twice a day reduced their chances of becoming pregnant by 20%. There was no effect on the chances of pregnancy for women who preferred to drink coffee. The findings were based on a group of 3,600 women who were actively trying to have a baby. The study’s author, Professor Elizabeth Hatch, wanted to determine if caffeine intake had any effect on women trying for a baby. While there have…
ntered and sat with them. The man was asked to smile at them and engage them in friendly conversation. Unknown to the women, the man had been pre-selected for his attractiveness by a separate group of 31 women who had awarded him an average of 7.28 on a scale of 1 to 9. The man then accompanied the women down a corridor to the laboratory, where they were told the study would take place. But withou…
…ire – and in fact, does not require sexual activity at all. The study, which was published this week in the American Journal of Medicine, found that in a group of more than 800 women between age 40 and 100, those under 55 and those over 80 were most likely to declare themselves satisfied with their sex lives. And almost half of women who had not had sex in the past month said they were sexua…
…phone calls suggests that women call their spouse more than any other person But the data shows that women start to switch the preference of their best friend from about the mid-30s, and by the age of 45 a woman of a generation younger becomes the “new best friend”, according to Prof. Robin Dunbar. “What seems to happen is that women push the <<old man>> out to become…
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