John Mayer Loves Himself

Self Love In an interview in this month’s Playboy, John Mayer says he can’t keep his hands off himself. Giving new meaning to narcissism, Mayer says he prefers an intimate night in with his computer to a night out with a real live woman. Even when he’s with a real woman, Mayer confesses he is just […]

Looking for love on Valentine’s day? You won’t find it here

Fancy some violence on Valentine’s Day? Came across this, which is doing the rounds on some Facebook sites: “I’ve got a Valentines poem that has never yet failed to get me into a girls knickers. . .  Here we go then . . .  Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’ve got a knife now […]

Sexualised images contribute to workplace harassment

My friend Cordelia Fine had a terrific piece in the SMH and Age yesterday  Feel sorry for Kiely, but pity more his female colleagues in which she makes the case that sexualised images in the workplace undermine women. Even as psychologists learn more about how gender stereotypes adversely affect women trying to gain ground in […]

Australian Sex Party caught out in attempt to hide reality of ‘teen porn’ titles

It was a remarkable case of playing fast and loose with the truth – even by the standards of the Australian Sex Party (ASP).  Kids Free 2B Kids expose on ‘pseudo’ child pornography flooding corner stores, milkbars and petrol stations (including 7-Eleven and McDonald’s-Fuelzone) was turned into a claim that Australia had banned small breasted women in pornography. This […]

But Wait, There’s More: Why Does Supre Treat Little Girls This Way?

You know, I was really hoping to focus on something other than anti-women t-shirts this week  and blog on a topic which might hopefully maintain the interest of the 13,000 people who visited this site in the past four days in response to global coverage of objectifying items of apparel. But just as I was […]