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Straight couple to apply for civil partnership
"Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, from Holloway, London, hope to make history tomorrow morning by becoming the first straight couple to apply for a civil partnership in Britain. Their application is a protest against discriminatory UK laws that segregate couples by their... Prostitution: a crime of purchasing
"Peers have been debating the policing and crime bill. Their deliberations mean that the government will take a historic step: instead of controlling prostitution by punishing women, it will penalise the purchasers – the men." This is an unpredictable development. (And one... Sex education will help gay children
"As a gay child, and in common with many gay children, I was terrified for most of my school life. My earliest sexual encounters – which all occurred before the age of consent (21 at that time) – were unsafe... BU Professor says 'end-time passions' find fertile soil in US
End-time passions find fertile soil in the United States according to Alexander Riley, a sociology professor at Bucknell University who has incorporated the study of the 'end-times', known as Eschatology, into his...
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New warning on 'perfect vaginas'
"Women are undergoing surgery to create the perfect vagina amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says. Research published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology also questions the very notion of aesthetically... Early life stress 'changes' genes
"A study in mice has hinted at the impact that early life trauma and stress can have on genes, and how they can result in behavioural problems. Stressed mice produced hormones that "changed" their genes, affecting their behaviour throughout their lives. " This has to be a... Claims of sex abuse by women grow
"A huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by ChildLine. Over the past five years, the charity says the number of such calls has risen five times faster than youngsters reporting abuse by a man. Of 16,094 children who... Warning of extra heart dangers from mixing cocaine and alcohol
"Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical – the only known example of the body forming a third drug following the ingestion of two others. For not only is cocaethylene toxic in the liver, it is also... Tough love 'is good for children'
"Children brought up according to "tough love" principles are more successful in life, according to a study. The think tank Demos says a balance of warmth and discipline improved social skills more than an laissez-faire, authoritarian or disengaged upbringing. " We were... Violent offenders receiving only police cautions
"If you commit a crime and get caught it is reasonable to think that you will go to court, be prosecuted and pay the price for your actions. Not necessarily. In fact, in England and Wales half of all criminal cases brought to justice these days are punished out of court by... Gender pay gap still as high as 50%, UK survey says
"Women are paid less than half as much as men in some parts of the UK, according to statistics published today that reveal huge regional variations in the pay gap between male and female workers." Some recent reading had led me to believe that this was a situation that was... One in 10 inmates is sex offender (Scotland)
"About one in ten of all Scottish prisoners is a registered sex offender, according to figures released by the Scottish government. Nearly 800 sex offenders were in jail at the end of March, out of a total prison... 'Younger wife' for marital bliss
"The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger than you, say UK experts. These pairings are more likely to go the distance, particularly if neither has been divorced in the past, according to the Bath University team.... Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers
"A female freelance writer who blogged about the pornography industry was threatened with rape. A single mother who blogged about "the daily ins and outs of being a mom" was threatened by a cyber-stalker who... Women's Wages Outpaced Men's During Recession (US)
"The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. Over the past two years, the wages...
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