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In the uproar over birth control it’s very appropriate that people call attention to the fact that BC is taken for a number of reasons. However, all this “paying so you can have sex” and calling sex “social activities” rhetoric makes me want to add something (or bang my head against the wall). What’s wrong with sex? Have none of these men had sex or wished to exercise control over when they’ll reproduce?

Today a friend of mine posted a comic strip of a woman saying she wants her contraceptives to be treated by insurance companies like other medication and listed all the reasons she took it. PMS, acne, ovarian cysts, etc. In the next panel Rick Santorum calls her ...

Here is a story that blew my mind.

A girl at BYU was on campus Valentine’s day when she was handed a note that read:

“You may want to consider that what you’re wearing has a negative effect on men (and women) around you. Many people come to this university because they feel safe, morally as well as physically, here. They expect others to abide by the Honor Code that we all agreed on. Please consider your commitment to the Honor Code (which you agreed to) when dressing each day. Thank you.”

The anonymous author was gone before the girl could read the note or respond and left no identifying information. The first question that sprang to ...

This is a piece I wrote for my international human rights class last semester. It may seem outdated since it’s talking about the burqa ban in France, but I would like to put it out there because it basically criticizes the same logic that lead to the banning of Muslim women who covered their bodies by FIFA. That logic is: we don’t like an opressive religion that tells women to wear a restrictive and limited dress code so we’re going to restrict them from chosing to wear that… by further limiting their choices and power within society (or more recently, soccer). So.. they want to liberate women from a religion telling them what to do by having states or organizations ...