"We figured she's only 3, she's not comprehending this," says Jay. "But she was."

Shannon's grandmother, Myrna Yaskulka, was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11. She worked as an executive secretary at Fred Alger Management, located on the 93rd floor of the north tower. Five years after her death, the Yaskulkas, like thousands of families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, are still coping with the aftershocks.

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New York Times Magazine: Antagonistic interviewer Deborah Solomon accuses Bitch co-editor Andi Zeisler and other feminists born in the '70s of being "trapped in a pop-culture bubble." Zeisler more than holds her own.

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The reasons for the decline vary and include greater economic independence for women, and the increase in the number of couples who live together without getting married. The Times interviewed men who are afraid to commit, men who fear divorce, and one 41-year-old who says he'd love to have a family but he just hasn't met the right woman.

But the single most significant reason these men remain unattached is "because the pool of women in their social circles -- those without college degrees -- has shrunk," according to the Times. "And the dwindling pool of women in this category often look for a mate with more education and hence better financial prospects." As Shenia Rudolph, 42, from the Bronx said succinctly, "Men don't marry because women like myself don't need to rely on them."

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"While Feminists for Life of America will not own the house, the pro-life feminist organization will manage and care for the birthplace," according to the press release. "FFLs national office will remain in the Washington, D.C., area. A panel of experts will be assembled to determine the best use for the dwelling. Others who care about Susan B. Anthony will be provided a means to contribute ideas."

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Thirty-eight-year-old Pittsburgh attorney Todd Hollis, who is accused on the site of being messy, unfaithful, a deadbeat dad, possibly gay, and suffering from herpes, has sued DontDateHimGirl.com's creator, Tasha Joseph, because she has refused to take down several posts about him, which Hollis insists are filled with lies.

Women post to the site accusing men of everything from serious crimes such as sleeping with young girls to minor annoyances like spending too much time playing video games. A recent post is typical of the kind of trash talking that goes on: "At first, I thought he was my great legionary in shining leather but he turned out to be just a manwhore, sticking his turgid manmeat in any cavernous hole he can find. All he ever does is get drunk and pass out on my stairs." (The site does offer accused men the opportunity to respond to their critics).

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More New York Times: Glamour magazine is sponsoring a series of short films based on true stories from its readers, and directed by Hollywood celebrities. "Im not like a bleeding heart feminist or a bleeding heart anything, said Jennifer Aniston, who co-directed the film, Room 10" for the series. But I think I like women. I support women.

Washington Post: Beware the toxic parent! Bwa ha ha ha ha!

Women's e-news: Happy World Breastfeeding Week! The good news: Two-thirds of new mothers choose to breast-feed. The bad and not surprising news: those rates drop dramatically when women return to work.

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It's about friggin' time.

As you'll recall, a ruling on the over-the-counter status of the drug has been tied up for years and has been tainted by the suggestion that politics -- not concerns for women's health -- have been the cause of the government's indecision regarding the drug.

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"I know this is one of the last taboos of modern society," she writes. "To admit that you, a mother of the new millennium, don't find your offspring thoroughly fascinating and enjoyable at all times is a state of affairs very few women are prepared to admit. We feel ashamed, and unfit to be mothers." Kirwan-Taylor feels alienated from those mums who have made raising children their de facto careers, but her guilt subsides once she starts talking to friends who also find aspects of parenting dreary, and shrinks who tell her that child-centered parenting just creates narcissistic children anyway.

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"Even though the Mexican constitution says we are equal, the vows put the woman in a very disadvantaged position where the man can make it her obligation to reproduce, take care of the home," Teresa Ulloa, president of the women's rights organization Defensoras Populares, told the AP.

The old vows -- a 537-word ode to marriage written by liberal politician Melchor Ocampo in 1859 -- were created to replace religious vows endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church. (After penning the vows Ocampo was executed for promoting the separation of church and state -- yet for some reason his vows were left in the civil marriage law.) In March, Defensoras Populares convinced Mexico's Congress to adopt a resolution that urges judges to skip the vows, though they are still on the books in 31 states.

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Advocates say that most teenage girls do seek help from a parent when faced with an unintended pregnancy, and those who don't have good reasons not to. But instead of encouraging young women to seek guidance from other trusted adults, this bill would force them to face their abortion decision alone. Should this bill pass, a grandmother who simply accompanied her granddaughter to get an abortion could spend up to a year in jail, pay a steep fine and be subject to a civil lawsuit.

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