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Female arousal, Angelina Jolie loves women, Wal-Mart pays attention to women's health, and more!

Published October 11, 2006 11:00PM (EDT)

Asian Tribune: A 113-page U.N. study says that women are still victims of sexual harassment, human trafficking and discrimination. Hardly ground-breaking, but at least it's getting international attention.

The Huffington Post: A new NYC tax credit allows non-custodial parents -- 90 percent of whom are men -- to get up to a $1600 tax refund for being up-to-date on child support payments.

Slate: Women become sexually aroused almost as quickly as men? The hell you say!

UK's Metro: Angelina Jolie prefers doing sex scenes with women; Brad Pitt doesn't want his kids to see him naked. Huh.

Deseretnews.com: Wal-Mart is hosting nationwide "Speaking of Women's Health" events this Saturday to educate women about female-specific health issues. (No word on whether emergency contraception will be among the issues discussed.) Here's the event's official site.


By Catherine Price

Catherine Price is an award-winning journalist and author of Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food. Her written and multimedia work has appeared in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, O: The Oprah Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, PARADE, Health Magazine, and Outside. Price lives in Philadelphia.

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