- A study reports that young women are more than twice as likely to consistently use a contraceptive method if their male partner believes strongly in birth control.
- The Culture of Life Foundation argues that a marriage cannot be consummated through "contraceptive intercourse." Does that mean premarital sex is OK if protection is used?
- Welcome to "the menaissance," yet again.
- On a related note -- or in total contradiction, I can't decide -- Details declares Jon Hamm to be "The Last Alpha Male."
- It seems the New York Times has listened to criticism about the gender disparity in its coverage of notable deaths. That's right: The obituary section, now with more women.
- Something to file under Baby Steps: Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi declares that young women do not need their father's permission to be married -- as long as other members of the family approve.
- The Daily Beast delivers some "home-birth horror stories" -- because apparently this is the week of Labor Stories From Hell.
- Jezebel delivers the headline of the day: "Penises Grow On Female Snails' Heads After Chemical Exposure."
- Beekeeping lessons are giving women hope in Afghanistan. (This cheery item comes courtesy of a friend who tells me: "You've been so depressing lately.")
- Gloria Steinem brings depressing news (so I don't have to) by predicting that the fight for equality "will take another century and a half."
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