Wheeee! Let’s All Play!

Ken AshfordSex/Morality/Family Values, Women's IssuesLeave a Comment

From a federal government website: Abortions can have complications. There may be emotional consequences, as well: some women say that they feel sad and some use more alcohol or drugs than before. The notable thing about this statement is that it is undeniably true.  "Some" women do feel sad, and "some" women use more alcohol or drugs than before. Of … Read More

I, For One, Welcome Our New Lesbian Overloards

Ken AshfordCrime, Right Wing and Inept Media, Women's IssuesLeave a Comment

Seriously, this is loony tunes, even for Bill O’Reilly: A "national underground network" of pink pistol-packing lesbians is terrorizing America. "All across the country," they are raping young girls, attacking heterosexual males at random, and forcibly indoctrinating children as young as 10 into the homosexual lifestyle, according to a shocking June 21 segment on the popular Fox News Channel program, … Read More

Christians And Their Bikinis

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Sex/Morality/Family Values, Women's Issues1 Comment

I came across this and decided that it needed unpacking…. Bikinis are Inappropriate Swimwear According to ChristiaNet Poll ChristiaNet.com, the world’s largest Christian portal with twelve million monthly page loads, recently conducted a poll asking participants to decide if bikinis are appropriate swimwear. It is interesting to note with this poll that many voters felt that the attitude and the … Read More

I Largely Agree With Lesbians

Ken AshfordWomen's Issues1 Comment

A list of the "Hottest 100 Women" is nothing new, but this list was selected and voted on by lesbians. With the exception of their #1 (UPDATE: okay …and #31), I really have no major disagreements. However: Let’s face it: Maxim doesn’t cater to lesbians. In fact, you could say it flies in the face of all that we hold … Read More

Making The Email Rounds

Ken AshfordWomen's IssuesLeave a Comment

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ, the following chain of events is put into motion: Routine:1. The woman buys the food.2. The woman makes a salad, prepares vegetables, and makes dessert.3. The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who … Read More

There’s Modesty And Then There’s TOO Modest

Ken AshfordWomen's IssuesLeave a Comment

If you got it, flaunt it, they say.  But for some of us (myself included), bathing suit season makes us self-conscious.  Well, now there’s a solution — www.wholesomewear.com: Our Waterwear is the first to be introduced because the need for modesty in swimwear is greatest and the supply is non-existent.  Swimwear that "highlights the face, rather than the body" includes … Read More

About High Heels

Ken AshfordWomen's IssuesLeave a Comment

Here’s the effect on your body, ladies, courtesy of the Washington Post (click to enlarge): Chock full of information.  For example, experts say the pressure on the front of your foot increases by 76% when you wear a three-inch heel. They also throw the spine and hips out of alignment. Not that I don’t appreciate you wearing them, but why … Read More

Psycho Ex-Girlfriends

Ken AshfordWomen's Issues2 Comments

(1) This makes me laugh. (2)  Real phone messages from a psycho ex-girlfriend.  Not funny at all.  Very difficult to know what the "right thing to do" is.  Love how every message starts "Oh, and by the way…." (3) The Psycho Ex-Girlfriend Test 1. Do you cringe when you hear about your ex-boyfriend and his new love interest?It depends on … Read More

Everything I Know About Women, I Learned From Alyssa Milano

Ken AshfordWomen's Issues1 Comment

Thank you, Alyssa.  Thank you for telling me ten things I don’t know about women.  Thank you for reducing your gender into broad overgeneralized stereotypes (and thank you, by the way, for giving me an excuse to post some photos of you): 1. Women are innately self-conscious. This is not a choice; it’s a genderwide condition. On a bad day, … Read More

BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Partial Birth Abortion

Ken AshfordBreaking News, Supreme Court, Women's IssuesLeave a Comment

MSNBC story here. Opinion here. No time to read the opinion and give my expert legal analysis, but it’s clear that Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) is effectively overturned (although the majority opinion denies that they are doing so).  The different between that case and this one?  Alito is on the Court; O’Connor is not. UPDATE:  Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBLOG does … Read More

“Feminism Destroying America”

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy, Women's Issues1 Comment

So says Chuck Baldwin, Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida and vice presidential nominee for the Constitution Party in 2004: When one searches to find the causes for America’s rapid deterioration, there is no shortage of suspects. However, my thirty-plus years experience as a pastor, counselor, and researcher has convinced me that there is no greater threat to … Read More

Women Forge Friendships By Talking About Their Fatsnacks

Ken AshfordWomen's IssuesLeave a Comment

Well, that’s what researchers say: It’s almost inevitable: When women get together, the chatter eventually turns to whose skinny jeans don’t fit anymore and who weighs in heavier on the scale. And participation is socially mandatory, a new study finds. Socially "mandatory"?  Who enforces this? Researchers call this "fat talk", a term coined to describe a behavior common in middle … Read More

V Monologues Controversy Update

Ken AshfordWomen's IssuesLeave a Comment

The New York Times covers the story today, here.  It doesn’t add much to what I posted yesterday, except that it adds the views of "Vagina Monologues" author Eve Ensler: In an interview on Wednesday, Ms. Ensler said that she called the girls on Monday to praise them and offer her support. “Why a school has a problem with teenagers … Read More