Fri 19 Mar 2010 |
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As I am writing this I have, fresh in my mind, the imprisonment in Malawi of two men who had just become engaged. Tiwonge Chimbalanga — a transvestite — and Steven Monjeza, both in their early twenties, pledged themselves to each other in front of 500 witnesses, and then were carted off to jail, and may now face a sentence of 14 years. |
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Mon 08 Mar 2010 |
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When it comes to understanding the basics of a relationship you would be right in thinking that it rarely gets more basic between two partners than the sexual basis of their relationship. Sex is so basic in how we form and sustain our relationships that it often becomes the catalyst which makes them happen and dysfunctions on that front often also lead to their break down. |
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 A Brazilian mayor has banned so-called ‘sex bracelets’ worn by children to flaunt their sexual preferences from all public schools, saying they lead to inappropriate discussions. I know, right now you think ‘sex bracelets’, ‘children’, ‘Brazil’, all in about this order and you are right. |
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Fri 26 Feb 2010 |
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 On a day when I am pressured by writing deadlines, interview requests and a mountain of email escape in cyberspace becomes an option so appealing that I have often found myself wishing I could digitize and live forever as a presence in the global network. |
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Sun 07 Feb 2010 |
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A lot of people associate Saint Valentine’s day with mandatory torture where you need to try hard to be original and pull some sort of mind blowing stunt or you’ll be doomed to fail and the whole world is going to crush you starting with your significant other. Through many years, not without the help of the media, we have been lured into thinking that this particular day must be something out of this world, requiring at least one serious injury due to the strenuous effort involved in getting everything right and a trip or two to the nearest store, buying loads of RED stuff, preferably heart shaped and definitely expensive.
With the economy going to hell retailers are no longer even pretending about romance and they are all busy sticking little hearts on their products suggesting that their products are exactly what your beloved would expect to receive from you. Let me see, according to what’s on sale for Valentine’s Day at the moment I should be devastated to get through that day without receiving at least a coffee maker, a can opener or a set of knifes. According to Amazon’s gift guide it’s exactly what I would like. Gifts are nice and no one is arguing over that but we often forget the real meaning of that day and what really makes it special.
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Thu 04 Feb 2010 |
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As I am writing this I am conscious of the fact this is probably one more of our inane, light-headed, blonde-moment tendencies, as women, in the 21st century to become so completely self-absorbed and navel-gazing that all we can focus on is a particular body part of our female anatomy and the way we (and others) relate to it. |
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Mon 01 Feb 2010 |
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The days when animal names were the exclusive preserve of seek-and-destroy SEAL teams and…well, erm, animals seem to belong, firmly, to the last century. In the 21st century the ages of a woman seem to be described by jungle-themed predatory terms such as: puma, cougar and panther. |
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Mon 25 Jan 2010 |
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After his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones, actor Michael Douglas remarked, “You have to be secure to be married to someone as beautiful as Catherine.” The truth is you have to be secure to make a good relationship work with any woman and herein lies the issue.
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