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What Does it Really Mean?

Many studies have shown that stay-home mums who have kids aged between 5-12, have a punishing daily 14-hour / 98 hours a week / seven day...

The problem of Misogyny in GAME OF THRONES

"... They are nothing more than props. Interchangeable, nameless, faceless orifices that men enter at their convenience, because they’ve...

Rituals and Rings - That Old Marriage Trap - Part 3

Maybe those marriages wouldn’ t have lasted for so long, if the little grandmothers had a little money in their name... Love, romance,...

The Woman in the Mirror - “Ageing is Not For Sissies” – Part II

... In this era of proud porn watchers, public masturbators, outed sadists, and closeted pedophiles, it is heterosexual women who are...

Beauty Works - Ageing is Not For Sissies - Part I

Digital artists are recruited in order to eliminate such “flaws” from actresses, keeping that face “bankable” and the illusion (and...

Wedding Gowns & Lies - That Old Marriage Trap – Part 2

In the words of Cruella de Vil: “We lose more women to marriage than war, famine, and disease!” Isn’t it interesting that in pop culture,...

A Saviour & Protector - That Old Marriage Trap – Part 1

Thoughts of wedding gowns will attack their brain like a virus that spreads everywhere, erasing all non-family related dreams, wiping out...

Dear Single Women

Marriage is more about someone else’ s dirty laundry and bathroom habits. It’s about not having a moment to yourself, and endless chores,...

Dear Married Women

Sometimes it is about living without putting all your expectations about your happiness, well-being and comfort, on someone else’ s...

Married, not Dead - Thoughts on Cheating

...you wouldn't object to meeting, say, a winemaker in Provence who also happens to volunteer at a dog shelter, who would cook for you,...