Tag Archives: Women
Men with Lower Voices Have Lower Quality Sperm
Last year saw lots of research into low-voiced guys, with scientists finding that women are better at remembering things when they’re said in a deep, manly voice, and that women prefer deep-voiced partners. The authors of the latter study wrote, … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Science, Strange But True
Saudi Woman Executed for Witchcraft
A Saudi woman was beheaded after being convicted of practicing “witchcraft and sorcery,” at least the second such execution for sorcery this year. The woman, Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar, was executed in the northern Saudi province of al-Jawf on Monday. … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment, Sick Sad World, World
Ohio “Heartbeat Bill” Divides Anti-Choice Movement
A rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists impatient with the pace of change. Established anti-abortion leaders like National Right to Life and Catholic bishops have pushed … Continue reading
Fatou Bensouda Chosen as Next International Criminal Court Prosecutor
Parties to the international treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC) have selected Fatou B. Bensouda of the Gambia to be the next prosecutor. Ms. Bensouda is expected to be elected on December 12 at the tenth session of … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment, World
Breaking: Herman Cain Suspends Campaign
Herman Cain announced he is suspending his bid for the Republican Presidential nomination. “One of the first declarations that I want to make to you today is that I am at peace with my God. I am at peace with … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Virginia Legislators Jump Aboard Personhood Train
Pro life legislators in Virginia think it would be a dandy idea to declare that life begins at conception and that fertilized eggs are people. Undaunted by the Personhood Movement’s overreach in Mississippi, Republican delegate to the Virginia legislature Bob … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, Sick Sad World, Stupid Is As Stupid Does
How to Chip Away at Abortion Rights without Making Abortion Illegal
Last week’s passage of the “Let Women Die” Act capped off a year characterized by a number of abortion restricting bills. Since Roe v. Wade has withstood decades of legal challenges, the next abortion laws won’t take on Roe v. … Continue reading
Filed under Law, National, Politics, Sick Sad World
Sorority Inducts 90-Year-Old Who Dropped Out of College to Help War Effort
At Washburn University in 1941, Bertie McConnell wanted to join Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Before she could pledge, World War II broke out and she dropped out to work in an ammunition factory. Recently, Ms. McConnell’s daughter contacted the sorority, … Continue reading
