Maybe you don't think it has a place, but the article needs better reasoning. Especially saying it's just gross. That's just opinion, and there are counter-points there, they haven't been investigated and instead it's declared case closed.

I'll tell you a story, a friend of mine comes from a staunch Catholic family. Parents married young and they ended with 14 kids (twins in there) arriving at 1-2 year periods. Then, mysteriously even though the mother was still quite young, the babies stopped arriving.

Actually while I do understand that vegan food has no animal products in it and the context of the restaurant, I can understand the confusion. "Vegan" and "chicken" (or shrimp) are contradictory terms, and then after giving dishes those names they then turn around and say no, they don't serve that. Given the person…

I think they have some of the details wrong, I've seen another report saying she was due for a hysterectomy (and oophrectomy would be very unusual to do at that age I'd think, but dunno what might have been appearing on scans). Sounds like the baby was in a very odd position and delivery was difficult as he was…

I don't understand the prudish claim. You can be comfy with your body and not necessarily want close up images of your vagina/vulva all torn and bloody after just having a baby pushed out of there, or wish to inflict that on others. Or anything else that may have come out too whilst pushing. Others milage may vary,…

But how could you mention that and forget about "O" for Awesome:

The issue is though that rape victims get a hard time full stop, the crime is dismissed and the victims denigrated all the time. It just takes a slightly different tack with male rape, although I've seen it in the form that the woman was so ugly she was lucky to be raped etc. It's awful and painful. It needs to be…

It is a different culture. Here in NZ, you can leave school at 16, and while many stay for the extra year it wouldn't be that unusual for someone of that age either to be working or in Polytech study or something like that and interact with older age groups and older students (and maybe even go out with them!). You…

Well, I'll just say that in New Zealand, where we have roughly the same system they don't do the whole dental dam thing at years 5-6. At that stage, it's just about how your body works, puberty changes, relationships and where they can seek help if they any more questions. They did split them at that stage, and the…

It was all a lie in any case, she decided to create a "selling point" by creating that vile rant: http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/…

Who said she had that choice? There's more possibilities than that, including that once they had her trapped and had her phone they were going to do it anyway, irrespective of her choice. The blackmail merely providing an convenient cover for the rapists. Worked here, she's got "no self-respect". It's completely…

The consent laws are to stop exploitation of minors, it's not got that much to do with the maturity of individuals as such. In my country for instance, it's 18 to sign a contract. This is because generally under that age, a child or teen can't really make a true informed decision of the merits or otherwise of what…

2010 data from Bureau of Justice - violent victimisation, by type and relationship:

Ad's that present men as buffoons? That's covered too e.g. ASA's code for people in advertising - "...advertisements should not use stereotypes in the portrayal of....groups of people in society which...is reasonably likely to cause serious or widespread offence, hostility, contempt, abuse or ridicule...." (there is…

What is the fundamental difference between a woman and a non- or not yet viable foetus? The medical and moral difference is that one person already exists, and should have the right of medical decision making over their own body in all circumstances, just like men do. Instead, even if a woman wants a tubal ligation…