Men don't usually have to think about birth control. Sure they might carry a condom, but there is no birth control pill for men. Yet.

Yesterday, Yvonne Fulbright, Fox News' "sexpert", wrote an entire column about how it's the size of a woman's vagina that causes her to reach orgasm during "sex." But it becomes clear from reading her that she defines "sex" as vaginal.

The Washington Post published an extremely sympathetic profile of the National Organization for Marriage's executive Director, Brian Brown. He's a PhD! He has gay friends! He uses exclamation points!

Rep. Lynn Jenkins has defended her remark saying that Republicans need a "great white hope," explaining that she didn't realize the phrase had a racist connotation.

A 70-year-old man was arrested in Spokane on Wednesday for making threats to the family of late-term abortion provider Warren Hern, subject of a recent Esquire profile. New protests by extreme anti-choice groups will take place in Nebraska this weekend.

Even as many people eulogize the long and distinguished career of Ted Kennedy, others are not shying away from an uncomfortable truth: that Kennedy's past, particularly with women, was less than perfect.

Trust us, it's not sexism that keeps women out finance, it's science. Or so says the Economist.

In the wake of the death of Ted Kennedy, Democrats and Republicans alike are starting to wonder what will happen to what the Massachusetts Senator called "the cause of my life."

This week Barr Laboratories' exclusive, competition-free period on Plan B expires, allowing cheaper generic drugs to take its place, but thanks to the maze of FDA regulations women may still not have increased access to emergency contraception.

Today is Women's Equality Day, marking the 89th anniversary of women's suffrage. In some ways, we've come so far, but in other ways, we have such a long way to go.

Senator Ted Kennedy, often called the Lion of the Senate, passed away late last night after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

Via Feminist Law Professors, Academics at NYU have been working on an archive of the work of Margaret Sanger, the early 20th century birth control advocate, and responding to New Jersey Republican Congressman Christopher Smith's misrepresentations of her work.

Pastor Steven L. Anderson recently ranted at Faithful Word Baptist Church in Temple, AZ that God "instituted the death penalty for rapists and for homosexuals" and that they "recruit through rape."

A recent study looking at testosterone, women and "risk behavior" coincides with the South African return of track and field star Caster Semenya (at left/above with Winnie Mandela), the runner who underwent "gender testing" after her record-breaking race last week.

Birthers have now decided that what makes a person a true, blue, red-blooded American is not the color of your complexion but how much foreskin you have.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to appoint three women to his cabinet, but conservative clerics objected because of "religious doubts over the abilities of women when it comes to management." Sounds like old objections in America over women managers. [BBC]

RNC Chairman Michael Steele writes in a Washington Post column today that he will protect senior citizens from health care reform and "prevent government from dictating the terms of end-of-life care."

In the latest piece of "recession porn," the New York Times profiles a family in Los Angeles. The new trend, apparently, is the "breadwinner wife." Women are becoming primary earners in this "he-cession."