Canadian here. Same system that manages Unemployment Insurance manages maternity and parental leave in Canada.

If you are an employee, you pay into unemployment insurance, therefore you are eligible for mat leave. Simple as that.

There's a 2 week unpaid waiting period, then a 12-week maternity leave, followed by a…

My mom lost hearing in one ear to mumps when she was a wee thing. She doesn't get opinionated about most things, but oh man, don't get her started on antivaxxers. :)

I'm not old enough to remember all of those diseases, but hearing the horror stories from my father, who was school-aged when a polio epidemic ravaged our community...I am definitely pro-vaccine. I mean, people, really? There are still people in my community who feel the effects of polio they got as children because…

I grew up when all these diseases were rampant. Polio was still around too, but I got my first dose of vaccine in second grade. They were awful illnesses. Why any parent would want to risk their child potentially having any of them if it can be prevented, is beyond me.

i am a fucking poet

Haha I had NO bf in high school. A lone wolf. A lone wolf with parents who put the fear of Jesus in her and no clue how to look presentable or act like a normal person. It's ok. It all turned out. I think.

Girl you're veering into humble brag territory ! Some of us were DEEPLY unfuckable as teens. SO HORNY BUT SO UNATTRACTIVE.

yo UTIs are literally bacterial infections and you should not allow one to go on for a week untreated. I'm a big old hippie when it comes to home remedies and I use homeopathy whenever possible, but infections are serious and UTIs can very quickly spread to kidneys and limbs. ladies, go get antibiotics if you feel…

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Pound Town.

Isn't this one of the key scenes in "American Beauty"?

Tell 'em you didn't know that you were a squirter either, but they were just that amazing.

There is no point in waiting for me.

Yeah, I got really confused and thought she was referring to this at first:

I always pee before sex because the lead up to an orgasm kinda feels like needing to pee, for me. So, ya know, I want to feel real comfortable "letting go" as it were, during the sexy times.

Yeah, I'm gonna keep right on peeing whenever I have to pee, thank you very much.

No way, sex with a full bladder is weird and uncomfortable.

Wait, so it isn't that peeing before sex causes UTIs, rather it is not peeing after p in v sex that causes it. But if you truly have to pee, won't sex with a full bladder be uncomfortable and not worth it. Feels like another way to make straight ladies worry about sex rather than enjoy it.

Emily Yoffe, in a nutshell

Letter writer should be congratulated for asking a question that made Dear Prudence's response sound like Dan Savage by comparison.