Terms that are direct analogs to sexual intercourse are widely used to describe connector ends, but the language is evolving away from those problematic words.
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The female animals that go it alone.
The government at national and state levels as well as private proprietors should appoint women as universities’ vice-chancellors.
Somehow, female birds manage to hold their families together despite predators, harsh conditions and sometimes, a less-than-attentive partner.
As it debunks old myths and uncovers previously ignored facts, science is finding that the vagina is both complex and busy.
While there are small differences between male and female brains, most of us have a mix of both.
Vaginismus is one of the leading causes of painful sex. Many people haven’t even heard of it, but vaginismus is extremely common and it can have a huge impact on women, their partners and relationships.
Is it genes, chromosomes, hormones, the immune sytem – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the deadly disease?
Equal rights are not enough. Inequality exists in our minds, in our biases and prejudices, and that remains to be fixed.
An ancient sexual conflict over mitochondrial inheritance may be responsible for the evolution of the two sexes as we know them.
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