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Megyn Kelly Shreds ESPN for Including Trans Swimmer in Women’s History Month

(Headline USA) Megyn Kelly blasted ESPN for including biological male trans swimmer Lia Thomas in its Women’s History month segment, during an episode of her podcast with guests Amala Ekpunobi and Evita Duffy-Alfonso. In a tribute dubbed “Celebrating Women’s History Month,” the sports network celebrated the biological male trans swimmer, memorializing his movement from men’s sports to the women’s scene. As reported by The Daily Wire, Kelly told the guests on her podcast, “We’ve gone too...

Is the “Free the Nipple” Movement Too White?

Online representations of the activists lean White and thin, creating an image problem for the movement.

Maine Mom Demands Investigation after School Counselor Secretly Gives Daughter a ‘Chest Binder’

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“I can’t climax quietly – and I’m worried my teenage kids will hear me”

THE GUARDIAN QUESTION: I am a married woman in my 50s who enjoys an active and enjoyable sex life. Unfortunately, I can’t climax any more without a great deal of drama, including moaning, heavy breathing, even crying or shouting. We have teenage children and I worry about the embarrassment that I might cause them. Do you think they are likely to be adversely affected? And do you have any tips for how to have quieter sex? ANSWER: Rather than...

Study prompts doctors to renew recommendations for fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer

CBS NEW YORK - Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Some doctors have renewed calls for some women to remove their fallopian tubes, even if they don't have a high genetic risk. It follows what many call a disappointing study about screening for the disease. Women - even those without a genetic mutation for ovarian cancer - are being urged to consider...

Now Trending on Social Media: Bad Birth Control Info

MEDSCAPE – Add this to the list of social media's potential health risks: unintended pregnancy. That's for women who take birth control advice from influencers, particularly on YouTube where many talk about stopping hormonal contraception and may give incomplete or inaccurate sexual health information. In an analysis of 50 YouTube videos, University of Delaware researchers found that nearly three-quarters of influencers talked about discontinuing hormonal birth control. And 40% were using or had used a "natural family...

Porn actor Ron Jeremy found unable to stand trial for rape

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday declared that porn performer Ron Jeremy is mentally incompetent to stand trial on dozens of rape and sexual assault counts. Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said in a hearing that after reviewing reports from both prosecutors and Jeremy's defense that he is in "incurable neurocognitive decline" from which he is unlikely to recover. Prosecutors asked that he be periodically reevaluated. A hearing on placing the 69-year-old...

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Cervical cancer and HPV screening

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Since age 20, I have had annual visits with a gynecologist. I am now in my late 30s, and my physician recommended that I get an HPV test in addition to a Pap test to check for cervical cancer. What is the importance of both? And what is my risk of cervical cancer? ANSWER: Screening for cervical cancer can cause a lot of confusion because guidelines and tests have evolved over the...

Celine Dion diagnosed with rare neurological disorder

The Associated Press Celine Dion has put a halt on all performing after being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder. In an emotional video messages posted in French and English on Thursday on Instagram, Dion said stiff person syndrome was causing spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing. "Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing...

How women can reduce risk of hip fracture

Food scientists at the University of Leeds have found that for women, a 25 grams a day increase in protein was associated with, on average, a 14% reduction in their risk of hip fracture. In a surprise twist, they also discovered that every additional cup of tea or coffee they drank was linked with a 4% reduction in risk. Writing in the journal Clinical Nutrition, the researchers noted that the protective benefits were greater for women...

Woman allegedly killed for her organs after online courtship

NEW YORK POST – A Mexican woman traveled to Peru to pursue a romantic relationship with a medical student she had met online – but her remains later washed up on a beach and he now has been accused of harvesting her organs. Blanca Arellano, 51, told her family in late July that she was embarking on the 3,000-mile journey to Huacho to meet Juan Pablo Jesús Villafuerte, 31, a medical student with whom she...

The clitoris has 10,000 nerve endings

YAHOO! – When it comes to sexual pleasure, there’s one spot on the female anatomy that tends to get the most attention: the clitoris. Yet despite the clitoris's association with orgasms and female pleasure, not much is known about the organ. For years, the clitoris was said to have 8,000 nerve endings — stated as fact in the 1976 book The Clitoris by Thomas Lowry and Thea Lowry, who cited a study on bovines. Now, thanks to...

The Science of Cougar Sex: Why Older Women Lust

TIME – A new journal article suggests that evolutionary forces push women to be more sexual, although in unexpected ways. University of Texas psychologist David Buss wrote the article, which appears in the July issue of Personality and Individual Differences , with the help of three graduate students. The authors found that women in their 30s and early 40s are significantly more sexual than younger women. Women ages 27 through 45 report not only having more...

Covid vaccine trials didn’t monitor menstrual changes. Researchers say it’s part of a bigger problem.

Evidence thus far suggests that Covid vaccines can temporarily prolong menstruation or result in heavier periods, but that these vaccine-induced changes are short-lived — Male said most resolved within one or two cycles.

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