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S's experience with vulvar vestibulitis - which makes penetrative sex painful - highlighted the phallocentric medical establishment and limited definitions of sex

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/03/painful_vagina 2010-03-14T12:11:52Z 2010-03-14T14:52:09Z S

We know that sexual violence is all too common and everyday. Here 'L' talks through repeat experiences of being targetted with abuse and sexual assault by boys and men

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/05/breaking_the_ci 2009-05-25T22:17:00Z 2009-05-25T21:21:50Z L

If you believe one story on a popular science news site, there's proof that older men "chasing" younger women benefits humankind (or should that be mankind?) Eirwen-Jane Pierrot considers the impact of these sensationalist claims on women in the real world

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/for_the_good_of 2009-04-22T09:31:30Z 2009-04-15T20:23:23Z Eirwen-Jane Pierrot

Selina Jervis reports that sexual harassment in public spaces has reached critical levels

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/02/alright_darlin 2009-02-08T23:54:28Z 2009-02-08T23:18:36Z Selina Jervis http://www.flyingsaucer.typepad.com/

At two year's old, Penni F's son happily enthuses over both fairies and trucks. But, she worries, what happens when pressure to be a 'real man' kicks in?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/why_my_son_wear 2008-08-19T20:16:49Z 2008-08-19T19:51:41Z Penni F

Forget single mums and absent fathers - the current spate of knife crime can be traced back to the so-called 'real man', argues Jennifer Drew

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/knife_crime_and 2008-07-19T19:19:59Z 2008-07-18T19:50:33Z Jennifer Drew

Anne Onne dispenses some advice for men commenting on feminist websites and blogs

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/men_feminism_ne 2008-06-14T13:16:10Z 2008-06-14T12:06:17Z Anne Onne

In a break from our usual text-based programming, a selection of cartoons on the theme of men and women, by Yvonne Howard

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/cartoon_special 2008-06-13T15:44:10Z 2008-06-09T22:38:09Z Yvonne Howard http://cid-9cc99db44088903e.spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-GB&partner=Live.Spaces

Violent men do not attack girls or women because they are 'vulnerable', argues Jennifer Drew, and it deflects attention from the perpetrators to pretend otherwise

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/there_is_a_buzz 2008-05-19T21:53:27Z 2008-05-19T21:31:33Z Jennifer Drew

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/the_oxbridge_se 2008-05-12T21:29:42Z 2008-05-11T22:03:34Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

A spate of convictions has put femicide into the headlines again. But, as Jennifer Drew reports, the media is still blaming women - and ignoring 'everyday' incidents of male violence against women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/the_epidemic_of 2008-04-06T11:25:34Z 2008-04-06T10:41:21Z Jennifer Drew

Approaching men on the street and asking them to undress and be photographed can be frightening - and highlights the struggle for women to find equality. Alex Brew explains

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/walking_on_eggs 2008-04-02T21:45:41Z 2008-04-02T20:52:37Z Alex Brew

Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/men_stereotypes 2008-02-02T19:12:49Z 2008-02-02T17:01:01Z Alex Gibson

The self-hating mindset, if not the medical condition, of anorexia is frighteningly common, argues Katie Muller

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/12/filling_the_hol 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-12-06T23:02:57Z Katie Muller

Gender-neutral language applies to male criminals, but not to their female victims, argues Jennifer Drew

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/12/does_gender_neu 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-12-03T23:58:26Z Jennifer Drew