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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

Cuts have become politically popular again, but the new thrift is targeted at the most not least vulnerable, says Clare Gould

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/_thrift_is_a_vi 2009-12-16T22:33:00Z 2009-12-16T15:49:55Z Clare Gould

Much has been written about sexism in the Twilight books and film. Here, Caitlin Brown puts the series in context of other popular vampire fiction

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/09/feminism_and_th 2009-09-08T20:56:03Z 2009-09-08T16:41:31Z Caitlin Brown

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

A recent feature in The Times labelled protests against the Miss University London beauty pagaents "old fashioned". But, argues Sandrine Levêque, if anything campaigns against the objectification of women and girls are more relevant today than ever

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/01/sex_object_culture 2009-01-04T20:22:42Z 2009-01-04T19:19:35Z Sandrine Levêque

Molly Lavender is exasperated at gender segregation in music – and the way pop songs valorise abusive relationships

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/12/now_thats_what 2008-12-05T00:45:36Z 2008-12-04T23:58:53Z Molly Lavender

Maggie Lee tells of the devestating effect her hysterectomy had on her sexuality and more

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/the_useless_org 2008-11-03T17:04:58Z 2008-11-02T22:32:43Z Maggie Lee

Denying women's sexuality won't prevent rape, argues Victoria Dutchman-Smith

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/incitement_to_r 2008-10-14T22:17:34Z 2008-10-13T19:43:45Z Victoria Dutchman-Smith

St Monica's in Manchester does not want girls vaccinated against HPV on school grounds. Kit Roskelly argues that all schools have a responsibility to protect their pupils' health

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/hpv_vaccination 2008-10-13T13:25:08Z 2008-10-10T16:06:48Z Kit Roskelly

For many women, getting married still means changing their name. Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams has an alternate proposal

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/in_the_name_of 2008-08-20T23:09:08Z 2008-08-20T22:09:52Z Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams http://www.slp-a.com

Hordes of girls dream of becoming glamour models, but are too embarrassed to even talk about masturbation. Sophie Platt rages against a taboo which only affects girls and women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/what_a_load_of 2008-07-14T20:27:52Z 2008-07-14T19:32:17Z Sophie Platt

BDSM may set off red flags for feminists, says Kit Roskelly. But so does sitting in judgment on women's sexual preferences

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/kink_101 2008-07-05T18:48:37Z 2008-07-05T08:27:01Z Kit Roskelly

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

The campaign to ban women from terminating pregnancies after 20 weeks is only the beginning, says Kit Roskelly

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/a_slicebyslice 2008-05-11T21:22:37Z 2008-05-11T20:20:56Z Kit Roskelly

What use are sex worker groups that give out condoms and showers, but can't help women who want to exit prostitution? Ekis reports from Barcelona on prostitution and the campaign for legalisation

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/how_to_get_an_a_1 2008-03-17T00:13:36Z 2008-03-16T23:07:42Z Ekis