Sex
Coarse sex and cheap lives
Women in the UK wait longer than anyone else to start a family, sometimes making use of abortion as a backup to contraception to control fertility on the way. Is this reflective of a culture of unadulterated self-centredness, or a society, which, far from showing disregard for human life, takes the decision to have a child very seriously indeed?
By Clare Murphy | Battle of Ideas | Saturday, 22 October 2011 at 6:00 am
Let’s talk about sex, baby
By the time sex education was taught at my secondary school at the end of year nine, one girl had already left to have a baby and another was pregnant; a little too late then, perhaps?
By Laura Davis | Notebook | Friday, 6 May 2011 at 12:00 pm
Swapping unwanted pregnancies for Chlamydia
We’re a nation of binge-drinking, foul mouthed, lazy-arsed chavs who spend your money on widescreen televisions, booze, fags and McDonalds. We are also very good at producing offspring long before we are supposed to. What do we do to stop the breeding? A magic pill.
The morning-after pill. To some, it’s a saviour, to others, [...]
By Ilona Burton | Notebook | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 10:26 pm
How Barcelona make sex look ugly…
In a display of much beauty and delight, Barcelona despatched Real Madrid with a good 5-0 thumping that left us breathing heavily and completely flushed at the sheer art of their tapestry.
By Varun Mathure | Sport | Tuesday, 30 November 2010 at 11:51 am
Bad timing: Repeat abortions are on the rise
The number of young women having at least one abortion is on the rise, demonstrating clearly that Government policies are failing. The Department of Health released new information that worryingly, over 20,000 women under 25 had at least two abortions over the last year; with around 3,800 having four or more.
By Ilona Burton | Notebook | Monday, 25 October 2010 at 9:59 pm
British parents’ relaxed attitude to teen drinking, drug-using and sex
Four nine-year-old boys have been suspended from their Lancashire primary school after being found in posession of Cannabis – shocking eh? Perhaps not shocking enough. A recent survey of British parents has revealed an increasingly relaxed attitude towards their own children engaging in drinking, drug-taking and underage sex. Parents said that on average they would [...]
By Ilona Burton | Notebook | Tuesday, 5 October 2010 at 8:54 pm
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