Ever walk out of your doctor's office feeling guilty and gross? Recent studies suggest that's more likely to happen to women than men—even though it's a less effective doctoring tactic.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has already solidified his place in the annals of women's history as the has the political equivalent of scheisse porn *don't Google that*. But as frustrating as it is to read about Perry's antics from elsewhere, what Texas women face in Perry's disastrous wake is much, much worse.

Possibly the only thing more annoying than having an actual period every month or more is having to act like it's embarrassing or shameful. This is, unfortunately, a fact of femaleness. For as long as the uterine has shed its nutrient-rich lining in tandem with the lunar cycle, people have acted like that shit was…

It is 1986. We are 13- and 14-year-olds, rank-smelling in unwashed teenager jeans, unsupervised and latch-keyed after school, huddled around the face of the future: The screen of a first-generation Apple Macintosh personal computer. Within the machine's non-dairy creamer-colored casing is a malleable visual playground…

Porn producers have been capitalizing on American prudishness in a big way by obliquely threatening, i.e. through lawsuits, to erase the very discretion that is internet porn's solemn promise for viewers who illegally download videos. These furtive porn consumers, however, have had enough, and now a Kentucky federal…

Kids usually don't think before they steal, but you can bet 13-year-old Natia Wade never thought she'd end up standing on the corner of a busy intersection holding up a hand-written sign that read, "I steal from my family." Wade, who lives in Memphis, ended up there after she racked up a record of taking things—mostly…

Let's all watch as some guy fat-shames his poor bulldog for not being able to fit in its favorite box. Don't bulldogs have enough problems what with all the inbreeding and well-documented health problems without their owners humiliating them on the internet? If you look deep into this animal's pleading eyes you can…

You might think that movie stars spend hours each day staring at their naked bodies in the mirror, either because they are transfixed by the sight of their own silky skin or because they know they'll have to be naked on-screen in front of millions of people and need to make sure every inch of them looks it's best.…

New research suggests that black ladies give approximately zero fucks about what you think about their weight, and that attempting to shame them won't do any good in encouraging weight loss. But there's some good news, fat shame aficionados— shame still works on overweight white women, if your aim is to make them feel…

In a new study, women found happy, smiling men less attractive than those who appear proud or ashamed. Guys, on the other hand, are not so into proud ladies.

Obviously, I'm going to watch, because I can't resist, and by the end of the season, I'll be so up-to-here with the bullshit theater that is televised dating game shows that I'll become angry with myself. And so it goes.

As Erica Jong famously said, "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I will show you a man." And since she said it, it's only become more true.

The NY Times notes, "Fear of shame and embarrassment...is the bigger deterrent to excess eating." That's certainly what the Skinny Bitch franchise is banking on. Well, that and "abuse." [NYT]

You know that meme about how every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten? Well, it's not true. Unfortunately, it does make Barack Obama kind of uncomfortable. Kindly consult this website. [What Would You Do...]