- Botox may help women whose vaginismus (vaginal spasms) prevent them from enjoying sex. And your vajayjay will look so much younger! [New York Daily News]
- Networks like NBC, CBS and ABC won’t air commercials for the “female sexual aid” Zestra because it — gasp! — promotes pleasure for the ladies. Lie back and think of England, girls. [USA Today]
- Kansas’ House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the parents of a minor to consent to an abortion. Currently, parents in Kansas are required to be notified if their minor has an abortion. [KansasCity.com]
- Nebraska is debating a bill that would legally permit mothers to breastfeed their babies in public. [WOWT.com]
- New York state Rep. Anthony Weiner is trying to get a “sexist” statue of a naked man stepping on two women removed from Queens. [Gothamist]
- The governor of Maine made a dumb comment about women with beards. My mustache and I are offended by this. [Mother Jones]
- Jacksonville, Florida, mayoral candidate Mike Hogan has acknowledged that a joke he made at a public meeting about bombing abortion clinics was inappropriate. [Jacksonville.com]
- A mom in Florida was PO-ed about the amount of cleavage a school guest was sharing, so she whipped out her own ta-tas. The worst part of the story is that the mother was meeting with her 17-year-old son’s guidance counselor. Poor kid! [The Stir]
- I won’t even dignify this Nissan ad by posting it. [Feministing]
- Here’s 10 names to consider for the amendment to de-fund Planned Parenthood that recently passed the House of Representatives! [The Faster Times]
INTERNATIONAL
- The feminist magazine Ms. weighed in on the judge in Manitoba who ruled that a rape victim’s tube top, heels and makeup were sending mixed signals that invited her sexual assault. [Ms. Magazine]
- A court in Australia has given a 17-year-old with gender identity disorder permission to pursue a hormone treatment to biologically transition from female-to-male. [News.com.au]
