Research unrelated to child marriage has shown that having books in the home increases children’s academic performance, regardless of their country’s state of development or ideology. This means girls with access to books at home have better chances of being accepted into higher education programs, giving them many more opportunities for self-sufficiency and real choices about whom and when they marry.
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IF YOU TRY TO TRACE the debate between feminist leaders and prominent religious speakers, you’ll probably come away from your research thinking, “There’s no way…
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PLASTIC SURGERY appalls and fascinates us. From new vaginal contouring procedures to speculations over whether a celebrity like Uma Thurman has had work done, we really…
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IN THE LATE 1990S, a new genre took the fiction world by storm. It was called “chick lit,” and it was fabulous. If Gen-Xers wanted to…
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1 IN 3 U.S. WOMEN will have an abortion in her lifetime, and will be overwhelmingly confident in her choice. According to a study released last month,…
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ACCORDING TO a new study released last month, unskilled male gamers are far more likely than their higher-ranked peers to harass female players. As a woman…
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GOOGLE BEYONCÉ. Taylor Swift. Rihanna. Katy Perry. Nicki Minaj. Read the Facebook and Twitter commentary on the articles you find. I’ll guarantee half of it ranges …
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In a culture as sex-obsessed as ours, discussions of virginity will inevitably raise some tempers and blood pressures. Most of us have been raised to…
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I ONCE HEARD someone say, “Fat people are the last group you can bully and get away with it.” At the time, I thought it…
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS recently uncovered testimony from Bill Cosby, in which he admitted to obtaining quaaludes for the purpose of drugging women for sex. He also confessed…
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DEPENDING ON whom you ask, you’ll hear that Compliment Your Mirror Day falls on either July 3rd, 4th, or 5th. You might also hear something…
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EVERYONE LOVES CLOTHES. Despite what some people may tell you, fashion choices are important. In an increasingly visible, visual world: you are what you wear. Celebrity…
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