- 1. States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?
- (Feminism)
- ... that vaginal penetration is the only way to have sex, but because there is no virginity test for men, it perpetuates the notion that premarital sex is only unacceptable for women. Additionally, as the ...
- Created on 07 February 2020
- 2. A Moroccan Journalist's Prison Sentence For Premarital Sex And Having An Abortion Is Met With Protes
- (Feminism)
- A Moroccan journalist was sentenced to one year in prison last week after being found guilty for allegedly obtaining an abortion and having premarital sex, both of which are illegal in the North African ...
- Created on 07 October 2019
- 3. Elizabeth McCracken's Newest Book Is A Triumphant Retur
- (Books)
- Bowlaway: A Novel By Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) Elizabeth McCracken’s last novel was released 18 years ago, and although there’ve been short stories and a soul-shaking memoir to fill the void, here ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 4. Francesca Lia Block Celebrates Tackling Premarital Sex And AIDS On 30th Anniversary Of Iconic "Weetzie Bat" Debu
- (Books)
- Thirty years ago, HarperCollins published Francesca Lia Block’s debut novel Weetzie Bat, about Weetzie, a high schooler who roams a lush, enchanted Los Angeles with her gay best friend Dirk, both of ...
- Created on 08 May 2019
- 5. "Seeing Allred" Celebrates Feminist Lawyer Gloria Allred's Controversial Care
- (Movies)
- ... Seeing Allred is streaming on Netflix now More from BUST 10 New Lady-Friendly TV Shows You Need To See This Fall "American Masters: The Women's List" Is Finally Here School Fires Woman For Premarital ...
- Created on 01 May 2018
- 6. Whatever Happened To Those Girls Who Signed "Purity Pledges"? Hint: It's Not Go
- (Sex)
- ... One study by Janet Elise Rosenbaum, published in the journal Pediatrics in 2009, found that young people who pledged their abstinence were just as likely to wind up having premarital sex as those who did ...
- Created on 10 April 2018
- 7. Heather Graham’s Directorial Debut “Half Magic” Is A Fun, Feminist Comedy: BUST Review
- (Movies)
- ... — of the new comedy Half Magic. Graham plays Honey, who we’re introduced to as a child in a flashback scene in which her father berates her for watching a premarital sex scene on TV, telling her, “You ...
- Created on 22 February 2018
- 8. A Romanian-Born, Texas-Raised Woman’s Pledge in Trump’s America: Keep Fighting for Better Sex Ed
- (Sex)
- ... against premarital pregnancy and sexually-transmitted disease — empowers teens to achieve optimal health outcomes.” The only responsible and respected standard of behavior that empowers teens? I remember ...
- Created on 01 December 2016
- 9. Egypt Lawmaker Wants Women To Prove Their Virginity Before Entering College
- (Feminism)
- ... pressures and family conflicts, many Egyptians engage in customary marriages. Like many lawmakers in Egypt, Agina opposes these types of marriages because he believes that they encourage and excuse premarital ...
- Created on 03 October 2016
- 10. Mississippi Passes The Most Insane Anti-Sex Law Ever
- (Living)
- On Friday, the Mississippi House passed the final version of HB 1523, a bill that would allow business owners to discriminate against basically everybody: queer people, anyone who’s had premarital sex, ...
- Created on 04 April 2016
- 11. Sex Ed In A Christian High School: BUST True Story
- (Sex)
- ... believers reserved for premarital activity. However, Mr. Pastor surprised me. “You don’t need me to remind you that the wages of sin is death,” he said, smiling like a wedding day officiator. “The world ...
- Created on 04 April 2016
- 12. 14 Holiday Songs That Are Definitely About Sex, Ranked From Obvious To Subtle
- (Music)
- ... on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire / To face unafraid of the plans that we made.” Plans TO HAVE SEX for the first time. Tonight. Since this song was written in 1934, premarital sex was a no-no, so ...
- Created on 08 December 2015
- 13. Breast Ironing Exists, And It Is Horrifying
- (Feminism)
- ... from developing in order to protect the girl from male attention and from engaging in sexual activity (premarital pregnancy is greatly feared). It is estimated that at least 24% of women in Cameroon have ...
- Created on 21 June 2013
- 14. School Fires Woman for Premarital Pregnancy But Offers a Job to the Father
- (Feminism)
- ... discovered she was pregnant with a co-worker's child, they not only fired her, but offered her partner a job. The school claims they fired James for the act of premarital sex, but they were well aware that ...
- Created on 06 March 2013
- 15. Today in Offensive Rape Comments: "Some Girls Just Rape Easy" ...
- (General)
- ... “He [Rivard’s father] also told me one thing, ‘If you do (have premarital sex), just remember, consensual sex can turn into rape in an awful hurry. Because all of a sudden a young lady gets pregnant and ...
- Created on 12 October 2012
- 16. In Which Jon Stewart Continues To Attack Republicans For Waging War on Women's Health Care Right
- (Feminism)
- ... service for their employees, and only have to cite "moral reasons." So it's not like these super-moral people would mostly single out 1) women having premarital sex (even though, you know, young women ...
- Created on 02 March 2012
