Beth G. (a pseudonym) had eight miscarriages before she and her partner considered in vitro fertilization (IVF). The couple also discussed adoption but ultimately opted for a surrogate in India.…

This is a book  - High Altitude WOMAN: From Extreme Sports to Indigenous Cultures –Discovering the Power of the Feminine by Jan Reynolds [1]- that can be read as an…

In her recent book ‘Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America’ Theresa Morris sets out her thesis that the number of c-sections being performed in the States – 32.8…

This is not a book to judge by its title which suggested, to me at least, that it would be exploring the latest thinking on the biological roots of gender…

And the “ Empress Dowager Cixi : the Concubine Who Launched Modern China” seems likely to garner plaudits not only from students of China but from anyone interested in world…

This entertaining book - Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity [1]is an ethnography of the New Domesticity movement which the author sees as sweeping America. The main…

a Clock Ticker being- “A female in her mid-to late thirties who must find a way to take advantage of her remaining fertility before she loses a chance to be…

It all began at the British Museum. The two-time Booker prize winner, reflecting on her favourite historical period…the time of Henry VIII and Cromwell… began a very amusing riff on…

It’s that time of year again when Santa is busy stuffing his sack with gender-inappropriate…or appropriate …toys. Opinions differ on the role of toys and play in inculcating gender stereotypes…

The Mumsnet Poll on Feminism (http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/a1511433-Is-feminism-all-about-man-hating) scorned by many as being unscientific and unrepresentative….suggested inter alia that ‘feminism’ has an image problem. This perhaps unsurprising insight has nonetheless  renewed the…