Stop this slut-shaming
Laurie Penny: The word sexualisation is a troubling cultural shorthand – it sends girls an unhelpful message
Pill is not sexualising young girls
Carrie Dunn: The media's moral outrage at the number of preteens on the pill ignores that the majority are prescribed it for problem periods
Men off the hook with HIV gel
Paul McNally: A new gel designed to help prevent the spread of HIV may be used to pander to male irresponsibility over safe sex
Ad men today are wrong on body size
Susie Orbach: Why Lynne Featherstone was right to celebrate curvaceous Christina Hendricks as a role model
Tans: going for the burn
We've been warned all about the bad effects of sunbathing, yet we keep putting ourselves at risk. So why can't we give up the tan?
I’ve had a baby! One woman’s search for the perfect “co-parent”
At 41, Jennie Withers found herself single and childless. In July 2006, she appealed for a "co-parent". Here's the extraordinary story of what happened next
Conceivable ideas: meet the modern sperm donor
An increasing number of men are offering their services over the internet as sperm donors. Some of them have noble intentions, but it remains a dangerous, unregulated affair. Two tell us why they do it
When’s the best time to have a baby?
More women than ever are giving birth in their 40s. Lucy Atkins had hers in her 30s. But what about her contemporaries?
Over-40 women, you’ve given birth to a healthy facet of modern life
Zoe Williams: To present older mothers as a social problem is savagely annoying. Quite simply, there is no best age to be pregnant