Women's Interests Articles & News
The Reality of the Date Rape Drug
Could you become a Victim of the Date Rape Drug? Each month, more than ten women of all ages and backgrounds contact our Adoption Center with the same experience -- they have been victims of a date rape drug and are now pregnant. Most of the time, these women do not know who the biological father is. Rohypnol is becoming the drug of choice for would-be rapists. Most predators target unsuspecting victims by slipping these illicit drugs into beverages at parties, bars, ...
We've Come A Long Way Baby But Not Far Enough!
Studies done by Catalyst, Inc., the National Association of Women Business Owners, and the Center for Women’s Business Research are all reporting that women are slowly eking up the corporate ladder. Unfortunately, the increase from one year to the next is barely noticeable and definitely nothing to get excited about.
The Benefits Of Buying Jewellery Online
Jewellery is a gift that is truly universal - something that can be given for just about any occasion, and something that has real meaning to it. If someone gives you jewellery as a gift, you feel touched, emotional, sometimes even overwhelmed. It's amazing to think that such small items can stir such powerful emotions, but this is something that happens all the time. You can bet that during every hour of every day, someone somewhere in the world is gazing open-mouthed at a beautiful piece ...
The Key To Natural Breast Enhancement
Having nicely shaped, rounded breasts can make a woman feel sexier and confident, there is no doubt about that. However, with surgical breast enlargement procedures (such as breast augmentation and breast lifts) having a number of alarming side effects, more and more women are turning towards natural breast enhancement.
Power Of Color In Business
THERE IS POWER IN YOUR CLOSET and it is in the color of your clothes. All people have physiological response to color. The following chart is to be used to dress appropriately for what you wane to achieve. Assuming your closer is already filled with favorites where every item fits you perfectly (for the body as it honestly is today), look to the colors you choose to give you the extra impact to make all your goals a slam dunk!
Foundation For The Black Woman
The Black Woman seems to fall into one of three schools of thought when it comes to using foundation. The women who go overboard with foundation and end up with the thick, ‘pancake’ look; others who don’t see the need for foundation, hate the ‘pancake’ look they see on other women and therefore stay away from foundation totally and then there are the women who realise that foundation is a useful and sometimes necessary tool, who have practised with different shades and formulas of foundations ...
Breast Augmentation - Cosmetic Surgery
Breast Augmentation – Cosmetic Surgery The breast augmentation procedure is becoming more and more popular. There are three approaches to this procedure and your surgeon will help you decide which technique is best for you. Inframammary implant surgery is generally recommended by surgeons who want the most control over the exact position of the implant. Placing the implant directly into the tissue of the breast allows surgeons to maintain ...
Seven Tips For Coping With Hot Flashes
What do you do when you suffer hot flashes? Ask most women and they will agree that the most common and irritable symptom of menopause are hot flashes. Some women refer to it as a “flash” because women report a flushed feeling about the face and neck. Those feeling usually came together with sweats.
Paths Of Yoga I
With dozens of Hollywood celebrities following in their Guru’s lotus footsteps and the sick Western commercial behaviour exploding Yogas popularity to a system that simply enhances people’s health, Yoga remains a system of spiritual unity of mind, body and soul among millions of Indians and many others from Eastern beliefs, as it has been for over five thousand years. As a result, some forms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside India, particularly in the West during the past ...
Love and Health
The Love-Health Relationship: Dr. Gray is the author of many books including the fabulously successful book Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. Another of his books addresses how some people or one person in every group or organization including a family, will be what he calls a ‘psychic drain’. There are neurons that respond when a person acts a certain way and research on monkey brains in 1996 showed some monkeys respond when they see another monkey doing ...
Successful Career, Rocky Relationship?
While you’re soaring with the eagles at work, things are about as low as they can get on the home front. This is a quandary many people before you have had, but within the situation is an opportunity to evaluate life.
An Engagement Ring Won't Bring You Soup When You're Sick
Many women, including me, have been groomed for marriage from the moment we emerged from the womb. After my daughters were born, I can't tell you how many people told my husband, "Hey, that's two weddings you have to pay for, Buddy."
Confessions Of A Female Sub: How Did I Get Here?
Wow. Just how did I get here? To the bottom of my secret garden, down and round the winding path, past the pond and behind the bushes, hidden from everyone I had ever met, until now?
The First Leaf of Life
Talking with a friend of mine while we were on our weekend shopping trips at a local herbarium and flower shop, we reminisced about the good times when plants and flowers were used to express good things such as love attraction. My female colleagues and I innocently responded to the flirting with blushed faces and cute smiles. I’m sorry to state a cliché but… Oh Lord, how I miss those good old times!
Handbags as a Symbol of Female Power
Have you ever thought of a handbag as a symbol of female power and authority? Of course everyone is different so a purse for one person may mean something totally different and unique for another but let's look at handbags from a different perspective.
The Wise Woman Tradition Empowers Women
The medicine I learned in school was based on a linear, scientific, male worldview whose truth I did not question. When this medicine failed me, as a woman and a mother, I sought alternatives. Herbs helped me take care of myself and my family, simply and safely, but I questioned the assumptions behind what I was taught. It was clear to me that alternative health care disempowers women as much, or more than, orthodox medicine does. They both actively assume that the norm on which assessment ...
Female Ejaculation: Myth or Fact?
Ok can somebody please help me out here? Why does this subject remain such a taboo? We are now subject to daily and nightly doses of ‘Is your man suffering with erection problems’ adverts on national television offering treatments and techniques that suit your lifestyle but dare we mention the achievement of a fulfilling sex life for women and would the men be interested in learning with us? Not, you understand, that I feel that mans sexual achievement isn’t as ...
Maternity Clothes Buying Maternity Clothes Online
Here is a sampling of the best maternity shops online. You’ll undoubtedly find one or several that match your budget and style! Remember to feel good it helps to look good, so why not indulge in a maternity outfit or two?
5 Tips for Wearing White
There's something cool and refreshing about white clothing that makes it chic on even the hottest days. Since it reflects light and absorbs perspiration, making it less noticeable than other colors, the wearer looks cool and collected, even when the temperature soars. Small wonder then that white has been a long-time favorite of residents of hot, tropical climates.
Stylize Your Wardrobe 5 Ways to Make the Most of What You Already Own
If you’re anything like Lovergirl, you have a closet jam-packed with clothes of all shapes and sizes, and NOTHING to wear! The very best example of this is jeans. Twenty-five pairs and none that look “perfect” – a panoramic view of your closet includes “Jeans-From-High-School”, your “Skinny/Normal/Fat Jeans”, and Maternity Jeans…you get the picture. Here’s Lovergirl’s top five suggestions to make the clothes you feel and look GREAT in come to the forefront of the jumble you call your ...
Why Women Make Better Investors than Men
Being involved with a company that trains people how to actively trade in the stock market. I get to see first hand the success or failure of our clients. Eighty percent of our clients are male. But I’d wager that eighty percent of the successful stock traders are women.
Summer Wardrobe The Rules
For some reason, summer makes people feel entitled to let all of their bad habits and bad hygiene visible to the world. Just because it is hot in many parts of the world during summer, does not mean let all caution and fashion sense go to the wind. We will say this several times in the article. "Just because they make it in your size does not mean you should buy it."
Plus Size Fashion Tips: What's Hot this Summer
The sun is sizzling, and so will you this season! A lot of trendy, fun and colourful styles are in fashion at the moment: follow our guide which highlights what’s hot in the plus size fashion scene for summer 2005.
Unfit Mothers: A Guide to Becoming a Better Mom
The other day I was watching Oprah one of my favorite shows for many reasons but, that would be another subject. The topic was unfit mothers. Trust me it was more than evident that some of the guests there had some serious issues due to the amount of abuse or neglect that they place their children in.
Equality in Business? Not if I Can Help It
I have a splendid sign over my desk. It is bright pink with white letters: “All men are created equal … poor things.”
Prevent Split Ends
We are all familiar with split ends also known as Trichoptlosis and it happens when the hairs protective cuticle is removed. Split end are the result of chemical products such as hair color, relaxers etc. It can also be cause by styling products such as blow dryer, heat iron etc.
Smoking Fetish Of Women
According to one of the researches, it has been found that the smell and taste of cigarettes play a greater role in women's smoking behavior than in that of men. Another study found that cognitive-behavioral therapy aimed at changing attitudes about weight promotes smoking cessation by women. Even if we compare their stats with men, we’ll be surprised to know that the guys who smoke are one out of every three. However, while smoking as well as smoking-related deaths from such diseases as ...
Fashion After 40
With so many designers and trends targeting the svelte body of the twenty-something, is it possible to look fashionable as the years pass and your body begins to tell the tale?
Hair Care 101
The way our hair looks and feels is such an important matter to us “women”. It is the frame of our faces. Therefore, one of the first things people notice when they see us. So it is only natural that we all want to have it looking and feeling the best way possible. However, if you want to have radiant, shiny hair there is one thing you must understand whether it is straight, wavy, curly or coarse: In order to have healthy hair we must take proper care of it. This takes extra effort but, ...
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