It's a common perception that only older women get breast cancer—old enough that they don't really care if they ever have sex again. And boobs? Whatever, take 'em… They already nursed their kids and the ta-tas are just getting saggy anyway. Right?

Wrong! I'm 26, and I have cancer in my breast. And no matter what age, women still want to be treated like the gorgeous creatures we are, even when hairless, probably throwing up and left ravaged by a mastectomy.

When I discovered my lump at 24, I was nearly scoffed out of a male breast cancer specialist's … Read More

The other night as I sat down to enjoy a tasty pizza dinner, I flipped on the television just in time to see a close-up shot of a woman's labia being "trimmed" by a surgeon.

"Look!" I shrieked at my fiancé, as I involuntarily crossed my legs. "Look what they're showing! How can they show that on regular TV?!?" David glanced up from his pepperoni, barely raising an eyebrow.

"It's educational," He shrugged.

Yes, you could say that the Broadcasting Commission in Ireland is a bit more relaxed than our ol' FCC. Since I moved to Dublin last … Read More

A new scientific study has just "proven" what every female on the planet already knows: men like looking at breasts.

What's more, men don't just like looking at breasts, but nearly half of them (47 percent) will look at a woman's breasts before he looks at her face, and will look at them longer than any other body part.

The researchers behind this study, housed at New Zealand's University of Wellington, came to their conclusions by having their male subjects look at six pictures of the same woman. In each picture, the woman's face was the same. The size of … Read More

Now ladies, before we do some playful poking (all in the name of tough love, of course), we want to first express how highly we think of you. Or rather, us. We (women) really are the superior sex in many ways. We're more articulate, sensitive, civilized and make maturity look easy. (Most of the time). Now if we could just fine-tune the below, we'd pretty close to perfect.

1.) Silly Body Obsession
It's time to hang up the body obsession, girls. Go through the metaphorical closet of insecurities and box up those bulky I'm Fat sweaters and Boobs Not Big … Read More

No, they're not real. That'd be the answer to your question had you been wondering about Miss California's Barbie-doll-like cup size. The runner up to Miss North Carolina for the Miss USA title (who has been no stranger to the headlines lately) was outed Friday when a Miss California pageant official admitted, during an interview on  The Early Show, that the pageant paid for Carrie Prejean (Miss California) to receive breast implants, reports HuffPo.

Wacky is one word for this story, disappointing and disturbing are two others. For one thing, stating the obvious, … Read More

Weeks before I turned 19, I checked into Massachusetts General Hospital terrified that nothing could fix the way I saw myself. Two days after undergoing surgery, I stood topless in my parents' bathroom watching as my mother slowly pulled squares of medical tape spotted with puss and dried blood from my chest. I waited in Percocet-induced suspense for my flat-chested doppelganger to miraculously appear in the full-length mirror. When they were finally uncovered I hardly recognized the small puffy breasts that fit perfectly inside the palms of my hands. There were lines of stitches in rows around my nipples and … Read More

Oxygen, a television network geared toward women, recently polled 2,000-plus women ages 18 to 24 to get a snapshot view of how young women view themselves and  what values they hold dear, reports Reuters. Check out some of the results:

Half of the women surveyed voted that, if he were a millionaire, they would  marry an ugly man.

More than 25 percent said they'd make their best friend fat for life if it meant they could be thin.

Asked if they would rather win Tyra Banks' television show America's Next Top Model or the Nobel Peace Prize in their lifetime, 25 percent … Read More

Love Bytes: three must-click sex, dating and relationship links.

Of course size matters. But should you lie about it? [Em and Lo]

He is already sensitive about it, and he is just hoping you haven't been with any well-endowed men. So if you overcompensate with an outright fabrication such as, "It's huge. It's the biggest one I've ever seen," he will know you are lying.

When is the right time in a relationship to talk about money? [First Wives World]

When you think your new relationship is heading to the next level (so not on date two but when discussing … Read More

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Gift alert! Most guys played with action figures when they were little, so why not bring him back to childhood while indulging his mature quirkiness? Gifts here for: the Hitchcock fan, the Republican faithful, the East Coast hip hop fan and more. [The Daily Lowdown]

Ten things men love about your body. [Glamour via Shine]

Dealbreaker: the romantic dirty talker. [The Frisky]

One night, he halted a make out session to look deep into my eyes and asked, "Why does kissing you feel so right?"

"Um … … Read More

While we like to think of ourselves as unique, there's more lemming in us than we realize. Not only are our actions open to suggestion, as previous studies have shown, so are our opinions about non-essential things like beauty. A new study explains that we have our unconscious brain to thank for that.