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Women In India Use Smartphones To Map Creeps In Real Time

Let’s be real here, most of the time smartphones get used for a lot of nothing. But in India women are using their smartphones to protect themselves by tracking local incidents of harassment and violence.


Watch Men Cringe And Cry In Pain As They Go Through A Simulation Of Giving Birth

Women have the ultimate trump card when it comes to dealing with pain: they give birth. And since men have no idea what giving birth even feels like, we really don’t know how painful it really is. Maybe it’s all a big conspiracy (kidding!). Maybe it’s not that bad (of course it is!). Well, two men attached themselves to a machine that simulates labour pains and um, it ain’t pretty.


Touchscreen-Friendly Fingernails Turn Every Digit Into A Stylus

If you’re a fan of long fingernails, you’ve probably already developed special techniques for using touchscreen devices. But Sri Vellanki, the creator of a fingertip stylus called Tech Tips, feels women shouldn’t be limited to what technology they can use because of their fashion choices. So she’s developed a touchscreen-friendly fingernail that works like a high-precision stylus.


Saudi Arabian Men Now Get Text Alerts When Their Wives Leave The Country

In Saudi Arabia, if a woman leaves the country, her husband or male “guardian” will receive a text message to let him know that, even if she’s travelling with him, ho boy! His woman is on the loose.


How Guys Talk To Cute Girls On OKCupid

Online dating, like real-life dating, can get a little skeevy, because people are lame and pervy. So to see the type of lame and pervy responses that a cute girl would get while on a dating service like OKCupid, a guy created a fake profile with a picture of a cute girl and BATSHIT INSANE CRAZY information. How did the guys take it? They loved it!


Whole Amazon’s Binders Now Full Of Funny Reviews

It had to happen: there are now whole Amazon binder pages full of humourous reviews ridiculing Mitt Romney and his “whole binders full of women” phrase, from yesterday’s Presidential debate. Some of them are ok. Some are really funny. Check them at [Amazon]


Souped-Up Sports Bra Could Be The Best Breast Cancer Scanner

Cancer is easier to defeat the earlier it’s detected, but getting a weekly mammogram is impractical. First Warning Systems has a new smart sports bra that could be just as effective as mammograms at early detections — and it has the potential to revolutionise screenings.


I Can’t Stop Reading The Text Messages Women Send Into HeTexted

Ladies, we need to talk. Everyone needs advice sometimes, but some of the texts you are sending into the cool/sad website HeTexted are just awful.


IKEA Photoshops Women Out Of Saudi Arabia Catalogue

IKEA prints 208 million catalogues in 43 countries every year. They are all the same, except in Saudi Arabia, where women have been Photoshopped out because their photos “show too much skin,” according to the Islamic Kingdom’s laws. And it’s not the only thing that gets altered.


Full-Body Rock-Climbing Harness For Pregnant Women Is Apparently A Good Idea

Pregnant rock climbers of the world rejoice! Mountain Mama, the outdoor outfitter for expectant mothers, now offers a full-body climbing harness specially designed for the unique geometry of pregnant bodies. Why would you let that foetus inside you keep you from extreme sports?


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