Carrie Prejean dresses up for 2010 Conservative Women's CalendarSeptember 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former beauty queen Carrie Prejean has been included in the fifth annual Great American Conservative Women Calendar. The Clare Both Luce Policy Institute, which is a conservative women's group based outside of Washington, DC, recently released the 2010 calendar, which features top women leaders in the Conservative Movement.
6 out of 10 Brit women say shopping gives them a buzzSeptember 24th, 2009 LONDON - Six out of 10 British women have confessed that shopping gives them a buzz - even if it just meant buying bread or milk, says a new survey. According to a poll of 5,347 women, over half of the entire female population shop because it gives them a high and a third can't help spending money - even when they can't afford it.
It's official: Women can't keep secrets for more than 47 hours!September 16th, 2009 LONDON - Most women cannot keep a secret for more than 47 hours, a new survey has revealed. In the survey involving 3,000 women aged 18 to 65, four in 10 respondents admitted that they cannot keep a secret, no matter how personal or embarrassing.
Oz speed-reader to demystify Dan Brown's Lost Symbol 2hrs after releaseSeptember 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Publishers of Dan Brown's much-anticipated book, 'The Lost Symbol,' will host speed reading competition during its launch in Australia. The person who ends reading the book fastest will be provided with an opportunity to give its first review.
Women better beer tasters than menSeptember 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - While a new brewery is all set to open in Australia's Warnervale on the Central Coast, it is believed that more women would be hired as professional beer tasters, for they apparently make better tasters than men. With the opening of the new Bluetongue Brewery, almost 100 jobs will be created, out of which 10 and 15 will be of full-time beer tasters, and that too without any experience.
Most women own a pair of "skinny jeans" they hope to fit into somedaySeptember 2nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - They have finally confessed it - nearly every woman owns a secret pair of "skinny jeans" which she hopes to diet her way back into, a new Australian study has found. What's more, study by the Young Women's Christian Association found that about 70 per cent admit holding onto the hope that too small clothes will eventually fit them.
Two thirds of Brit women prefer working for male bossesAugust 13th, 2009 LONDON - Majority of women employees prefer having a male boss, a new study has revealed. The study, conducted by OnePoll.com, revealed that two thirds of women prefer working for male bosses because they are better managers and less prone to moods.
Women spend one year and four months of their lives in tearsAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - An average woman spends the equivalent of one year and four months of her life crying, new research has shown. The survey of 3,000 females found, that during their first year, they will shed tears for three hours a day when they need changing, feeding or entertaining.
Fewer highly educated black women getting married, having kidsAugust 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new piece of research has found that fewer black women with postgraduate degrees are getting married and having children. "In the past nearly four decades, black women have made great gains in higher education rates, yet these gains appear to have come increasingly at the cost of marriage and family," said Hannah Brueckner, professor of sociology at Yale University.
Brit women spend £1.1bn a month on make-upJuly 13th, 2009 LONDON - Despite the recession, British women are splashing out an extraordinary 1.1 billion pounds on make-up every month, according to a new poll. The survey of more than 1,000 women by cosmetics firm Avon found that women carry an average of 57-pound-worth of cosmetics in their make-up bags, according to a new poll.
Women spend about one year of their lives deciding what to wearJuly 9th, 2009 LONDON - A new poll's findings suggest that women spend almost one year of their lives deciding what to wear. The poll involving 2,491 women suggests that choosing outfits for work, nights out, dinner parties, holidays, gym, and other activities means the average woman will spend 287 days rifling through their wardrobe.
Men exposed to sexist jokes more tolerant with violence against womenJuly 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Granada in Spain have found that sexist jokes favour the mental mechanisms that justify violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. The scientists distributed questionnaires among a group of 109 university male students, aged between 18 and 26 years.
Eight in 10 Americans get married at least once by age 40July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - For Americans, the probability of getting married by the age of 40 is more than 80 percent, reveals new federal data. The prospects of a first marriage by 40 are 81 percent in men, while in women it is 86 percent.
Majority of Brit women stick to recommended alcohol limitsJune 7th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has defied the long-held belief that British women consume a lot of alcohol. In the study, by YouGov, 73 percent of women aged 25 to 34 claimed that they drink less than 14 units of alcohol a week, with 75 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds, and 79 per cent of 35 to 44-year-olds, making the same claim.
Mums are still kitchen queensJune 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - When it comes to ruling the kitchen, it's the women who cook most of the family meals, while men keep their culinary skills to a bare minimum, revealed an Australian survey. The survey, commissioned by Nestle, was conducted on 16,500 working and stay-at-home mothers.
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