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Shani Raviv

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Shani Raviv

Defending the laywoman

On a balmy Saturday afternoon in the suburbs, I am strangling a much older woman with a diamond ring in her nose. When I loosen my grip she shows me her arms. “I’ll have to sue…

Testing … testing … HIV

Getting tested for HIV is about as enticing as sleeping with a new partner for the first time with a condom that the government distributed. It’s a rough ride. Even if you were…

Every dog has his day

It’s not every day that men get down on their knees to eat dog biscuits out of a woman’s hand. On the surface, such a scene, from the show Train Your Man, may look like a revolt…

Keeping abreast

I’ve never been big on breasts. At first I shunned them. Then I strapped them down in puberty’s equivalent of a straightjacket. And as a teenager, I often left them hanging. Only…

Losing my libido

I lost my libido and didn’t know where to find it. I know when I lost it and why. But the sad thing was that I didn’t miss it. If my partner hadn’t warned me that it was gone I…

Inn love

My boyfriend and I checked into a love hotel for the hour. It was Friday night and we were on an errant mission in an erogenous zone. ”Love hotels are big in Japan,” said Jaco,…

Frozen on the birth channel

Almost every woman I know is pregnant or planning. Either high on post-conception, heavy with foetus in utero, panicked for the Caesarean section booked for Monday or…

Speaking in tongues

I was told that my body language gives men the wrong impression. But I cannot remain impervious to such insinuations. Every woman has the right to stride with pride. Just because…

‘My vagina wears real fur’

”On the bar menu tonight ladies, you can order a boner. I’ve always wanted to ask for a purple hard-on in a big glass,” announced Noble. What happens when 156 women get together…