I had my first period when I was 12. I knew what was happening to my body but just the basics from school. Since then I have been using sanitary pads. I tried the tampon once, it was comfortable but hurt so much when I tried to pee. After that experience I vowed never to insert anything in my...
Dear beautiful woman, be a beauty with brains. So you have been intimate with a married man, and he is promising to make you his second wife. The title of wife makes you think you are serious and special to him. Funny as it may sound, the idea of being a second wife has crossed my mind once but...
I was recently disappointed by an all females WhatsApp Group that was meant to be a platform where ladies share ideas, opportunities and network. Instead it turned out to be a space where sex, men and marriage were the topic of the day. I would wake up to over a 1000 messages each morning about...
Afraid of Being a Mother Than HIV/AIDS & STIs
Growing up my mother never spoke about sex directly, even when I had first period she did not give me the “if you have sex you will fall pregnant” lecture. I was handed pads and that was it. It was only when I started hanging with boys a lot that I received the sex talk, all she said...
Because I have a vagina I live in fear on a daily basis. I am target to men who feel entitled to my body. Last night I struggled to fall asleep thinking of how to pen this down following the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. I followed twitter posts about her missing from last week and...