Month: May 2010
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AAP Recants
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) has finally recanted their what-the-hell-is-your-problem-FGM-is-not-only-unethical-but-also-illegal position on Female Genital Mutilation. The American Academy of Pediatrics has rescinded a controversial policy statement raising the idea that doctors in some communities should be able to substitute demands for female genital cutting with a harmless…
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Formspring Question: Changing Sexual Orientation
Q: Is there any way for someone to change his or her sexual orientation (ex. gay to straight)? A: This is another very difficult question. The answer is yes and no. First, in order to understand whether this is possible, we need to understand what a sexual orientation is. It is, in fact, a rather…
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Porn is Good for You
by Jason Stotts I’m a little behind on this story, but new research shows what everyone, besides feminists, has known for years: porn is good for you. On the Psychology Today blog Homo Consumericus, Dr. Gad Saad talks about some of the recent studies that support porn as being beneficial. His article is “Pornography: Beneficial…
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Sexual Perfection?
by Jason Stotts I’ve recently been entertaining the thought of changing the title of the book I’m writing in order to make it easier for people to understand its subject without having to understand the entire book first. Consequently, I’m seeking advice for titles from you, Erosophia’s dear readers. In order to encourage you to…
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Happy National Masturbation Month!
by Jason Stotts I’ve been rather remiss in blogging about this, but May is National Masturbation Month! So, if you haven’t masturbated yet this month (ha!), then go ahead and celebrate today, before the month is over. In case you’re wondering about the history of National Masturbation Month, see this article on EmpowHer.
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Government, Citizenship, and Treason
by Jason Stotts Recently, the B.O. administration gave the green light to the CIA to kill the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Typically, this wouldn’t have been any sort of interesting issue and something that the CIA could have decided for itself. The problem with this case is that al-Awlaki was born in America and is…
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Birthday Carnival
by Jason Stotts Welcome to the very-special-it’s-my-birthday edition of the Objectivist Round Up. For those who may not know, Objectivism, in the words of Ayn Rand, is a “philosophy for living on Earth.” In that spirit, we present essays weekly applying Objectivism to practical problems in order to improve our lives and, by extension, those of…
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Male Contraception on the Way?
by Jason Stotts BBC News is reporting that University of North Carolina researchers are having some success using ultrasound to stop sperm production in the testicles for up to six months. Lead researcher Dr James Tsuruta said: “We think this could provide men with up to six months of reliable, low-cost, non-hormonal contraception from a…