May 16, 2012
by Jason Stotts I really feel like I shouldn’t have to write this post, but I fear that all too many people don’t understand basic hygiene well enough that it’s warranted. One of my readers pointed out that in a Savage Love podcast sometime back (Episode 188 at the 5:30 mark) a man had a question about his [...]
Tags: Dan Savage, Health, Hygiene, Soap, Washing
Posted in Health, Sexuality
May 10, 2012
by Jason Stotts I often get asked, because I advocate that sexual attraction is a response to values, whether physical beauty is a value. The intention of the question is, of course, to see if I think that physical beauty is a sufficient value to justify sexual activity. I’ve always thought this was an interesting [...]
Tags: Aporia, Beauty, Sexual Attraction
Posted in Aporia, Emotions, Sexuality
May 8, 2012
by Jason Stotts One of the things I hate most about christianity, and there is oh so much I hate about it, is the christian propensity to find offense in everything they don’t like and to feel indignation when they are rebuffed: their feeling that they are always right and everyone else is always wrong. [...]
Tags: Atheism, christianity, Dan Savage
Posted in Atheism, Homosexuality, Sexuality
May 2, 2012
by Jason Stotts It’s strange, but I don’t remember starting Erosophia. There was no big debut, no fireworks, no momentous decision. I think I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about blogging (it was newish back then) and wanted a place to put my thoughts down “on paper”. That was seven years [...]
Tags: Birthday, Erosophia
Posted in Administrative
April 22, 2012
by Jason Stotts How can we hope to have healthy and successful lives, including sex lives, if we feel shame at the things that are necessary to maintain our society? If you don’t support free markets, then you don’t support freedom of the individual and it’s only a matter of time before someone will be along to [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Earth Day, Individual Rights
Posted in Objectivism, Politics
April 19, 2012
Welcome to the April 19, 2012 edition of the Objectivist Round Up and the 13th time that Erosophia has hosted. This week I want to put up three quotes to remind everyone that nothing should be outside the purview of reason: “Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his [...]
Tags: Ayn Rand, Blog Carnival, Objectivism, Objectivist Round Up
Posted in Objectivism
April 16, 2012
by Jason Stotts The registration for ATLOSCon 2012 in Atlanta is now live! That means it’s time for you to register for my class and my workshop on sex. Oh, you didn’t know that you’d be able to see me speaking live this year? Well, read on. This year at ATLOSCon I’m going to be [...]
Tags: ATLOSCon, ATLOSCon 2012, Lecture, Live Speaking, Objectivism
Posted in Anal Eroticism, Live Speaking, Objectivism, Philosophy, Sexuality
April 8, 2012
by Jason Stotts I think it’s funny how many christians don’t know the origins of most of the easter symbols. Why, for example, are bunnies and eggs associated with zombies? The answer, of course, is the early christians adopted the pagan symbols for fertility: rabbits that multiply quickly and eggs that are the symbol of [...]
Tags: Atheism, easter, Jesus, Sexuality
Posted in Atheism, Sexuality
April 5, 2012
by Jason Stotts The movie The Hunger Games has been doing exceptionally well in the box office and it’s no surprise. The Hunger Games are poignant, dramatic, and moving. It is the story of children caught up in the machine of an all powerful government who controls the very lives of its citizens and kills [...]
Tags: Atheism, christianity, Culture, Nudity, Religion, Society, The Hunger Games
Posted in Atheism, Book Review, Ethics, Objectivism, Politics, Sexuality
April 4, 2012
by Jason Stotts I never thought that I might live to see the day that I said MTV has a good show on the air. Today is, however, that day. They’ve enlisted Dan Savage, who’s advice on relationships and sex is superb (even if some of his politics are disagreeable), to travel the country to [...]
Tags: Dan Savage, MTV
Posted in Relationships, Sexuality