Sexual Orientation

Female Sexual Fluidity in the News

Posted by on August 12, 2010 at 9:14 am

by Jason Stotts NPR just ran a story about female sexual fluidity, a fairly new idea and one that is rather controversial.  The idea is that female sexual orientation is “fluid” in the sense that a woman can change her sexual orientation over time and this is just the way female sexuality is, it is [...]

Objectivism, Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: Initial Thoughts

Posted by on July 22, 2010 at 10:00 am

by Jason Stotts “For a woman qua woman, the essence of femininity is hero-worship—the desire to look up to man” ~ Ayn Rand In this essay I am going to present two views of masculinity and femininity: those of Ayn Rand and then my own. I will also present my reasons for my views and [...]

Formspring Question: Changing Sexual Orientation

Posted by on May 24, 2010 at 7:46 am

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 [...]

Kinsey and Sexual identity

Posted by on April 27, 2009 at 10:26 pm

by Jason Stotts For those few of you who have never heard of him, Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) was an American sex researcher and a pioneer in the field of sex research. He is best known for his two books “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male” (1948) and “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female” (1953). But, [...]