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Formspring: Moral Differences between Sex Acts?
by Jason Stotts I received this question recently, which is partly a response to my answer of the last formspring question “When is Sex Appropriate?“. The question is this: What is the moral difference between manual, oral and vaginal sex? Is there one? Should one’s standards for partners vary for each of these activities? Why…
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Starbucks Doesn’t Get It
by Jason Stotts I was surprised to find an e-mail from Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz this morning in my inbox. I was even more surprised by it after I read the message: September 2011 Dear Starbucks Friend and Fellow Citizen: I love our country. And I am a beneficiary of the promise of America. But…
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Review: Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Advanced Anal Sex
by Jason Stotts Tristan Taormino just recently released her newest movie, the “Expert Guide to Advanced Anal Sex” and was kind enough to send me a review copy of it. Unsurprisingly, Tristan does not disappoint in the movie. This is my first review of an adult product here on Erosophia and I must say that it…
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the August 25, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up. I’m filling in this week as an emergency host, so forgive me for not sending out reminder e-mails earlier. Today’s quote is brought to you from Nietzsche. Although he and I understand it differently, he phrases it so beautifully: Egoism is the very…
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Gary Johnson
by Jason Stotts I detest the politics is done in America today. It is nothing but the pandering of vacuous politicians to pressure groups who can see no farther than their own desires and who are willing to enslave others to meet their myopic ends. It is a race between a party who wants to…
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Pornography
by Jason Stotts Scientific American recently had a good article on pornography called “The Sunny Side of Smut.” It’s one of those rare articles about porn that actually looks to the facts, instead of rationalistically condemning porn for its imagined detriments like many feminists and religious people are wont to do. In fact, the article…
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The Book of Mormon
by Jason Stotts In case you haven’t heard of it, The Book of Mormon is the Tony Award winning (9 Tonys!) musical written by Matt Stone and Trey Parker (of South Park). It is officially my favorite comedy musical, even though I haven’t seen it yet. I did, however, get to listen to the original…
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Circumcision is Immoral
by Jason Stotts I’ve said before that circumcision is immoral; but, did you know it’s also impractical? A new study (n = 5552) from Denmark found that: Conclusions: Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs…
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