-
Sex Facts #1: All Men Start as Women
by Jason Stotts Not everyone knows this, but all fetuses start out as more or less female until it is about 7 weeks old or so. At that point, sex hormones cause the proto-female sex organs to close and begin to build the penis. In the picture below, A and B are before sex differentiation.…
-
Assorted News
by Jason Stotts I’ve been behind on a number of things recently, but I’m finally getting caught up. These are some of the news stories that I’ve been meaning to blog about as they came up, but didn’t get a chance to yet. 1. Female Ejaculation: The Long Road to Non-Discovery A very nice in-depth…
-
Rationalism Among Objectivists
by Jason Stotts I was perusing this week’s Objectivist Blog Carnival when I noticed a post that sounded interesting: Benjamin Skipper’s “You Can Only Hate What’s *There*.” Now, I was interested in this because I’m very interested in theories of emotion and this piece sounded particularly misguided by the title. The piece didn’t disappoint. The…
-
Sex Tips #9: It’s Only Kinky the First Time
by Jason Stotts I think one major thing that a lot of people need to get past in order to make their sex lives better is the idea that kinky is the same as being bad or immoral. It is not necessarily these things at all. A “kinky” sex act is one that is just…
-
Best. Prank. Ever.
by Jason Stotts via CollegeHumor
-
It Gets Better
by Jason Stotts I realized that I haven’t yet said anything about Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project on YouTube and his book that just came out. In case you haven’t heard of it, the project is intended to help LGBT… youth overcome the bullying and harassment of middle school and high school and to…
-
Prostitution
by Jason Stotts Someone asked me at ATLOSCon what I thought about prostitution and I’m glad that I didn’t get asked the question during my lecture. I think I gave a pretty good answer to their question, but it’s one of those questions that I have not spent enough time thinking about to give a…
-
ATLOSCon Speech
by Jason Stotts I want to thank everyone who attended my lecture this morning. I hope that everyone found it interesting and engaging. If you’re interested in further readings, I recommend starting with the following: 1. “Of Living Death,” The Objectivist. Especially 530-531. (Or: The Voice of Reason, 46-63.) 2. “Francisco’s Sex Speech,” from Atlas Shrugged,…
Got any book recommendations?