Category: Philosophy
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Dove and Self-Perception
by Jason Stotts This is just wonderful:
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Radically Candid Interview: Tackling Polysexuality
by Jason Stotts I was interviewed by the Radically Candid Podcast again recently and the show is now up! As is always the case with Radically Candid, we talked about a lot of different topics, but we primarily talked about polysexuality and various issues as related to it. It was a lot of fun recording…
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On Polysexuality (Revised)
by Jason Stotts Summary: Our language related to sex must be expanded to capture all of the variations that we see in real life. And we need to understand this because sex is good and a valuable part of a human life. The way we structure our relationships and sex lives has a lot of optionality…
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On Homophobia
by Jason Stotts I think the topic of homophobia is fascinating, because I think all too many people misunderstand what homophobia means. Most dictionary and common-use definitions consider “homophobia” to be a fear of, or aversion to, homosexuals. I, however, don’t think that’s quite right. I think the term “homophobia” is great. It is a…
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court
by Jason Stotts I’ve been busy getting the podcast together and getting ready for another interview with Radically Candid today. However, I want everyone to know (like you wouldn’t already know this), that Erosophia fully supports same-sex marriage and will continue to fight the philosophical battles related to same-sex marriage and just gays being treated like…
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Polysexuality and Cultural Acceptability
The current US population is 313,914,040 people, 313 million people. If you put all those polysexual people in one state it would be the 5th most populated state in the US. That those 5% of the US population, those 1 in 20 people feel ashamed at their desires and feel like they’ll be rejected by society…
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Fantasy and the “Cannibal Cop”
by Jason Stotts Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the story of the “cannibal cop” (Gilberto Valle) who fantasized about killing and eating women in New York. Today he was convicted of plotting to kidnap a woman and improper use of a police database and sentenced for it. Now, usually I wouldn’t bring…
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On Fantasy, its Bounds, and Moral Implications Thereof
by Jason Stotts Note: This essay is adapted from the lecture I gave at ATLOSCon 2012 on “Sexual Attraction and Fantasy.” What is fantasy? I’m sure you know what fantasy is, but can you clearly articulate it? Fantasy is one of those things that we all know, but whose exact nature it can be hard…