Category: Sexuality
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Question: Marriage without Attraction
by Jason Stotts Here’s an interesting question submitted by a reader recently: Can you base a decision on marriage without sexual attraction and only because you like the persons values and character and for the things he has done for you? Would this marriage last ? I think the answer is obvious: sure, you could,…
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ATLOSCon 2012 Recap
by Jason Stotts As you probably know, I’ve been on vacation for roughly the last week in Atlanta for ATLOSCon 2012. It was a great experience like last year and I had a really good time reconnecting with old friends and getting to know some new people. Thursday night was the opening banquet and I…
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ATLOSCon 2012
by Jason Stotts The Atlanta Objectivist Society’s Mini-Conference ATLSOCon is coming up in just a couple of days and I’m really excited to be going again and presenting not only a class during ATLSOCon proper, but also a special workshop on practical sexual techniques (no, it’s not an orgy). If you haven’t already registered, you should…
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PSA: Cleanliness
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…
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Aporia: Is Physical Beauty Itself a Value?
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…
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Dan Savage Versus the Christians
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.…
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ATLOSCon 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…
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The Hunger Games
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…