Category: Sexuality
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Hugh Hefner
by Jason Stotts Here’s a very interesting essay by none other than Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times about Hugh Hefner and the positive influence he’s had on our culture. Many of you will find my comments deplorable. You may believe Playboy was the enemy of women. It objectified their bodies. It schooled men…
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DADT On Its Way Out
by Jason Stotts The Senate today voted 65-31 to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the policy that banned openly gay members of armed services. This is great news and they need to speed this process along and make it official. WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday voted to strike down the ban on gay…
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Shamenorming
by Jason Stotts I recently had a conversation with someone who argued that slut shaming was dead and that it didn’t happen anymore. I haven’t heard such a naive and fanciful position since religion. For those who have any doubts, here are two very sad stories of slut-shaming. These are certainly not outliers, but just…
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Child Abuse in Lesbian Households
by Jason Stotts The Huffington Post has an article that is sure to infuriate the Religious Reich: “Child Abuse Rate At Zero Percent In Lesbian Households, New Report Finds.” The atricle notes that: The paper found that none of the 78 NLLFS adolescents reports having ever been physically or sexually abused by a parent or…
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Illinois Approves Civil Unions
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that yesterday the Illinois legislature passed legislation legalizing civil unions for either heterosexual or homosexual couples. It’s not exactly equality, but at least now gays in IL have some legal rights as a couple. Illinois’ state Senate approved legislation Wednesday that will give same-sex couples many of the same…
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On Male Orgasm and Prostate Play 2
by Jason Stotts On the original “On Male Orgasm and Prostate Play,” a reader asked the following question: This is a really good article. I appreciate that it focuses alot on the anatomy and phisiological aspect of the orgasm, and not just “stroke his cock fast with 2 hands” like alot of male orgasm articles.…
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New Discoveries about Penis Birth Defects
by Jason Stotts The BBC is reporting that scientists have isolated a gene that plays a role in the malformation of the penis during pregnancy and fetal development. The malformation is called hypospadias and it is when the opening of the urethra is not on the head of the penis in it’s usual spot, but…
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Aporia: Love
by Jason Stotts Aporia (Gr.) – a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. Here, I am going to just think through some of the problems related to love. I’m not necessarily looking for answers here and you should be forewarned…