Category: Sexuality
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Female Sexual Fluidity in the News
by Jason Stotts NPR just ran a story about female sexual fluidity, a fairly new idea and one that is rather controversial. The idea is that female sexual orientation is “fluid” in the sense that a woman can change her sexual orientation over time and this is just the way female sexuality is, it is…
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California’s Prop 8 Unconstitutional
by Jason Stotts In case you somehow missed it, a federal judge has ruled California’s “Prop 8” that (re)denied same-sex marriage unconstitutional and, consequently, void. A federal judge declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that “moral disapproval”…
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Sexual Etymology: Weibliche Scham
by Jason Stotts Weibliche Scham (De) – vulva. Interestingly, although in German “weibliche Scham” means vulva, it is more literally translated as “feminine shame.” Just one more example of sex-negativity hiding out in language.
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Objectivism, Masculinity, Femininity, and Homosexuality: Initial Thoughts
by Jason Stotts “For a woman qua woman, the essence of femininity is hero-worship—the desire to look up to man” ~ Ayn Rand In this essay I am going to present two views of masculinity and femininity: those of Ayn Rand and then my own. I will also present my reasons for my views and…
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New Gel Reduces HIV and Herpes Infections
by Jason Stotts Bussinessweek is reporting on a new study for a drug called Viread that is having some very promising trials: A vaginal gel containing Gilead Sciences Inc.’s AIDS drug Viread cut HIV infections by as much as 54 percent in a trial in South Africa… “It’s a game-changing trial,” said Mitchell Warren, executive…
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Argentina Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts Yesterday, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage: [The new law] gives same-sex couples equal marriage rights, including the ability to adopt children. The law was backed by the center-left government of President Cristina Kirchner, who has said she will sign it. [CNN] Congrats to all of the…
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Iceland Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts Reuters is reporting that Iceland has passed Same-Sex Marriage in a unanimous vote. Iceland, the only country in the world to have an openly gay head of state, passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex partners to get married in a vote which met with no political resistance. The Althingi parliament voted 49…
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Is Love a Zero-Sum Game?
by Jason Stotts Many people tend to assume that love is a zero-sum game and I think that that’s an interesting assumption. In order to figure out if it’s true, let’s take a look at what it would mean and see if we can come to understand whether love is, in fact, a zero-sum game.…