Category: Sexuality
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On Companionate Marriages
by Jason Stotts There are lots of different kinds of marriages, and I don’t just mean same-sex marriages, poly-marriages, and other “non-traditional” marriages. There are different ways to have just “regular” old marriages between two people. One kind of marriage is a romantic marriage where two partners intertwine their lives and share a high level…
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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…
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About Erosophia
by Jason Stotts tl:dr version: Erosophia is dedicated to understanding sex from a philosophical perspective. I want to create a new field of philosophy called “sexual ethics.” I think sexual ethics must rely on a eudaimonistic framework whose goal is the long-term living well of the individual. I don’t talk much about my meta-goals here…
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Ten Things Didn’t Know About Orgasm by Mary Roach
by Jason Stotts In this interesting video of Mary Roach at TED, she talks about orgasm and you’ll definitely learn something new from it. Mary is the author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, which is a really good book about some of the science behind sex written in a way that is accessible…
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Christopher Ryan in LA
by Jason Stotts Last night I got to meet Christopher Ryan in LA at an event he was speaking at. Well, “meet” is perhaps a little strong, but I got to shake his hand, talk to him a little bit, get our picture taken, and get my copy of Sex at Dawn signed. (For a couple…
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On Threesomes
by Jason Stotts I’ve written about having sex with more than one partner before, which I call polysexuality (or non-monogamy), and I think I’ve covered it pretty thoroughly. However, recently a friend of mine was asking me about threesomes and I realized that this discussion was very abstract and while it dealt with the same…
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Playboy is Now Casting Season 3 of Swing
By Jason Stotts For those of you who are interested, Playboy has green-lighted Season 3 of Swing and is starting casting for it: If you’ve seen the show, you know how fantastic it is. We’ll be back, as will Michael and Holli, Ashley and Early, and lots of other Kasidie members you’ve grown to love…
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Illinois One Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts As a special Valentine’s Day present, the Illinois Senate today passed a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in Illinois: Under the measure, marriage officially would be changed in state law from an act between a man and a woman to two people. The legislation explicitly says nothing in the proposed law…