Love is the Drug
Grace Jones had it right: In an analysis of the images appearing today in The Journal of Neurophysiology, researchers in New York and New Jersey argue that romantic love is a biological urge distinct from sexual arousal. This research specifically covers infatuation, the time period in which one may actually devote 3-4 hours developing the [...]
...read moreShould parents be allowed to sit in on sex ed classes?
This woman tried, and was turned away. While I’m sympathetic to her cause — she didn’t want her child being misinformed by fact-deficient abstinence-only education — I think that as a general rule, it’s not a good idea to have parents in sex ed classes. In Washington state, sexual health educators are required to present [...]
...read moreRestoring virginity
Doctors who “repair” women’s hymens are being threatened, apparently, by people who judge women’s value by the state of their hymen. While the stereotype of someone getting this surgery is a veiled Muslim woman, that isn’t entirely accurate. Young also said that it’s not just women with Middle Eastern backgrounds seeking the surgeries. There has [...]
...read moreFeminists Hate Sex
Can a bitch get a break? Why do so many women not want to call themselves feminists? I sincerely think it’s because the word carries the stigma that feminists don’t like bonking — least of all bonking guys. If feminism wants its good name back, it will have to come up with a pro-sex, highly [...]
...read moreSex and the asexual girl
Asexuals are finally coming out. I can’t even begin to summarize the entire article, but it’s incredibly interesting; it seems that the discourse around asexuality is trying to walk a fine line where asexual people are validated, but where issues leading to asexuality can still be discussed and examined.
...read moreThis website really stinks
Hah. Gotta love stupid puns about repulsive, sexist deodorant websites. I wasn’t aware that even deodorant could be marketed with such over-the-top sexism, but the Axe website proves that it can. You build (or “customize,” as they call it, kind of like a car) your “dream girl,” and Axe tells you what kind of body [...]
...read moreInstructions and advice for the young bride
From an 1894 newsletter: To the sensitive young woman who has had the benefits of proper upbringing, the wedding day is, ironically, both the happiest and most terrifying day of her life. On the positive side, there is the wedding itself, in which the bride is the central attraction in a beautiful and inspiring ceremony, [...]
...read moreMore on Orgasm Science
The NYTimes has a review of Lloyd’s book that I wrote about yesterday, including a quote that greater clarifies her position: Western culture is suffused with images of women’s sexuality, of women in the throes of orgasm during intercourse and seeming to reach heights of pleasure that are rare, if not impossible, for most women [...]
...read moreOoh, Ooh, Eee: Orgasm Science
An article by the Boston Globe covers the scientific recognition of and the evolutionary arguments surrounding the female orgasm. A new book by Elisabeth A. Lloyd, The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution, “summarizes dozens of evolutionary accounts of the female orgasm – and knocks them all down. Like [paleontologist [...]
...read moreFor sex ed that works
Look to Dr. Carrera. Director of the National Adolescent Sexuality Training Center at the Children’s Aid Society, Carrera has been working with low-income young people, offering them comprehensive sexual health education starting at age 11 and going through high school graduation. The result: We participated in a three-year independent evaluation of our program. Nine hundred [...]
...read moreThe Battle Over Birth Control
Notice that the fight over women’s health has lurched from a strict focus on abortion to an ever-increasing attack on contraceptives. Does the pill prevent pregnancy or terminate it? Conservative Christians in my town hand out flyers at the county fair declaring that all forms of birth control are abortive in nature. They are sure [...]
...read moreSin and same-sex marriage
My name is Enyo and I’ll be a guest blogger this week. My blog is Redfish. I’m sorry about this post being a bit scattered, but I just haven’t been able to get my thought together very coherently. * * * I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about same-sex marriage recently. I believe that [...]
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