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Out of Reach of Children: The Degradation of Women, and Accepting It
So I was talking to my friend about porn the other night. She said that the most successful relationship she ever had was one in which she was “chill” about all of the things that might previously have caused her jealousy: her boyfriend’s tendency to slap her friends’ asses, and his giant porn collection. “I [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2007 under Pornography, ass, behavior, boyfriend, children, culture, degradation, degrading, depression, double standard, eating disorders, gender, jealousy, macho, masculinity, out, porn, rape, sex, sexual, sexuality, women.
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Depression, Oppression, Gender Socialization, Other Pressing Things
It has come to my attention that about twice as many women are depressed as men. So let’s read about it. Here’s an excerpt from an essay by Marwan M. Kazimi on the link between gender and depression (or you can read the whole essay). Personality attributes of girls and boys have been linked to [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Research, Western, achievement, adolescent, anxiety, biological, child, children, cultural lens, dependence, depression, eating disorder, emotionality, fear, gender, gender differences, gender socialization, helplessness, hormone, intelligence, mental health, parental, passivity, peer, personality, psychology, rejection, risk, self-esteem, sex difference, sexual abuse, social, social stigma, societal factors, stereotype, stereotypes, symptom, women, women's studies.
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Global Pedophile Ring Smashed!
Check out the article from the New York Times. The scientific community is not yet sure if pedophilia is pathological, but contemporary Western mores teach us that pedophilia is wrong. Yet there are some cases that are in the gray areas. For example, the Genarlow Wilson case, in which a 17 year old was given [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2007 under Duke, Genarlow Wilson, Iriquois, Mike Nifong, Pornography, abuse, children, consent, cultural criticism, culture, exploitation, federal, fellatio, global, golf, justice, lacrosse, law, molestation, objectification, oral sex, pathology, pedophilia, psychology, rape, sex, sexual assault, sports, violence.
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