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Sex Is Fun: the Twin Problems of Ignorance and Boom
I’m writing this post with this header image in the hopes that it will not appear to be an advertisement for sex. This is not usually a problem I have; most of the things that I blog about are not nearly this much fun. That’s why I am boldly persevering, despite it all. Being a [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Betty Dodson, Bust, Europe, God, Sex Roles, Sex for One, abstinence, abstinence-only, bdsm, cock, devil, feminism, feminist, feminists, feminists have better sex, feminists have more fun, g-spot, jill-off, open source, religion, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex lives, sex partner, sex positive, sex positivity, sex research, sex toy, sexpert, sexual activity, sexual attraction, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual orientation, sexual partner, sexual pleasure, sexual relations, sexual responsibility, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections, tristan taormino, viagra.
Tags: abstinence, bdsm, Betty Dodson, boom, Bust, butt sex, cock, devil, energy, Europe, feminism, feminist, free, g-spot, God, jill-off, multiple partner sex, open relationships, open source, podcast, product, religion, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex is fun, sex party, sex positive, sex toys, smitten kitten, tristan taormino, viagra, virginity, voyeurism
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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Newsflash: Ignorance is Not Bliss! (Abstinence and Why It Sucks)
The BBC reported in August that abstinence-only sex education programs are not working in the United States. Shockingly, studies found that avoiding education about sex does not reduce risks of teen pregnancy or slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. It turns out that sex is so good that even pretending it doesn’t exist does [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008 under abstinence, abstinence-only, educate, education, pregnancy, pregnant, premarital sex, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex positive, sex positivity, sex research, sexual activity, sexual attraction, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections.
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Color Me Beautiful: MakeUp, Fact & Fiction.
So, there’s this thing that I put on my face in the evenings these days, before I go out to shake my thang or down some burrs. The fact that many women feel dependent on this stuff – I have heard countless women explain that they feel incomplete or “naked” without their lipstickeyeshadowmascarafoundationconcealerblush while most [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2007 under Ma$e, Mase, Pippi Longstocking, Pornography, Puff Daddy, abuse, active, airbrushing, alcohol, bitch, blush, concealer, costume, culture, cupcake, disempowerment, dove, drinking, erotica, evolution, eyeshadow, fafi, film, foundation, gender, gender theory, hair removal, high, hippie, hot, identity, inner, lipstick, make up, makeup, marijuana, mascara, masturbation, men, money, movie, murder, naked, objectification, objectification of women, objects, oppression, outer, party, passive, pedicure, pimp, porn, retro, self, self-esteem, sex, sex differences, sex research, sexual abuse, sexual difference, sexual marketplace, sexual objectification, sexuality, shallow, standard of beauty, theory, video, violence, women.
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Definitions: Sex, Oral Sex, Children, and Consent
Yesterday, the New York Times reports, Genarlow Wilson was released from prison after having “served two years of 10-year prison sentence for having consensual oral sex with another teenager at a party when he was 17.” What?! This is the same act that, according to a 2002 survey conducted among teenagers in South Boston, is [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2007 under Atlanta, Female Sexuality, Genarlow Wilson, Georgia, HIV, Latin, Massachusetts, Rome, STIs, Self Objectification, South Boston, Wikipedia, agency, anal sex, arousal, birth control, bodies, child, child molestation, child molestor, chlamydia, consent, criminal, deep throat, fellatio, felony, female orgasm, feminism, gang rape, gonorrhea, herpes, kissing, misdemeanor, oral rape, oral sex, parole, pre-Christian, sex, sex research, sexual pleasure, sexual responsibility, sexually transmitted infections, teen sex.
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Pass the Gender Role, Bro: How We Form and Perpetuate Stereotypes
Thanks to Huehueteotl for this awesome post on intellectual vanities, “Gender Role and How We Gain It.” It packs quite a punch when read alongside CultureKitchen’s “How to Create a Rape Victim“by Nezua Limon Xol. The former deals with the social construction of gender, and the second with the social construction of gender power. This [...]
Posted: June 4th, 2007 under Dick and Jane, FBI, Gay, NOW, National Organization for Women, Self Objectification, Sex Roles, Vietnam, Women and Gender Studies, battered women, cartoon, cultural bias, domestic violence, empowerment, family culture, family values, gender, gender bias, graffiti, homelessness, juvenile offenders, lesbian, love, miscarriage, motherhood, murder, parenting, politics, poverty, psychology, rape victim, science and gender, self, self image, sex research, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual inequality, social class, sociology, stereotype, stillbirth, suicide, tradition, violence, violence against women, women battering, women's rights.
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Keep Your Socks On, I'm Cumming: Sex Positivity, Female Orgasm, Scientific Bias
In an article in the College Hill Independent from 2002, Ariana Green writes, “TEACHERS of abstinence-only sex ed have successfully followed Bush’s lead: they talk without ever saying anything of value. It’s an especially sad truth, right up there with the state of the economy and the administration’s hunger for war. Bush proposed to increase [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2007 under A Hunger So Wide and Deep, Becky Thompson, Betty Dodson, Brown University, Carol Queen, Cunt, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, Dick and Jane, Exhibitionism for the Shy, Federation of Feminist Women's Health Clinics, Female Sexuality, Feminist Frontiers, Global Sex Survey, Hollywood, Inga Muscio, Italy, Lara Kaplan, Masters and Johnson, Museum of Sex, Natalie Angier, Padua, Pornography, Realdo Colombo, Ruth J. Simmons, STIs, Sex for One, The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist A, Time, UC Berkeley, Woman: An Intimate Geography, Women and Gender Studies, abortion, abstinence, abstinence-only, abuse, activist, anatomy, anxiety, arousal, brain, cervix, clitoris, contraception, cultural bias, cumming, education, embarrassment, empowerment, erotica, fear, female anatomy, female orgasm, feminism, gender bias, genitalia, genitals, government spending, herbalist, heterosexual, higher education, horror movies, intercourse, masturbation, men, midwife, neuroscience, orgasm, porn star, positron emission topography, right-handed, science, science and gender, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex positive, sex research, sex work, sex workers, sexpert, sexual pleasure, sexually transmitted infections, sin, speculum, stripper, trance, violence against women.
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