Sex - Quillette (Page 7)

Strange Bedfellows: The Peculiar Alliance Between Centrist Liberals and Radical Feminists

Trans radicalism is not a war against feminism.

2 Jan 2019 · 11 min read

The Uncharted Territories of Medically Transitioning Children

Are we venturing into dragon territory with the transitional therapies increasingly made available to transgender youth?

Donna Reynolds

29 Dec 2018 · 16 min read

Aristophanes’ Orphans: A Disabled Trans Woman Surveys the Grey Zone Between Love and Fetish

Everyone found themselves feeling empty and longing for their other half, be it the woman you were attached to or the man you were attached to.

Emma McAllister

18 Dec 2018 · 10 min read

A Surfeit of Empathy and an Absence of Compassion

As a parent of an ROGD teen, it has been so disheartening to see so few mainstream sources publishing balanced views on this topic. We have glowing “protransition” pieces in the left-wing press, and (often) angry, and even anti-trans pieces in the right-wing or religious press. These articles are just

Samuel Veissière

9 Dec 2018 · 7 min read

The Unspoken Homophobia Propelling the Transgender Movement in Children

Nowadays, every left-leaning parent and educator seems content to take a child’s word at face value if they say they were born in the wrong body, not realizing that by doing so, an important conversation is being brushed aside.

Debra Soh

23 Oct 2018 · 6 min read

Consent Isn’t Everything and Sex Is Not Like Tea

Some of the enjoyments of sex have to do with a reflective enjoyment of the experience.

R. P. Reed and Megan Fritts

19 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

Keeping it Casual

Girls are taught that sex without love is a meaningless experience, boys that, as meaningless experiences go, it’s a pretty damn good one.

Steve Stewart-Williams

14 Oct 2018 · 16 min read

Believe (Some) Women

#MeToo demands that all women must be believed — except where their stories upset the prevailing narrative.

Karen Yossman

20 Sep 2018 · 6 min read

The New McCarthyism: Blacklisting in Academia

What is the appropriate punishment for such verbal behavior? Reduction in salary? Firing? Firing plus blacklisting? Or, something else?

Edward Erwin

17 Aug 2018 · 8 min read

Moral Panic, Then and Now

Boycotts, de-platforming and witch hunts do “succeed” in the narrow sense that they can ruin lives. But they don’t change anyone’s privately held opinions.

Barrett Wilson

8 Aug 2018 · 8 min read

Why Trans Kids Need Gatekeepers

Gatekeeping is not about saying “yes” or “no” straight-up.

Libby DownUnder

31 Jul 2018 · 12 min read

Trans Activism's Dangerous Myth of Parental Rejection

A third problem with the belief that parental rejection is the norm is that it makes for bad policy.

Lisa Marchiano

20 Jul 2018 · 13 min read

On Toxic Femininity

The movement that has popularized the term ‘toxic masculinity’ shares tools and conclusions with those who see signs of ‘white supremacy’ everywhere they look.