Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man? For those who believe that gender is a social construct, and there are no differences between men and women’s brains, this paper is something of a reality check. Toby Young 24 May 2018 · 11 min read
Portugal Poised to Write Gender Fluidity into Law It’s difficult to say if it was really created to advance the rights of these people, or if it was simply cobbled together on some sort of whim. Ricardo Lopes 9 May 2018 · 8 min read
How the Science Wars Ruined the Mother of Anthropology Both revered and despised for the image of humanity she presented to the world, and for her conclusions about the Samoan people, in particular. Matthew Blackwell 11 Apr 2018 · 17 min read
A Plea To Trans Activists: We Can Protect Trans Rights Without Denying Biology Critical thinking is not hate; it builds understanding and establishes foundations that are robust and can protect trans people without compromising the rights of women. Debbie Hayton 30 Mar 2018 · 8 min read
Why Do Men Rape? “Rape is not about sexual orientation or sexual desire. It is an act of power and control in which the victim is brutalized and humiliated.” Matthew Blackwell 21 Mar 2018 · 15 min read
Blockchain and Sex Blockchain technology also has the potential to be used for smart contracts. Smart contracts provide an automatically enforceable way for buyers and sellers to negotiate a contract. Justin Campbell 27 Feb 2018 · 4 min read
‘The Apartment,’ Authority, and Consent On a topic of particular pertinence to our own cultural moment, Billy Wilder’s 1960 classic is a fascinating artefact well worth revisiting. Matthew Stahlman 7 Feb 2018 · 10 min read
Why I'm Uneasy With the #MeToo Movement An assumption of personal responsibility is the sine qua non of independence and autonomy in a free society. Lexa Frankl 9 Nov 2017 · 13 min read
Why Feminists Must Understand Evolution If our common goal is to encourage reciprocal respect for other individuals, in spite of average differences in group proclivities. Marta Iglesias 29 Oct 2017 · 14 min read
Sex and the Seductions of Social Explanation At its best, commentary on the science of sex differences has been about method and about evidence, and the knowledge that, with care, these can produce. Michael Clegg 15 Oct 2017 · 10 min read
Misunderstanding a New Kind of Gender Dysphoria What will it take for this contagion to be seen for what it is, so that its most damaging effects can be prevented? Lisa Marchiano 6 Oct 2017 · 11 min read
Is Sex a Dirty Word? Within the lens of Western culture, it is sex and not money that is the primary root of all evil. Craig Bielert and David C Geary 19 Sep 2017 · 21 min read
Reviving "Essentialism" and Other Scientific Straw Men In fact—it’s even more interesting than that. Multiple matings do (perhaps surprisingly) benefit females in all sorts of ways across all sort of species. Robert King 11 Apr 2017 · 10 min read
What Sadomasochism Can Teach Us About Human Sexuality Notwithstanding the ever-expanding reach of Darwinism away from sexuality, the exploration of the evolutionary roots of human sexual behavior is not yet complete. Gregory Gorelik 4 Apr 2017 · 17 min read
Cordelia Fine's "Testosterone Rex" — A Review The point is rather that, potentially, even quite marked sex differences in the brain may have little consequence for behaviour. Stuart Ritchie 21 Mar 2017 · 6 min read
