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
· 8 min read
Sex
A collection of 148 posts
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
· 16 min read
Believe Some Women
#MeToo demands that all women must be believed — except where their stories upset the prevailing narrative.
Karen Yossman
· 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
· 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 min read
Why Trans Kids Need Gatekeepers
Gatekeeping is not about saying “yes” or “no” straight-up.
Libby DownUnder
· 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
· 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.
Heather E. Heying
· 8 min read
Explaining Monogamy to Vox
“Why would humans all around the world invent a rule that’s so difficult to follow, and treat breaking as such an enormous betrayal?”
William Buckner
· 14 min read
Are Liberal Democracies Rape Cultures?
The rape culture is much like the poor sanitation conditions which led to typhoid—it provides an environment in which acts of rape are fostered.
Antonin Foucaux
· 10 min read
Can't a Woman 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
· 11 min read
Portugal Writes Self-Definition of Gender 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
· 8 min read
The Science Wars Ruined My Mother's 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
· 17 min read
A Plea to Trans Activists — 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
· 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
· 15 min read