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
· 14 min read
Sex
A collection of 144 posts
Sex, Seductions, and 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
· 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
· 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
· 21 min read
Traditionalists and Activists Are Both Wrong About Sex and Gender
The clearest evidence for this lack of a distinction is the fact that most individuals are cisgender (individuals whose gender identity aligns with their biological sex).
Gregory Gorelik
· 8 min read
Laura Kipnis, Camille Paglia, and the Redefinition of Sex
Kipnis’ cautionary tale dovetails with Camille Paglia’s collection of essays, Free Women, Free Men.
Irene Ogrizek
· 6 min read
Stop Using the Term "Gender"
From that perspective, it might make sense to co-opt “gender” to refer to human sexual phenotypic diversity.
Michael McConkey
· 8 min read
Reviving Essentialism — 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
· 10 min read
Camille Paglia on the Battle of the Sexes
Women have become angry and defensive as a result of being raised to view men as the enemy.
Suzanne Venker
· 5 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
· 17 min read
Swingers, Feminism, and Social Constructionism
What happens in a culture where equality rules?
Irene Ogrizek
· 8 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
· 6 min read
How Social Constructionism Created the Sex Addiction Model
And unfortunately, that problem is usually one which is socially constructed, rather than scientifically valid.
Michael Aaron
· 6 min read
Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises but Small Testicles?
Somewhere in our evolutionary past how smart and social we are became the major control on our access to sexual partners — not how big or fancy a male’s penis is.
Mark Maslin
· 5 min read
Interview with Debra W. Soh, Sex Neuroscientist
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read