The Last Straight Woman
Senior Writer and Podcast Producer Iona Italia talks to writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy about her latest book: 'The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men.'
Iona Italia, Quillette
· 1 min read
Sexuality
A collection of 24 posts
What Straight Women Want
A new book by Phoebe Maltz Bovy argues that most accounts of female heterosexuality minimise and even theorise away its central feature: women’s sexual desire for men.
Iona Italia
· 14 min read
Has the Gay-Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for Our Own Good?
The hyper-sexualized nature of many gay subcultures threatens to undo the important human-rights progress we’ve made over the course of my lifetime.
Ronan McCrea
· 10 min read
What Is the Evolutionary Purpose of Female Orgasm? with Robert King | Quillette Cetera Ep. 56
Evolutionary psychologist Robert King joins Quillette to discuss the science of female orgasm, human sexual behaviour, and insights from his book Naturally Selective.
Zoe Sankey, Robert King
· 28 min read
Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation
The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy.
James Kierstead
· 8 min read
Sage of Sex and Psyche
Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024).
Steven Pinker
· 12 min read
In Defence of John Money
How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe?
Alex Byrne
· 12 min read
Trans Typologies: A Brief History
In a new book, MIT philosopher Alex Byrne tracks our evolving understanding of gender dysphoria.
Alex Byrne
· 11 min read
Are We Dating the Same Guy?
Women create whisper networks to keep themselves safe from antisocial male behaviour. But unfortunately, such networks can be highjacked by our antisocial female peers.
Amy Eileen Hamm
· 5 min read
Academia’s Missing Men
Men are disappearing from science and academia. The public perception is, however, exactly the opposite.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 9 min read
McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring
In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen.
Jonathan Kay
· 51 min read
Gay Not Queer
Gay identities are based on biological sex; gender identities erase biological sex and replace it with gender.
Peter Gajdics
· 11 min read
Simping and the Sexual Marketplace
Simping reflects the cold reality of our modern sexual marketplace where a growing number of lonely young men search desperately for a romantic partner.
Vincent Harinam
· 12 min read
Sorry, Demi Lovato: You Can't Fight Sexism by Opting Out of Womanhood
It’s true that hair is a definitive socially-constructed characteristic of femininity (and masculinity) in many cultures.
Mary Kate Fain
· 9 min read
The Sex Negative Society
The education system is sex negative, especially when it engages in “sex education.”
Jacob Falkovich
· 6 min read