Hot, Passionate, Rational Sex

April 2, 2013 By 11 Comments

I posted to Facebook what I thought was a very interesting article about consent that argued it should be about asking a sexual partner whether they want something so that they have the chance to say “yes” rather than only pushing their boundaries until they say “no”. The idea was to look at consent as [...]

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What Constitutes Cheating In Your Romantic Relationship?

December 8, 2012 By 4 Comments

Freethought Blogs’ newest blogger talks about the secret to figure out what counts as cheating in a relationship.

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Study Finds That Free Birth Control Leads To Fewer Abortions

October 6, 2012 By 20 Comments

A question for Catholics: even if you think that it is less than ideal that people have sex that deliberately is not aimed at children, do you think that this supposed evil is actually so important an evil to prevent at all costs such that you would risk more abortions (which you think are murders) than permit it or at least accept public support for it?

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The Problems With The Ways Evangelicals Celebrate Sex

September 24, 2012 By 6 Comments

Evangelicals are not as anti-sex as outsiders think. There is a lot of pro-sex messaging that one can find in evangelical communities. But the ways that evangelicals praise idealize sex are often as problematic as the ways they infamously demonize it.

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Fifty Shades of Grey Related to the Ethics of Romanticizing Abusiveness for the Sake of Fantasy

September 22, 2012 By 14 Comments

According to Laci Green, the book Fifty Shades of Grey celebrates an abusive relationship rather than healthy BDSM practices. This raises many questions for me about the ethics of art that eroticizes literal abusiveness. Is it bad in itself to enjoy the idea of abusiveness? Is it bad only if it creates, contributes to, or reinforces unhealthy attitudes, whether in oneself or in one’s broader culture? Can we indulge our dark sides at all morally through roleplaying? Can we indulge them even more in art than even through roleplaying? I have lots of questions. I need Your Thoughts.

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The Brothel Next Door

March 6, 2012 By 30 Comments

So, last night there were news trucks on my block as I arrived home. Turns out that a few doors down a woman was running a brothel. I had no idea.

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No, You Can't Call People Sluts.

March 5, 2012 By 195 Comments

Ever since Rush Limbaugh tried to slut-shame a law student for testifying at a forum hosted by Congressional Democrats about the medical needs that contraception serves, I had wanted to go through all Limbaugh’s remarks and detail the millions of ways they were awful for the morally obtuse. But I kept thinking, no, it’s just too [...]

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Teens Are Having Sex?? Blame Planned Parenthood!!

February 25, 2012 By 13 Comments

An incendiary NSFW propaganda video from some folks who think that ignorance, abstinence, homophobia, and transphobia are the panaceas to all that ails our youth. (They also think that Planned Parenthood gives out contraception to increase STDs and abortions!) Your Thoughts?

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Sex and "Spirituality"

February 23, 2012 By 10 Comments

Casey: Sigh, Pat. It seems like there is nowhere in this culture we can escape the pernicious influence of religion. Pat: What are you thinking of in particular? Casey: I’m thinking of the way that even some of the most “sex-positive”, taboo-breaking, kink-celebrating, sexually liberated people I know still cannot enjoy the pure physicality of sex [...]

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Multiple Movie Orgasms (NSFW)

January 22, 2012 By 3 Comments

This video starts a bit slow but gets steadily more satisfying—especially as it builds up to the climax. ooh aah from ant1mat3rie on Vimeo. via Buzzfeed, who was turned onto it by The Mary Sue. Your Thoughts?

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