The New Sexual World We Have Made and the Return of the Culture Wars

The transformation of sexuality In the last fifty years, we have seen a dramatic transformation in both relationships between the sexes and our relationship to sexuality. No one thinks that there is any likelihood that…


Is a long term affair really worse than sexual harassment?: the conservative understanding of sexuality and Herman Cain

The bizarre moments in our political and cultural lives are sometimes the best windows into currents of thought underlying our explicit beliefs, currents that are so deep that we often don’t even recognize them as…


Let Rep. Gerlach Know: We Won’t Go Back!

On February 18, Rep. James Gerlach voted to: prohibit funding of the Affordable Health Care Act cut the entire $317M of federal funding for family planning services deny Planned Parenthood federal funding for any purposes…


Rape, domination and sexuality

Matt Ruben wrote a good op-ed in the Daily News today that points out that rape is a crime of violence against women and that calls for making the hate crimes law apply to such…