Monthly Archives: June 2010

et tu, Marty?

I need you all to know ahead of time that I frickin’ LOVE Marty Klein. You may not think so by the end of this post, but it’s true. That doesn’t mean he ain’t wrong. In a post titled, “Flibanserin … Continue reading

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what she said

While I struggle for a clear description of how culture constructs women’s sexuality, Camille Paglia gets it right. Contemporary moms have become virtuoso super-managers of a complex operation focused on the care and transport of children. But it’s not so … Continue reading

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sex positive

It takes a lot to write and teach well about sex. One mandatory requirement is a sex positive attitude. What does it mean to be sex positive? I looked all around the internet for a definition that really described what’s … Continue reading

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the evolution of a woman

So here’s a hard question that someone emailed me: WHY do women respond to such a wide range of stimuli? (Respond genitally, we mean, because by now you’re all well versed in the non-concordance issue, right? Right.) Well. I don’t … Continue reading

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misogyny and cervical mucus in Scientific American

I can’t reply fully to this infuriating Scientific American article about masturbation until Primate Sexuality gets delivered to my library, so that I’ve got a reference work from, but for the moment let me just address the worst anti-feminist bit, … Continue reading

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