Category Archives: Sex and Sexuality
Why Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act is Not That Big of a Deal
Indiana’s newly-passed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the controversy surrounding it have dominated headlines this week. Indiana Governor Mike Pence and the RFRA legislation he signed have been excoriated in the media based on fears that the law will “legalize discriminations against … Continue reading
U.K. to Criminalize Possession of “Rape Porn”
Starting in January, possession of “rape porn” will be a crime in the United Kingdom, punishable by up to three years in prison. Since the law does not distinguish between images or videos that depict actual rape and those that … Continue reading
Supreme Court Gay Marriage Rulings Bring Out the Crazy on the Right
Last week the Supreme Court delivered twin rulings on gay rights, striking down the section of DOMA relating to federal benefits for same-sex couples, and letting stand a lower court ruling that found California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Of course, right-wing … Continue reading
10 Years After Lawrence v. Texas, Supreme Court Issues Another Landmark Gay Rights Ruling
In a historic ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, while avoiding a larger ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans. The court ruled 5-4 that Section 3 of the Defense of … Continue reading
Sex Is Not a Contract: The Case Against Compulsory Parenthood
Should a man who accidentally impregnates a woman be compelled to financially support the resulting child? That’s the question that Laurie Shrage, a professor of philosophy and women’s studies at Florida International University, asks in an essay for The New York … Continue reading
University of Arizona Student Says Women “Deserve Rape”
A University of Arizona student has decided to honor Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the least sensitive way possible: by telling female students that they deserve to be raped. Standing in the UA Mall holding a sign that says “You … Continue reading
Freedom in the 50 States…For Rich White Business Owners
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has released its 2013 Freedom in the 50 States report, and this year North Dakota has taken the number one spot. So how did the state that just passed the nation’s strictest abortion law … Continue reading
Sex, Lies and Beauty Queens
Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King gave up the crown this week amid allegations that she appeared in a porn video shortly after her 18th birthday. King has still not officially acknowledged that it was her in the video. But … Continue reading
Will One in Four College Women Really Be Raped Before They Graduate?
The Five co-host Bob Beckel said on last Wednesday’s show that female college students don’t need guns because campus rape is not a problem, asking his co-hosts “When was the last time you heard about a rape on campus?” Beckel’s … Continue reading
Gandhi Was Wrong About Birth Control
Salon.com has posted an essay Mahatma Gandhi wrote about birth control in 1939, and sadly this essay shows that Gandhi was no more enlightened than the average person of that time period (at least when it came to women’s reproductive … Continue reading
The Average Porn Star’s Bra Size is 34B, and Other Surprising Results of the Most Comprehensive Study Ever Done on Adult Film Performers
British researcher Jon Millward spent months poring over tens of thousands of porn star bios on the Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD) in order to compile what is probably the most comprehensive study ever done on the men and women … Continue reading
Iceland’s Sex-Hating Feminists Take on Internet Porn
Icelandic politicians are currently considering proposals to block access to internet porn in the country. Printing and distributing pornography is already illegal, and Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson is leading the charge to outlaw digital porn as well. Since Iceland is a secular Scandinavian … Continue reading
Lucifer the Light-Bearer 