Tag Archives: Sex
Wisconsin lawmaker says “some girls rape easy,” makes it worse by explaining what he means
TweetDid you hear the one about the Republican politician who made an outrageous comment about rape and then just kept talking himself into a hole? No, not that one. It starts off more confusing than anything else. Last year, Wisconsin state Rep. Roger Rivard–who has earned the endorsement of Paul Ryan–told a newspaper, in the [...]
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Vagina, by any other name.
Tweet When you opt to chronicle the cultural and scientific life of the vagina, surely, your finger is on the zeitgeist. Naomi Wolf’s new book, Vagina: A New Biography, released today has already introduced us to some interesting reviews. Here’s Zoe Heller’s take: … Wolf’s belief that the vagina is integral to a woman’s sense [...]
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Hook-up culture: Many young women prefer it and that’s not a bad thing
Tweet Pic via Sociological Images. Hanna Rosin has an essay in The Atlantic this month about hook-up culture in anticipation of her book, The End of Men: And the Rise of Women. I have been curious to see what direction Rosin’s book would go, since I have always been a fan of her well-researched and logical [...]
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What porn can teach us about safer sex