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• Book Review: America’s War on Sex

  

  The…expression “culture war”…suggests two sides of equal strength…wanting to conquer each other. But what we commonly call the “culture war” is not like this... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Late Bloomer

  

  I grew up in a conservative Christian family, didn’t start dating until my twenties and married in my early thirties to a beautiful woman with whom I have... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Pimping the Pimp

  

  For the life of me I have never met a person even remotely like the stereotypical pimp, and yet I “know” they exist, largely because I have been told so over an... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Zurvivor

  

  When cowardice is made respectable…it easily becomes a fashion. - Eric HofferSo, the saga of the “Zumba prostitute” comes to a close, and we have a new... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Top 40

  Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you’ve a date in Constantinople She’ll be waiting in Istanbul. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Going Abroad

  

  There is one particular immigrant group in my country whose members I no longer wish to see due to a long and consistent pattern of bad experiences with them. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Mills of the Gods

  

  grind slowly, but they grind small. - Sextus EmpiricusSome years ago, after I retired but before I started writing this blog, I found that my perspective on... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Deafening Silence

  

  The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#321)

  

  If they would just remove the police from skulking around and arresting those of us who just want to earn a living from a mutually consenting activity, they... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• It’s Complicated

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on April 21st; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Mary Ann Hall

  

  With integrity unquestioned, a heart ever open to appeals of distress, a charity that was boundless, she is gone; but her memory will be kept green by many who... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Three Questions

  

  Can relationships with different sexual histories really last? Say for example one partner has had over 50 partners while the other one has had 2 or 3, or one... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Lower Education

  

  Just when you thought things could not get worse, the government…instructs universities to criminalize bad jokes, clumsy flirtation, and unpopular social... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Image Enhancement

  

  Images are the brood of desire. - George EliotWhat seems like a straightforward news article can often reveal hidden depths when examined critically by an... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#320)

  

  Feminism still feels like someone rescuing me from the patriarchy so that I may be told what to do by “sisters” who need to get their opinions out of my... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Somewhere in the Middle

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on April 14th; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog.Intellectual laziness can manifest itself in... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Dysphemisms Galore

  

  Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life. - George SteinerBusybodies simply adore dysphemisms; they’re one of the moralists’... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Fair Game

  

  The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality–counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Unintentional Hilarity

  

  Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. - Mason CooleyPsychologists still aren’t entirely sure what makes a... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Coyote Beauty

  

  To make a great distinction between being paid for an hour’s sexual services, or an hour’s typing, or an hour’s acting on a stage is to make a distinction that... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY