Arthur D. Hlavaty

Making sense of casual sex

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Some of the ways America is stupid about sex

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Masturbation is at the heart of the culture wars because it offers women autonomy. Furthermore, men who masturbate are less likely to see women as the keepers of something men desperately need.

Fake Victoria's Secret Web site says, "Consent is sexy."

I grew up Freudian, and one of the unquestioned assumptions of my cradle religion was that, no matter what they say, everybody really really wants sex of some sort. When I lost the faith, that was one of the first beliefs to go. Here is a sensible discussion of a man who has refrained from sex and appears perfectly happy that way, and how his existence bothers some people.

Catholic clerical celibacy has lasted a long time, and it seems plausible to me that one reason for its survival is that along with the ones who fake it, the ones who miserably fight it, and the ones who convince themselves that small boys don't count, there are a number of people for whom this requirement of the job comfortably fits their natural orientation.

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The first thing to tell children about sex is that it feels good.

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What may be sexier

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Oregon State University invited Tristan Taormino to speak there because she knows about sex, then disinvited her because she knows about sex. Or something.

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Amanda Marcotte somehow believes that women enjoy having sex and not being pregnant all the time.

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