Sex
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://youtu.be/660yIDiUgtg” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Are you frustrated with the hypocrisy in society, politics, and the media when it comes to sex and love? Are you going to do anything about it? Leave a comment and let us know what you think, or make your own video or blog to share. We will send you a free…
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Hairy Politics
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5 min read
Happy No Shave November, everyone! (not sure who came up with this…) Since when is body hair gendered? Doesn’t it just seem logical that people are hairy? Warmth for winter, right? Apparently if you live in mainstream America, the answer is no. From a young age, girls are expected to shave their body hair –…
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Trans Women Need Love, Too . . . Don’t They?
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3 min read
(También en español) WE ARE NOT SEXUAL OBJECTS! WE ARE NOT YOUR FANTASY COME TRUE FOR ONE NIGHT WITH NO EMOTION…. Don’t we have hearts? Aren’t we human? Don’t we deserve love? As a transgender woman I know how this feels. I was born in the wrong body, Dammit! It’s not my fault. The best…
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(También en español) “The ‘raging frenzy’ of the sex drive, to use Plato’s phrase, has always defied control. However, that’s not to say that the Sumerians, Victorians, and every civilization in between and beyond have not tried, wielding their most formidable weapon: the law.” From Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire by Eric…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Sex and Gender
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2 min read
(También en Español) The following essay was submitted to us by Jamor: Many people often view sex as scientific, or fact: babies are born male or female, and they behave as men or women. I view sex as the core of deeply rooted systems of oppression all over the world. I say this because sex…
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Sacred Sex and Erotic Joy
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3 min read
For more on Transhuman Erotic Freedom… Editor’s note: This is one of a series of position papers Dan Massey and I are creating and will soon index on our home page. They briefly explore the evolution of our points of view about a range of issues related to sex, gender, and racial freedom. Your feedback is…
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6-ngHR9iKY” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Basking in a park, this young woman shares her ideas about the differences between gender and sex, and how sexual freedom can vary in different environments. She says gender as a continuum, with extremes and many ambiguities in between. How does locale affect the experience of sexual freedom? What…
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Do We Even Need Gender?
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3 min read
Gender can be a confusing subject for LGBT and straight people alike. Many people often mistake sex and gender to be the same thing, for example, or when a person’s gender doesn’t match the stereotypes associated with his or her sex, the results often include some form or discrimination (though it can be unintentional), verbal…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Fear and Sex
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1 min read
(*también en español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbvXEdKvD28″ pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Much of sex education is fear-based. How does this approach hinder sexual development? Do you think speaking openly about sex from an early age leads to a healthier and safer sex later in life? If not, why? Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or…
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What We Can Learn From the Dutch About Teen Sex
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2 min read
What Mind Reading: What We Can Learn From the Dutch About Teen Sex “Teen birth rates are eight times higher in the U.S. than in Holland. Abortion rates are twice as high. The American AIDS rate is three times greater than that of the Dutch. What are they doing right that we’re not?… “Coming out…