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  • Dahlia Lithwick Uses Recipes to Write a Legal Column About..

    ... ABORTION. Lithwick's very idea that women do not have reproductive choice, if they cannot extinquish the life growing in their own wombs, is in and of itself faulty. I mean, my God, did the female have sex with the guy, or did she not? As to being ''for change'' in everything but pro-Abort American policies at home and abroad, not everyone ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard2 on August 21, 2008

  • Re: Gender History

    I think the issue at hand here is choice, Mr. Bruce. An infant cannot say whether they choose to be considered as ''male'' or ''female'' if they have ambiguous genitalia. An adult can. Many things are considered wrong if done to children, while not with adults. As for the hijra and the berdache, they are indeed rare, that is true, and gender ...
    Posted to Human Nature by SerenityRising on July 10, 2008

  • Gender History

    I think this article is a very careful examination of the issue, very well written, and I am thrilled by its open-minded viewpoint. I'd like to add, though, that history has not always seen gender as a two-sided coin. The idea of gender dichotomy as ''one man, one woman'' in our culture has its origins in European and Christian culture. Many ...
    Posted to Human Nature by SerenityRising on July 8, 2008

  • Sexual Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement & the InterNET

    Thanks for a very interesting and thoughtful article that addressed current events, came up with new approaches, and put it all together neatly in one, entertaining article. My view on those folks who would employ our law enforcement authorities to charge and convict individual InterNET users, is somewhat different. I see these forceful, legal ...
    Posted to Human Nature by MichaelBernard1 on July 8, 2008

  • For those opposing gay marriage...

    Some important points for those of you who oppose gay marriage: 1) This is not about religion. California's decision to permit gay marriages does not mean gay people are getting married in your church. Your church has every right to continue to prohibit gays from getting married. This is about the government granting gay couples rights such as ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by voxpop78 on June 18, 2008

  • Are we overreacting?

    Puberty being activated is not an indication that girls are ready to look for mates. The girls bodies and minds are not ready to reproduce and they are not prepared to make adult decisions about the risks of sex. False advertising about sexuality is risky. Women who are taught at a young age that men are the whole reason for being are hardly ...
    Posted to Fashion by sldcowen on June 17, 2008

  • An Article to Remember

    Thanks for the informative and moving article and this follow up chat (which I'm so sorry I missed! Glad I still got to read it, though). This is such an important issue - there are many aspects of older adults and sexuality that we will have to confront as our societal demographic rapidly shifts to a larger and larger percentage of older adults. ...
    Posted to The Chat Room by Calliope99 on June 12, 2008

  • Agreed

    While it may be true that skimpy fashion has existed for young girls in the past, I would have to say that the fashion industry has taken it beyond what it used to be. The word pre-teen first started in the 60s...but it seems that the fashion industry and the media have hyperbolized that stage of life so much, that people in that age group begin ...
    Posted to Fashion by mmchristian1121 on June 9, 2008

  • Mayville, NY

    I was in Mayville, the county seat out on Lake Chautauqua a number of years ago around Halloween, in a diner just down the hill from the last public hanging in the state of New York. Across the street at the county courthouse was the media van with its satellite up link. A young man had been arrested for allegedly knowing he had AIDS, had sex with ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by georgejmyersjr on April 14, 2008

  • Re: Why is the U.S. religious?

    I think you are begging the question, Mr. Meyers. I see no evidence that the United States is ''mired'' in Christianity... In fact, I just wish more folks would at least dip a toe in that particular bit of water... However, you ask for an historical explanation. The present day is certainly the opposite of America's beginnings. OK, the ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Celtic_Warrior on March 12, 2008
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