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ifeminists January 4, 2009 Martin Green |
A defense of pornography Pornography is an anathema in polite society, while hundreds of millions use it in private. This is 'cognitive dissonance' on a huge scale -- saying one thing and doing another. |
Reason July 2005 Cathy Young |
Bizarre Bedfellows The passing of Andrea Dworkin--feminist polemicist, anti-porn crusader, and loony extraordinaire--drew strangely admiring obituaries from several feminists who vehemently disagreed with her in life. |
ifeminists May 11, 2008 Wendy McElroy |
A Feminist Defense of Men's Rights Women are individuals and anything that weakens individual rights based on a shared humanity harms women as much as men. |
AskMen.com Kevin Gibson |
Rant: The Benefits Of Feminism If anything, women are more like men these days and we have the feminists to thank for it. So I, for one, love the feminists. Here's why. |
Salon.com January 26, 2000 Cathy Young |
Out with the old and out with the new Feminism of every stripe has failed. It's time for a gender equality movement. |
ifeminists April 13, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Understanding Sexual Harassment With all the "guidance" offered by lawsuits, feminist theorists, government agencies, and privately drafted policies, a question about sexual harassment still remains: what is it? |
ifeminists March 24, 2004 Robert L. Campbell |
Naomi Wolf: Power Feminist or Victim Feminist? Differences between power feminists and victim feminists. |
ifeminists November 1, 2007 Amy Alkon |
We Get Hate Mail While some may view a woman's violent behavior toward her philandering husband as justified, others do not. |
ifeminists October 16, 2007 Marty Klein |
Women Who Diss Women Who Wax A rising chorus of feminists and gender theorists are claiming they know women better than they know themselves, and are decrying women who shave, wax, implant, bleach, pierce, or otherwise change their sexual bodies. |
ifeminists March 17, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Feminist Confession Reveals Cultural Shift Should women who wrongfully accuse men of sexual harassment be held accountable? Some women who cry wolf aren't receiving automatic sympathy. |
Reason May 2003 Cathy Young |
Skin Flicks 101 What porn studies profs don't get about sex |
ifeminists October 12, 2005 Carey Roberts |
The Female Libido Becomes Unleashed There's a perverse side to free love that can be summed up in three words: pornography, rape, and prostitution. Pornography is now being touted as the next rampart to be stormed in the crusade for women's liberation. |
ifeminists July 2, 2008 WolfmanMac |
Lynch Mobs, Stones and Glass Houses The case of Mr. Gilbert Chan, described as a "veteran reporter," was off duty attending a cheerleading competition. There he "was caught by University of California, Davis, police on Feb. 3 while surreptitiously videotaping [the] ...competition on campus." |
Salon.com July 18, 2000 Michelle Goldberg |
The hip-hop pornographer Lil' Kim debuted as a brassy M.C. who wanted orgasms -- not respect. Four years on, the life of a porn-positive rapper looks pretty empty. |
ifeminists July 18, 2007 Wendy McElroy |
Looking Through a Paradigm Darkly Ayn Rand is arguably one of America's most important women novelists, and her heroines are among the strongest and most independent female characters in American literature. Yet modern feminism tends to dismiss Rand's work contemptuously. |
Salon.com July 13, 2001 Charles Taylor |
"Baise-Moi" A new wave of bloodily pornographic French art films hits a new low in this ultraviolent tale of two murderous women on the lam... |
ifeminists December 5, 2007 Wendy McElroy |
The Roots of Individualist Feminism in 19th-Century America To order to appreciate modern feminism, one must explore the historical origins of the feminist movement. |
ifeminists December 23, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Love and... Marriage and the meaning of sex The meaning of human sexuality is really at the heart of the conflict over the judicial attempt to recreate marriage in its own image. |
Reason February 2002 Cathy Young |
Excluded Evidence The dark side of rape shield laws... |
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
A pharmaceutical named desire A new drug being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim could give a boost to the sex drive of women with low libido. |
ifeminists February 20, 2008 WolfmanMac |
Friends? We Don't Need No Stinking Friends Decent men in the men's movement must speak out and take an uncompromising stand against those within the movement that give it a bad name. |
Salon.com April 19, 2002 Amy Benfer |
What's so bad about good sex? "Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia... |
Salon.com June 2, 2001 Cliff Rothman |
In defense of Andrew Sullivan Whatever discrepancies exist between his public words and his private actions, the attempt to smear him sexually is a vendetta masquerading as journalism... |
ifeminists May 27, 2003 |
Sexy Manifesto A few days ago someone I know called me a "hypocrite" because I like to dress attractively and can be openly sexual in my performance with the band, but claim to be a feminist. |
ifeminists January 19, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Feminist Utopia, Social Nightmare In practice, feminism cares nothing about mere gender equality. Now, white women have become the most legally-protected and economically-privileged group in America. |
ifeminists March 31, 2004 Robert L. Campbell |
Naomi Wolf: Power Feminist or Victim Feminist? Why didn't Naomi Wolf complain about Harold Bloom earlier than this? |
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Adult Films As mainstream as pornography has become, the history and practices of the porn industry remain mostly shaded from the public. With that in mind, here are five things you may not have known about adult films. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2002 Nusbaum & Hamilton |
The Proactive Sexual Health History Physicians consistently underestimate the prevalence of sexual concerns in their patients. By allocating time to discuss sexual health during office visits, high-risk sexual behaviors that can cause STDs, unintended pregnancies, and unhealthy sexual decisions may be reduced. |
Reason July 2009 Jesse Walker |
The Blurry Boundaries of Child Porn Not every illicit image is equally offensive. |
Salon.com May 21, 2002 Lara Riscol |
Go out and get a piece, son! Right-wing moralizers wink at boys' sexual foibles -- it's unfettered female sexuality that they think is leading us into perdition... |
Salon.com August 15, 2001 Amy Benfer |
I do -- kind of "I won't" feminists go up against "I did, but I have a good excuse" feminists in a holier-than-thou battle over what it means to walk that aisle... |
Salon.com August 14, 2000 Rick Moody & Mary Gaitskill |
Sex, capitalism and antidepressants Two writers wrestle with the impossibility of literature in a society that's afraid of the dark. |
Salon.com July 27, 2000 Margot Mifflin |
Who are you calling "Ms."? Why have women suddenly rejected the politically charged courtesy title? |
Salon.com July 21, 2000 Stephen Lemons |
Sex with latex Porn industry workers and prostitutes have to balance profit and safety, and their choices about using protection can inform us all. |
ifeminists January 26, 2005 Norma Jean Almodovar |
Who Will Rescue Us from Those Who Wish to Rescue Us Against Our Will? Radical feminists and religious conservatives insist that no distinction be made between consenting adult commercial sex and true sexual slavery. Does anyone believe that arresting a prostitute "for her own good" is of any value whatsoever? |
AskMen.com |
Do You Need A Sexual Reboot? The Guardian reported on research that suggests porn addicts experience changes brain changes similar to drug addicts. |
Salon.com April 11, 2001 Camille Paglia |
Our unimpressive president The China crisis showed that presidential eloquence does matter. Plus: Is goofy, stork-legged Julia Roberts really what passes for Hollywood elegance? |
Salon.com January 8, 2001 Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
The virginity hoax A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity... |
ifeminists May 7, 2007 WolfmanMac |
False Rape Claims -- No Publicity is Bad Publicity The structure of sexual harassment law, both in its federal and "campus speech code" incarnations is such that there is little downside to leveling accusations and an excellent possibility that the target's life will be ruined or at least drastically altered as a result. |
Reason January 2004 Cathy Young |
Kobe's Rights: Rape, justice, and double standards The case of Kobe Bryant's alleged sexual assault raises some serious issues about the way the justice system treats rape complainants and defendants. |
Salon.com August 7, 1999 Susie Bright |
Don't be sore The hysteria over herpes is way overblown. |
Reason August 2002 Thomas Szasz |
Sins of the Fathers Is child molestation a sickness or a crime? |
Salon.com January 10, 2001 Amy Benfer |
A teen sex guru speaks Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton... |
Reason July 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
Soundbite: Freedom's Feminist Wendy McElroy is one of the nation's foremost proponents of gender equality. Yet her work -- including Individualist Feminism of the 19th Century (2001) and XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography (1995) frustrates many feminists. |
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 |
Sex Isn't Working for Me. What Can I Do? When you have problems with sex, doctors call it "sexual dysfunction." Men and women can have it. There are four kinds of sexual problems in women. |
ifeminists April 13, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Marriage and the Limits of Contract A culture full of people who violate their contracts at every possible opportunity cannot be held together by legal institutions. |
Reason February 2003 Cathy Young |
Consciousness Raising 101 Inside the gender studies classroom |
Salon.com October 26, 2000 Barbara Raab |
The vagina dialogues Hundreds of doctors gather in Boston for their annual gabfest about women's sexual dysfunction -- but some of their colleagues say they're misguided... |
Reason April 2003 Nick Gillespie |
Lust-See TV: Small-screen sex and its discontents The Kaiser Family Foundation's studies of sex on TV merely suggest that Hollywood plays no great role in kids' most important life choices. |
Salon.com October 8, 2001 Charles Taylor |
"Our Monica, Ourselves" Eggheads probe some seldom-explored aspects of Clinton's impeachment -- class-hatred, anti-Semitism, fake prudery -- with insightful results. |