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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... |
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. |
Salon.com February 13, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
My boyfriend reminds me of my mother He's trustworthy, loving and completely dedicated to me, but lately my carnal feelings have been directed elsewhere... etc. |
Salon.com November 14, 2000 Garrison Keillor |
Ugly duckling I'm witty and flirtatious on the Internet, but I can't stand the look of disappointment on the faces of the men I've charmed when I meet them... |
Salon.com November 28, 2000 Garrison Keillor |
No place like home I love my family dearly, but do I have to spend holidays with them when they're all alcoholics, coke addicts, adulterers and screamers? |
Salon.com June 11, 2001 Charles Taylor |
The morality police Our hysterical attempts to shield kids from images of sex and violence are stunting young lives -- and trapping us all in a Big Lie... |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2006 Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn |
Lust For The Long Haul The road to long-term passion starts with a surprise: intimacy requires soul-searching, not romancing. Love is an existential challenge, and the reward is a sex life that grows richer (and raunchier) with time. |
Salon.com December 5, 2000 Garrison Keillor |
All in the family My oldest brother is sleeping with a married woman, who happens to be our half-sister. Should I intervene in this perilous situation?... I really like the guy who says I'm his soul mate, but I can't go without sex for the rest of my life... etc. |
Salon.com February 27, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Lifeline My friend is too dependent on me and I can't get her to seek help for her violent mood swings. What to do? |
Salon.com July 17, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Hold your tongue! My otherwise wonderful boyfriend is a lousy kisser, all sticky, sloppy, needy and undisciplined... My wife of seven years and I are happily married, or so I thought. She keeps a personal journal... etc. |
Salon.com July 24, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Late starter After years of obesity I lost 100 pounds, but women can still smell my inexperience and lack of confidence. I'm about to give up hope... etc. |
Reason August 2002 Thomas Szasz |
Sins of the Fathers Is child molestation a sickness or a crime? |
ifeminists August 19, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Parents or Prisons For some people, prisons are a substitute for parents. This apparent overstatement is shorthand for two more precise points. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2007 Kaja Perina |
Love's Loopy Logic Encounters with the opposite sex skew our psyches in such a special way that reason and bias climb right into bed with each other. In this mode, it sometimes pays to deceive ourselves. Welcome to the paradoxical world of mating intelligence. |
Psychology Today Jul/Aug 2007 Miller & Kanazawa |
Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature Like it or not, human nature is simply not politically correct. Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)... Humans are naturally polygamous... Most women benefit from polygyny, while most men benefit from monogamy... etc. |
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... |
Salon.com January 23, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
With a heavy heart Mr. Blue offers advice for getting through the Bush years... Advice on midlife crises, novel-writing, marriage, etc. |
Salon.com March 28, 2002 Ann Marlowe |
Why do women wed? A new book argues that women put much more work into marriage than men do, and asks why they bother... |
Health September 2006 Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs |
Synchronized Sex One of you wants it, the other doesn't. Time to harmonize your hormones. |
Salon.com January 2, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Season of the witch I'd like to tell my conservative Christian mother-in-law I practice Wicca. Do you think she'd understand?... etc. |
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. |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Solo blues Now that my friends are married, they seem to be allergic to socializing with an unmarried woman... For the last few years I have had a close friend with whom I have developed more than just a friendship... etc. |
Salon.com June 26, 2001 Garrison Keillor |
Kiss of death Out of nowhere, my dear friend kissed me and declared his devotion. I swear I wasn't flirting!... How do I possibly tell my girlfriend her home stinks, without insulting her and her entire family?... etc. |
Psychology Today Jul/Aug 2006 Polly Schulman |
Crack Me Up Humor in relationships is touchy: Laughter can bring you closer, or it can pack a cruel punch. How to avoid the pitfalls and use humor to strengthen your bond. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Olivia Mellan |
Long-Term Losses How can you cut your losses when they keep going on and on? |
Salon.com June 26, 2000 Zachary Karabell |
Sex as an extreme sport I wanted emotional exploration -- only monogamy stood in my way. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Affairs of the Heart Identifying affairs early between employees can mitigate the damage it could cause in your firm. |
ifeminists May 11, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Sex offender hysteria kills children I simply do not believe society now produces 10x, 20x, 100x more sexual offenders than it did a few decades ago when children walked home from school alone and safely. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Cathy Young |
Sex and the Census Post-revolution data on toxic bachelors, choice, and children... |
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. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2006 Sally A. Mravcak |
Primary Care for Lesbians and Bisexual Women Physicians can improve care for lesbians and bisexual women by acknowledging the potential barriers to care (e.g., hesitancy of physicians to inquire about sexual orientation and of patients to disclose their sexual behavior) and working to create a therapeutic physician-patient relationship. |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Roy Diliberto |
Reconciling Couples' Money Differences While financial life planners are not trained as therapists and shouldn't attempt to solve marital problems, it is also true that most of our clients are not having relationship problems, but may be having significant issues about money. |
ifeminists May 25, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Home Alone America Why can the policy wonks and public intellectuals not see the point of Mary Eberstadt's new book, Home Alone America? Many reviewers seem determined to miss the deep truth of this book: It would be better for both children and adults if more American parents were with their kids more of the time. |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 Lynn Ponton |
Running with the bad girls What's the solution when teens hang out with the wrong kind of kids? Don't despair, says Dr. Ponton. Parents have far more influence than they realize. |
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... |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 |
Fast Forces of Attraction Attraction is a symphony in which many different instruments, such as wit, voice, charisma, class, and body language, play a part. |
AskMen.com Serdar Dag |
Why Men Act Strangely After 40 The development of a man's body and mind through middle-age. |
Salon.com June 4, 1999 Alice Miller |
The trauma of childhood The trauma of childhood: As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war. |
Salon.com November 11, 2002 Lynn Ponton |
From Laramie to California The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says the author, a psychiatrist. It's a scary world for these courageous teens. |
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. |
American Family Physician April 1, 2003 |
Abstinence: Information for Teens What is sex?... "All my friends are having sex"... What are the risks of having sex?... What is abstinence?... "I had sex, but now I wish I hadn't"... How will I know I am ready to have sex?... etc. |
Salon.com January 8, 2001 Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
The virginity hoax A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity... |
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. |
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." |
ifeminists September 21, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Is There a Right to Have a Baby? A California case in which a lesbian couple is suing an infertility clinic suggests we may be closer than we think to establishing a right to have a baby. And far from being an advance for women's liberty, this development would be a disaster for everyone's freedom. |
Salon.com April 3, 2001 Theresa Pinto Sherer |
Baby loves me, baby loves me not Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet... |
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. |
Reason May 2006 Cathy Young |
The Great Fellatio Scare Is oral sex really the latest teen craze in America? |
ifeminists June 22, 2007 Christobel Mackenzie |
Feminists Against Censorship Respond to New Child Abuse Law A London, England-area feminist group outlines why new pedophile legislation would not be helpful in protecting children. |
Salon.com January 10, 2001 Amy Benfer |
A teen sex guru speaks Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton... |