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Pope Francis for the Supreme Court?

by Dr. Marty Klein on October 25, 2020·Sex & Religion, Sexual Intelligence Blog

This week, Pope Francis publicly endorsed legal protections for same-gender couples, while presumptive Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett refused to honor Obergefell v. Hodges, the Court’s 2015 decision affirming same-sex couples’ right to marry.

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New York Times Asks: What Is Sex?

by Dr. Marty Klein on September 30, 2020·Sex & Culture, Sexual Intelligence Blog

How does someone transform a used sock into a sex object?

Men buy “intimate” objects touched by women, and give them special meaning. Is this a “sexual” activity, or something else? And how does a fetish work?

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Shere Hite Dies; Her Work Lives

by Dr. Marty Klein on September 13, 2020·Sex & Culture, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Shere Hite, one of history’s most influential sexologists, died this week at age 77.

Hite published her revolutionary books of interviews in 1976 (on female sexuality) and 1981 (on male sexuality). The bombshell results of her interviews with some 10,000 Americans included:

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Falwell As Everyman

by Dr. Marty Klein on August 26, 2020·Sex & Politics, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Many journalists contacted me this week, asking “Why would someone enjoy unconventional sex, and then condemn even the slightest variation in others’ sex lives?”

The answer is: Falwell is Everyone, struggling with the same thing most of us struggle with. But while most of us struggle in private, his politics make his struggle public.

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Jerry Falwell, Jr. Gives Sex A Bad Name

by Dr. Marty Klein on August 13, 2020·Sex & Politics, Sex & Religion, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Jerry Falwell, Jr, the president of ultra-Christian Liberty University gleefully photographed himself cavorting (trousers unzipped, drink in hand) on a yacht with a woman to whom he isn’t married.

The only reason to care about this is that Liberty University has a strict code of conduct for students that prohibits non-marital sex and consuming any media with erotic content or nudity.

Hypocritical Christian leaders like Falwell give sex a bad name.

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