“Consent” is only one aspect of sexuality; focussing on it too much distracts us from other important policy issues regarding sex. It also ignores the central role of ambivalence and ambiguity in sexual decision-making.
Sex robots that can be programmed to simulate kids–dangerous to real kids? Congress expresses disgust with our sexual imagination by talking about danger.
The Supreme Court rules that a baker does not have to custom-make a cake for a gay wedding. There’s something fundamentally good about this decision–it protects free artistic expression.
The real Constitutional problem is that religious beliefs are considered so precious that they get special rights.
Men are people, and women are people. Treating them like “men” or “women” prevents us from thinking clearly about what they say and do.
Thinking of “men” and “women” as separate tribes will NOT help us understand each other.
The Recall campaign against Judge Persky will undermine judicial independence. It also trivializes the punishment of lifetime sex offender registration for a conviction of attempted rape.
In America, sex is always in the news. (Note: it’s actually not like that in most other countries.)
That news provides a chance for sincere, well-informed people to disagree. But these days, unfortunately, people are using the day’s sex news more as a chance to choose up sides—to define what your opinion means about you and all your other opinions.
~ “I disagree” has been replaced by “You’re misogynist”…