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How Will Anti-Choice Forces Atone For George Tiller’s Murder?

by on ·Sex & Religion, Sexual Intelligence Blog

The verdict is in: the guy who murdered physician George Tiller will spend the rest of his life in jail, feeling good about what he did. Yes, the verdict shows that the justice system works, sometimes. But this doesn’t bring back Tiller. His family only had one of him. We have very few of him. The other side has plenty of Scott Roeders. Roeder is a suicide bomber. He sacrificed his own life and blew up Tiller. No one can defeat a culture that produces suicide bombers. Almost a decade after 9/11, the mightiest military the world has ever seen…

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Emergency Contraception—Good Preparation for New Year’s Eve

by on ·Sexual Health, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Perhaps your checklist for New Year’s Eve includes: * sexy clothes: to get yourself or a partner in the mood * mood-altering beverage: see above * money: for meals, gifts, fun * extra money: to make sure you get home from all that fun * clean the house or apartment—at least the bedroom (or at least the bed!): just in case * clean and strategically place the sex toys: optional What’s missing from this picture? If you and your colleague are of different genders, birth control. And in case that fails—or, more likely, you do—Emergency Contraception. This is a reminder…

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International Human Rights Day MUST Include Sexual Rights

by on ·Sex Around the World, Sexual Intelligence Blog

Yesterday was International Human Rights Day. On such a day, we think of journalists and political activists who are jailed, tortured or killed; people so poor they have no toilets or clean water; people forced to live under brutal religious or political regimes; and children deprived of school, sold into heavy labor, or forced into rebel militias. That’s all so far away, though, isn’t it? So let’s talk about America. Let’s discuss the systematic government oppression of our human rights—our sexual human rights. EVERY human being has the fundamental right to: * accurate information about sexuality * local access to…

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End Rape & Incest Exceptions to Stupak Abortion Ban

by on ·Sex & Politics, Sexual Intelligence Blog

You know what the Stupak–Pitts Amendment does to the healthcare reform bill, right? It prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for: * any abortion, or * any part of the costs of any health plan that covers abortion, * except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s life. This amendment is designed to eliminate the possibility of abortion for millions of poor women. But if you already have health insurance, this amendment will actually take something away from you. Because insurance plans that cover abortion—even if a consumer never has an abortion—will be disqualified from…

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Giving Thanks For Sex

by on ·Making Sex Better, Sexual Intelligence Blog

While always accurate, Sexual Intelligence is nevertheless often critical, snide, and cranky. In a world full of sexual ignorance, bizarre impulses, and fear-based, wacky public policy, we roll our digital eyes here a lot. This Thanksgiving holiday let’s take a break. Today let’s give thanks for some of what’s wonderful in the world of sex. * Sex toys Sex toys are humanity’s answer to the question “just how long can someone move their hand in the same direction at the same speed without getting bored or injured?” Marshall McLuhan would be proud: just as the telephone is an extension of…

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Family Foundation of Kentucky Calls Me Out

by on ·Sex & Culture, Sexual Intelligence Blog

I spoke at the University of Kentucky a few days ago as part of their Sex Week. The Family Foundation of Kentucky was terribly upset about the Week’s various activities, insulting the faculty organizer and demanding the school repudiate the whole thing. FFK says it is astonished and confused by the Week’s goal, which is to increase sexual literacy. Sarcastically, they wonder “That’s right. Today’s college students apparently don’t know enough about sex. If you didn’t get that memo, don’t worry, neither did we.” What would make FFK think college students know enough about sex? Like most “family” oriented morality…

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