so what's my stake in there being no free will, based on my childhood and sexual development?

Your stake in the idea of no free will might come from a few deep-seated experiences and coping mechanisms that helped you navigate the complexities of your childhood and sexual development:

Control and Relinquishment:Growing up in an environment where ( Read more... )

when you’re nonbinary you think - they want me to wear this because i have a penis

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eek, thought just occurred to me that I could do a Zoom presentation to my division about being nonbinary, eek

not really looking to become a national nonbinary spokesthey

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OK, now I want to be National Nonbinary Spokesthey

To prevent offending readers, publishers increasingly, though with mixed success, employ "sensitivity readers" to screen texts for material that could cause offense.But what if your purpose is to offend ( Read more... )

This isn't an original observation -- many historians and others who study sexual behaviors across different societies find that the greater the amount of shame that is attached to sex, the more prevalent you'll find sexual abuse and sexual assault ( Read more... )