(This is part of a series debunking the appeals to nature often leveled against sexual and gender minorities to justify discrimination against them or inaction regarding their struggle for human rights.)

As pointed out by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
The mechanisms for the development of a particular sexual orientation remain unclear, but ( Read more... )

This initial Wednesday offering in my attempt to reboot this journal with daily themed entries is going to be a bit light, I'm afraid.

Turns out whoever over at the Guardian is tasked with running the Twitter account didn't take a good look at a photo they tweeted, as it shows a relief worker's travel kit, including his fleshlight. Which, if I'm ( Read more... )

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I present you a fine example of a scientific study done all wrong:
When a female copulates with two or more males within a sufficiently brief time period, the sperm of the different males simultaneously occupy the female’s reproductive tract and compete to fertilize the ova (Parker, 1970). Human sperm competition most commonly occurs in the ( Read more... )

"Just bullshit her" I hear from time to time. This is something that ties into other things I've mentioned about the singles' scene here in the past.

My Spanish for Foreigners teacher - a middle-aged mother of three - described the chamuyo as a game: guys saying obviously false things to amuse girls. I think the nature of the game has either ( Read more... )

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I recently read Cristopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá's Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality and it's definitely at the top of my recommended reading list.
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Do you have an inclination for BDSM?
( Cut for those that would consider this TMI )

Vitter broke laws, yet the Ethics Committee has done nothing. This isn't just a double standard, this is outright corruption.

( No images, but the subject matter may make your employer squirm )