Author Archives: figleaf

Triggery Example of How Harsher False-Reporting Laws Increase the Likelihood of False Reports of Sexual Assault

Posted on September 14, 2011 by figleaf

Note: This post contains graphic quotes from a newspaper article about things a serial rapist did to some of his victims.  If that bothers you you’ll want to skip this post. You know that often-cited statistic that half of all … Continue reading →

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Deeply Sexist-Against-Men Assumptions Drive Draconian Social Welfare Policies

Posted on September 4, 2011 by figleaf

Summary:No matter where you stand on the politics of social welfare policy in America, it’s worth contemplating that it’s been shaped by entirely mainstream and deeply sexist antipathy towards men. Lynn Gassiz-Sax, tackling the persistent notion that race rather than … Continue reading →

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Manliness vs Mannequin vs Monstrosity

Posted on August 21, 2011 by figleaf

Lynn Gazzis-Sax asks a perfectly reasonable question about the question of masculinity and manliness. Adam Serwer writes It’s 2000 all over again: A Republican governor from Texas is running for president, and the press is swooning over his manly manliness. As … Continue reading →

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Pondering Penis Anxieties Past the Decimal Point.

Posted on August 15, 2011 by figleaf

Speaking of penis size, after perusing query strings on her personal blog’s server logs Ozymandias says ATTN: Person who got here with the search term “do women like an eight inch cock better than a seven and a half inch … Continue reading →

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(Mostly) Male Researchers: Aah, We Studied Men’s Erogenous Zones 60 Years Ago — Now Let’s Get More Women to Diddle Themselves in the fMRI Machine

Posted on August 9, 2011 by figleaf

Like some of the rest of us I’ve been up to my neck in other stuff. But over at my blog I recently posted about three items that in retrospect are pretty related. Here’s the second. The editors at the … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexism | 30 Comments

Should “Hot Chicks With Douchebags” Really Be Called “Straight Men Shooting Themselves in the Foot?”

Posted on August 9, 2011 by figleaf

Like some of the rest of us I’ve been up to my neck in other stuff. But over at my blog I recently posted about three items that in retrospect are pretty related. Here’s the first. One was about the … Continue reading →

Posted in body image, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexism | Tagged , , | 79 Comments

“She’s Not Out Of Your League”

Posted on August 1, 2011 by figleaf

This post complements some stuff that came up in comments to Ozy’s post about objectification.  The theme there was between the reception of catcalls vs. face-to-face conversation initiation.  The theme here is about the difference between strong or repeated compliments … Continue reading →

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What About the (New Contraceptives for) Men? How Will They Change Everything?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by figleaf

While talking about of one of the many new forms of non-barrier/non-surgical contraceptives for men that are now, finally, actually looking like they’ll make it to the market, Dr. John K. Amory, a reproductive scientist at the University of Washington, … Continue reading →

Posted in noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, relationships, reproduction, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 62 Comments

“Maternity Fraud,” Paternity Fraud, and Parenthood

Posted on July 22, 2011 by figleaf

Note: this post is a directly about a recent flap about “paternity fraud.”  I’ve deliberately removed links and references to the individual are intentionally missing from this post to drive home exactly what’s missing from the lives of “cuckolding” biological … Continue reading →

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Cocks Rock But… WTF With Craigslist “Headless Horsemen” Replies to Personals?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by figleaf

Photo “Headless Horseman Monument” by Flickr user Patcard. Used under a Creative Commons license. So over at my blog I just mentioned a brief experiment I tried after hearing a friend lament about a certain… consistency in replies to her … Continue reading →

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