Tag Archives: sexuality

The Curious Case of Chris Birch

Posted on April 23, 2012 by 2020

I highly recommend you check out Law and Sexuality is a blog by Chris Ashford, a reader in Law and Society, that “seeks to explore law and sexuality in a broad socio-legal framework” if that kind of thing interests you (for … Continue reading →

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The Knight/Beast Dichotomy

Posted on March 26, 2012 by ozymandias

Trigger warning for rape.  A fascinating article at Sociology in Focus describes the male equivalent of the virgin/whore dichotomy: the protector/rapist dichotomy. Women in our society get classified as either virgins or whores– that is, as pure and perfect wife-and-mother-material … Continue reading →

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Hegemonic Heterosexuality

Posted on February 6, 2012 by noahbrand

We’ve talked before about hegemonic masculinity, the constant societal drumbeat of nonsense about what a man is supposed to be. Tall, successful, competitive, into sports, violent, et cetera ad nauseam. What I’ve been thinking about lately is how this fits … Continue reading →

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Libidos, Assumptions, and Miscommunication

Posted on January 6, 2012 by noahbrand

So I was reading this lovely Charlie Glickman piece about listening to Robert Jensen give a talk about how porn is a guy thing that’s bad for men, and how his own reaction to much of it was utter WTF. … Continue reading →

Posted in gender performativity, intersectionality, libido, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, pornography, relationships, sexuality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 91 Comments

A Christian Writes About Sexual Damage

Posted on September 29, 2011 by noahbrand

Trigger warning for sexual mutilation and rape. Linksurfing around, I came across this remarkable and moving little memoir about growing up in  a household where the parents followed the teachings of a particularly popular fundamentalist guru with a real fixation … Continue reading →

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Check It Out, Ladies [Laugh Track]

Posted on September 23, 2011 by noahbrand

I often enjoy, and am often really frustrated by, Mistress Matisse’s column in the Seattle Stranger. This one, however, is bang-on and deals with an issue that people don’t talk about enough. (Well, we do around here, but that’s kind … Continue reading →

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Getting Off, Part Two: Pornography

Posted on September 15, 2011 by ozymandias

This week, on Ozy Is Annoyed At A Radical Feminist… Critique of Porn, ur doin it rong.

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I Swear I’m Not Just Trying To Make This Blog About Sex

Posted on August 11, 2011 by noahbrand

No, seriously, I swear. I know that there are a lot of issues facing men today that are very serious and important and are located places other than our trousers. But COME THE FUCK ON. That charming apparatus is called … Continue reading →

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Rejection, part two

Posted on August 10, 2011 by noahbrand

As pointed out in the comments to part one, my first post about the rejections inherent in the men-approach-women-wait model was focused entirely on how bad it hurts for men to suffer the inevitable multiple rejections inherent in that model. … Continue reading →

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Masturbation’s Okay If You Don’t Get Into It

Posted on July 30, 2011 by noahbrand

In my usual drunken wanderings through links my friends post, I was alerted to this article on thefrisky.com about a guy considering buying a Fleshlight. (Second link visibly NSFW.) Now, I’ll be clear, I don’t actually know the article’s author, … Continue reading →

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