A Pedestal Is A Prison, Like Any Confined Space

Gloria Steinem at any event in 2013.

Gloria Steinem at an event in 2013.

A pedestal is as much a prison has any small,
confined space.

Here are some of my favorite quotes of feminist icon, Gloria Steinem, as Women’s History Month comes to a close.

If women could sleep their way to the top, there’d be a lot more women at the top. Read the rest of this entry

Guys Are Getting More Romantic

Romantic-Couple

Turns out, men like relationships!

Guys are all about getting sex and avoiding love. Right?

Guys want random sex more than committed relationships. Women, the old ball and chain…

That’s what stereotypes say. But that’s not what guys say.  A large-scale survey called That’s What He Said found that young men between the ages of 15 and 19 are more romantic than past generations. Read the rest of this entry

Supreme Court May Ok Forcing Your Religion on Others

Women's religious freedom

Women’s religious freedom

Should some people be allowed to force their religion on less powerful people?

That might happen if the Supreme Court rules against the government in the Zubik v. Burwell contraception case.  Read the rest of this entry

Women, Men and Breaking Up

Breaking up

Breaking up

Is breaking up harder on women? Who have a stronger emotional reaction?

A study released a few weeks ago says, “Yes.” … But not really…

I took a look at the numbers and — really! — the sexes are much more alike than different.

There’s actually no “evolutionary” difference to explain (though the researchers say there is). Read the rest of this entry

Why You Should Cuddle

cuddlingBy Elite Daily (reposted at The Good Men Project)

Cuddling is a pretty stellar activity. It usually involves a nice, comfy bed. You’re usually with someone you care about. And there’s probably a television somewhere in your proximity. Not to mention, it almost always segues into either sex or sleep, sometime soon after. Read the rest of this entry

Blinded & Sideways, Yet Magically Alive 

Blinded, by Ashton EB Cutright-Bray Digital collage, 2015

Blinded, by Ashton EB Cutright-Bray
Digital collage, 2015

Blinded” introduces us to a racially ambiguous “everywoman” who seems content.

But something’s not right.

She’s supported by a pink-tinged desert-scape. It’s beautiful. But dry. And half empty.

And sideways.

Beyond is the universe. Everything is available.

But our everywoman is blinded by the pink bar that keeps her from seeing her potential.

And we are blocked from seeing her eyes — the window to the soul. Read the rest of this entry

Laws “Protecting Women” Harm Them, Instead

Too many women die trying to do it themselves.

Too many women die trying to do it themselves.

Laws “protecting” women often end up harming them, instead.

That’s because limiting liberty is the real aim.

In 1905 a laundress sued her employer for making her work more than 10 hours — Oregon’s legal limit for women back then. The case eventually wound up at the Supreme Court, where her employer made this feminist argument:

Limits on women’s work hours discriminate against them.

But the Justices upheld the law, saying that women are like children, both needing special care. Read the rest of this entry

Fetishes are Natural – Unless Desensitized?

Paul Gauguin, Two Tahitian Women

Paul Gauguin, Two Tahitian Women

I get a lot of feedback on a piece I wrote called, “Men Aren’t Hard Wired To Find Breasts Arousing.”

There, I note that you don’t find the breast fetish in every culture. For instance, you don’t find it in tribal societies. So it can’t be biological.

Several men have suggested that the fetish is natural, but when you see it all the time men simply become desensitized. Like this guy: Read the rest of this entry

Why I love Hillary AND Bernie

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at their first debate.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at their first debate.

I was raised Republican. But grew disillusioned and switched to the Democrats.

Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry

Sex Isn’t About Fun. It’s About Procreation

No kids = no sex?

No kids = no sex?

Sex isn’t about fun. If you want to have fun, read a book, go to a movie. Sex is about the procreation of children.

Jerome Corsi’s not alone in that beliefRead the rest of this entry