The American Psychological Association – Out of Touch and Deep in the Gender Weeds.
Category: sex
May 01
8 Handy Tricks Women Can Use To Beat Trans Athletes
Delightful post at the Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/8-handy-tricks-women-can-use-to-beat-trans-athletes
Feb 27
The Onion on condoms
Be sure to look at both slides, 6 then 7:
https://www.theonion.com/birth-control-myth-vs-fact-1851274941/slides/6
https://www.theonion.com/birth-control-myth-vs-fact-1851274941/slides/7
Aug 27
from Dale Spender’s Nattering on the Net — quotes and notes
According to 19th C feminist scholar Matilda Joslyn Gage, 9 million women were executed or burned for having knowledge—i.e., for being witches (p163)
Wow. Did not know it was that many.
“Had women ever contributed to the design of roads and vehicles, there is no doubt that the entire system would look very different. The …
Jun 02
What’s in a word? (on being ‘knocked up’ or …)
So I’ve been thinking not only about the words people use to describe sexual intercourse (screwed, fucked—both used to describe what is done to the woman—both of which also describe a general state of disaster) (which, actually, is often accurate if pregnancy results), but also about the words used to describe pregnancy itself:
“knocked up” …
Jun 01
A great idea from Jodi Taylor
“Helen and I watched a short film about childbirth and it was so gruesome we had to turn it off. She had a stiff drink, I had a cup of tea, and we swore we’d never have sex again.” Jodi Taylor, The Long and Short of It (p181)
But yes! That should be mandatory …
May 15
Can’t decide which is more appalling …
While reading Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women, a scene from a movie based on a true story about a young woman who was captured by a man and kept imprisoned/enslaved by him for years popped into my head: at one point, she was allowed outside to help him wash his car or something and …
May 13
Men Who Hate Women: the extremism nobody is talking about, Laura Bates
I highly recommend reading this book! (Laura Bates is the person behind “Everyday Sexism” for those of you who don’t know …)
A few quotes and notes …
About all the pick-up artist sites (p79) teaching men what to say and do, how to trick a woman into having sex with him – They must …
Feb 08
“Rape: leave it to men to …”
“Rape: leave it to men to turn the creation of life into a degradation.” from Jess (forthcoming), Peg Tittle
Nov 01
Open Season on Women: More evidence of the pornification of our society
I live in a small lake-centered community about three hours north of Toronto, consisting of about thirty houses: about ten are occupied year-round; the others are occupied mostly just during the summer. So, small neighbourhood.
Over the past few years, I’ve experienced six instances of what I would call over-the-top insult. Specifically misogynist insult.
Man …