But Why Not?
Samuel Johnson (the 18th-century genius whose dictionary established English as a flexible, living language infinitely open to new and changing words) apparently was hypersexual and liked to be tied up and punished. It’s no surprise that I find this interesting. But not everyone agrees with me. A book reviewer in the Winter, 2009 Wilson Quarterly, [...]
There’s Nothing More Family Friendly Than Sex:Origins of Sex Negativity
Considering how positively sex was viewed in the cultures that we came from, Classical Greece and Rome and Ancient Judaism, our culture’s relatively censorial attitude towards sexual behavior does seem odd. Much of this is glibly blamed on Puritanical attitudes, but in my reading* I have come across a much more credible explanation as follows: [...]
Questions Your Children Ask Me:Would a woman like it if I peed in her mouth?
I volunteer at Los Angeles-area public schools teaching sex ed to 9th graders. At the end of every class, I hand out index cards to the kids and they write down questions they don’t want to ask out loud. These are your kid’s questions. These are my answers. I had taught less than three classes [...]
And the Punchline Is Always the Same
Whatever quarter the sexual advice comes from, the punchline is always that the way people experience sexual pleasure is somehow wrong.
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