" >Hugo Schwyzer: Male Feminist/ Lightning Rod
I first encountered history and gender studies professor Dr. Hugo Schwyzer‘s work on the Good Men Project, a site that aims to be an enlightened, cerebral counterpoint to glossy lad mags. I was struck by how surprisingly validating it was to have a dude say things about feminism with which I agreed. Not that I needed … Read more
Teen Drinking in the Midst of Rape Culture
The PA Liquor Control Board released an ad campaign that, if the goal of ad campaigns is to draw attention, succeeded brilliantly. If the goal of the campaign ad was to contribute to rape culture, they might have done that well too. Here is the ad in question: And the resulting fervor has been intense. … Read more
Randy: The First Male Naked Therapist
The first time I heard about Naked Therapy was on facebook. A friend with a Masters in Social Work who was working on a degree in Human Sexuality was infuriated by the idea that anyone could purport to conduct therapy while nude and that this practice was gaining so much attention. The friend linked to … Read more
Jill McDevitt: Fighting the Crusade Against Sex
Jill McDevitt, I have decided, is something of a Rorschach test. The way people react to her usually says far more about them than it does about her. By the ripe old age of 21, Jill was already a small business owner, having opened a boutique shop in West Chester, PA that specialized in sexuality … Read more
Gay Republicans
“It was easier to come out as gay to my Republican friends than it was to come out as Republican to my gay friends” On its face, this quote is supposed to surprise us, subverting the dominant paradigm about who is accepting and who is prejudiced. But sexual orientation is a part of person, whether … Read more
