http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/sex-study-by-national-sur_n_748751.html
http://www.nationalsexstudy.indiana.edu
I ran across this the other week, and forgot to finish posting!
Not much discussion needed, I don't think. Read how American's of all ages are "doin' it" nowadays...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Testosterone
Testosterone
I love This American Life, and this is one of my favorite episodes. Wanna know how important testosterone is in our daily lives? Wanna find out the misconceptions regarding testosterone (straight men don't always have more testosterone than gay men/women)? What about the effects testosterone has on a women in transition? What about a man with a body that quit making testosterone?
This is a vital natural chemical in all our bodies. Find out how much. It's a 1 hour episode. Very much worth every minute!
I love This American Life, and this is one of my favorite episodes. Wanna know how important testosterone is in our daily lives? Wanna find out the misconceptions regarding testosterone (straight men don't always have more testosterone than gay men/women)? What about the effects testosterone has on a women in transition? What about a man with a body that quit making testosterone?
This is a vital natural chemical in all our bodies. Find out how much. It's a 1 hour episode. Very much worth every minute!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Sexually Abused Men Speak Out, Seek Out Help On 'Oprah'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-r-fradkin-phd/why-200-men-are-speaking-_b_779502.html
This is very interesting, and very moving. Moral of the whole story; Men need emotional help too. It's been a cultural norm for a man to be an emotionally strong, stoic, brave, in-charge person. Fact of the matter is, that 1 in 6 men is sexually abused by the age of 18! These numbers are staggering to me... As this topic is a source of non-communication. Maybe since Oprah talks to millions per day abused men will find some comfort in knowing that they aren't the only ones, and that they aren't to blame. I like where this is going..
...Just a few thoughts
This is very interesting, and very moving. Moral of the whole story; Men need emotional help too. It's been a cultural norm for a man to be an emotionally strong, stoic, brave, in-charge person. Fact of the matter is, that 1 in 6 men is sexually abused by the age of 18! These numbers are staggering to me... As this topic is a source of non-communication. Maybe since Oprah talks to millions per day abused men will find some comfort in knowing that they aren't the only ones, and that they aren't to blame. I like where this is going..
...Just a few thoughts
Friday, November 5, 2010
Ah... What?
Religion and sex never ceases to amaze me. Why people sign up for any institution that limits natural behavior is beyond me. Don't have sex at all, until you're married, and once you do, it better be vaginally and solely for procreation purposes.. Your penis/vagina is for you and you only (excluding the occasional preacher) until you get married.. and get this load of bullshit I just read..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-shore/how-is-being-gay-like-glu_b_747071.html
"Would you support a serial adulterer who loves his wife, but is just attracted to other women because that's who he is and how he was born? How about an alcoholic who just can't help himself? Would you support him as he leaves his wife for alcohol? A glutton? A man of extreme pride? Why does homosexuality get a pass, and not any other sin? A person with homosexual desires who resists temptation is exactly the same as a married man who resists temptation to carry on affairs with other women---which is to say, a human being battling the temptation to sin. The most compassionate thing that we could tell someone struggling with homosexuality (or any other sin for that matter) is to keep resisting temptation. Keep battling. Don't give in. This is your badge as a Christian, that you fight temptation"
The above quote is taken from the HuffPo blog (the link I shared above)...
This blog is really interesting.. He proposes that the anti-everything Christian movement has turned it's focus from trying to change orientation and sexual choices to that of a sin that any man or woman can overcome. He says, and I agree, that this way of thinking is telling people with non-bible conforming sexual activities to curb those thoughts as a man trying to quit drinking would do; to give up - on loving someone. It's in religion's best interest to convince everyone that we are sinning, and that we have the "strength" to "fight" "evil" "temptations," and a "mission" to "battle." Why is everything so hateful? Why are the same people that speak for this religion engaging in behavior they condemn?
"It's in the bible, it must be true." - Ha, and I also believe everything I read on the internet. Bobby Henderson , an Oregon State physics graduate, invented a religion also; The Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster, aka (I love this) Pastafarianism. They celebrate Friday as a holy day. They believe that the decline in pirates is causing global warming (this is just a play on the fact that beliefs and fact aren't always linked even though correlational; cause yes, pirate numbers have gone down and temperature has gone up, but they are not related - obviously)...
moving forward....
The recently defeated Ken Buck says that sexual orientation is a choice as well. You can choose whether to eat at Fat Jack's Supersubs, or Deli Zone.. so it's apparent that you can choose whether you like the same sex or not. This makes total sense.. ha! What makes sense is this...
Sexual orientation just is. It varies across all people. Straight, straight with occasional cross-dressing, straight with frequent cross-dressing, androgynous straights, androgynous gay, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, polyamorous straight or gay or bi or trans, or "man-baby" fetishes, or fetishes of grass, or what the fuck ever! I'm making things up now, but I would be willing to bet that somewhere in the world someone does have a grass fetish, and you know what? They deserve to find someone that makes that grass fetish become a fucking reality instead of condemnation of inner desires. We are all different, and we all find ways (or not in the case of recent suicides) to negotiate our sexuality with our surroundings. We learn, we change, we accept, and hopefully, flourish as self-aware sexual beings. The same courtesy that is given to the straight, white, middle-class male, should be extended to every different variation of human... cause no one way is, has, or ever will (should) be "right." We are all alive, we all feel... we are all "right."
.....Just a few thoughts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-shore/how-is-being-gay-like-glu_b_747071.html
"Would you support a serial adulterer who loves his wife, but is just attracted to other women because that's who he is and how he was born? How about an alcoholic who just can't help himself? Would you support him as he leaves his wife for alcohol? A glutton? A man of extreme pride? Why does homosexuality get a pass, and not any other sin? A person with homosexual desires who resists temptation is exactly the same as a married man who resists temptation to carry on affairs with other women---which is to say, a human being battling the temptation to sin. The most compassionate thing that we could tell someone struggling with homosexuality (or any other sin for that matter) is to keep resisting temptation. Keep battling. Don't give in. This is your badge as a Christian, that you fight temptation"
The above quote is taken from the HuffPo blog (the link I shared above)...
This blog is really interesting.. He proposes that the anti-everything Christian movement has turned it's focus from trying to change orientation and sexual choices to that of a sin that any man or woman can overcome. He says, and I agree, that this way of thinking is telling people with non-bible conforming sexual activities to curb those thoughts as a man trying to quit drinking would do; to give up - on loving someone. It's in religion's best interest to convince everyone that we are sinning, and that we have the "strength" to "fight" "evil" "temptations," and a "mission" to "battle." Why is everything so hateful? Why are the same people that speak for this religion engaging in behavior they condemn?
"It's in the bible, it must be true." - Ha, and I also believe everything I read on the internet. Bobby Henderson , an Oregon State physics graduate, invented a religion also; The Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster, aka (I love this) Pastafarianism. They celebrate Friday as a holy day. They believe that the decline in pirates is causing global warming (this is just a play on the fact that beliefs and fact aren't always linked even though correlational; cause yes, pirate numbers have gone down and temperature has gone up, but they are not related - obviously)...
moving forward....
The recently defeated Ken Buck says that sexual orientation is a choice as well. You can choose whether to eat at Fat Jack's Supersubs, or Deli Zone.. so it's apparent that you can choose whether you like the same sex or not. This makes total sense.. ha! What makes sense is this...
Sexual orientation just is. It varies across all people. Straight, straight with occasional cross-dressing, straight with frequent cross-dressing, androgynous straights, androgynous gay, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, polyamorous straight or gay or bi or trans, or "man-baby" fetishes, or fetishes of grass, or what the fuck ever! I'm making things up now, but I would be willing to bet that somewhere in the world someone does have a grass fetish, and you know what? They deserve to find someone that makes that grass fetish become a fucking reality instead of condemnation of inner desires. We are all different, and we all find ways (or not in the case of recent suicides) to negotiate our sexuality with our surroundings. We learn, we change, we accept, and hopefully, flourish as self-aware sexual beings. The same courtesy that is given to the straight, white, middle-class male, should be extended to every different variation of human... cause no one way is, has, or ever will (should) be "right." We are all alive, we all feel... we are all "right."
.....Just a few thoughts
Pregnancy leads to children.. even at age 10
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/03/olimpia-mother-of-10yearo_n_778284.html
Sooo, I just came across this and I really am unsure how to react. 10 year old kid has a healthy baby. In class last night we were talking about contraception amongst adolescent children, and menarche (onset of a woman's period), and a myriad of other topics relating to when and how children are experiencing sexual and non -sexual behaviors.
Menarche...
Research now a days is linking obesity in children to an earlier onset of menstruation. A female's body sends chemicals to the brain to start once a certain weight is achieved (approx 107 lbs). I knew that this age was getting earlier and earlier, but the fact that this girl had a kid at age 10 is really blowing my mind. They're gypsies in Romania who are not encouraged to educate, and marriage laws aren't enforced... Leading to...?? A child with a child.
When I was 10 years old I was more concerned on whether or not I had practiced my clarinet enough for the week. I admired girls... from a far. The father is age 13. I barely knew what kissing was (although never experienced at this point), let along how to engage in coitus (I just like that word).
Something needs to be done about the 800,000 teen pregnancies per year (keep in mind that of the 800k, only 500k are born). There is no way around the fact that we are sexual beings and as teenagers (and younger) we can, will, and are experiencing sex. When I first started buying condoms, the looks that I would get were piercing, causing me to not even want to buy them anymore (although I didn't stop). Kids should be congratulated for buying condoms, accessing birth control, and practicing safe sex. Parents need to talk to their kids about sex instead of shunning them and taking their birth control away. Ignorance and intolerance of sexual behavior is how we get in to predicaments where children are raising children. I know I don't have all the answers. In fact, very far from it. But I think when faux pas become norm, taboo the accepted, the shunned welcomed, the world might look a little different.
.....Just a few thoughts
Sooo, I just came across this and I really am unsure how to react. 10 year old kid has a healthy baby. In class last night we were talking about contraception amongst adolescent children, and menarche (onset of a woman's period), and a myriad of other topics relating to when and how children are experiencing sexual and non -sexual behaviors.
Menarche...
Research now a days is linking obesity in children to an earlier onset of menstruation. A female's body sends chemicals to the brain to start once a certain weight is achieved (approx 107 lbs). I knew that this age was getting earlier and earlier, but the fact that this girl had a kid at age 10 is really blowing my mind. They're gypsies in Romania who are not encouraged to educate, and marriage laws aren't enforced... Leading to...?? A child with a child.
When I was 10 years old I was more concerned on whether or not I had practiced my clarinet enough for the week. I admired girls... from a far. The father is age 13. I barely knew what kissing was (although never experienced at this point), let along how to engage in coitus (I just like that word).
Something needs to be done about the 800,000 teen pregnancies per year (keep in mind that of the 800k, only 500k are born). There is no way around the fact that we are sexual beings and as teenagers (and younger) we can, will, and are experiencing sex. When I first started buying condoms, the looks that I would get were piercing, causing me to not even want to buy them anymore (although I didn't stop). Kids should be congratulated for buying condoms, accessing birth control, and practicing safe sex. Parents need to talk to their kids about sex instead of shunning them and taking their birth control away. Ignorance and intolerance of sexual behavior is how we get in to predicaments where children are raising children. I know I don't have all the answers. In fact, very far from it. But I think when faux pas become norm, taboo the accepted, the shunned welcomed, the world might look a little different.
.....Just a few thoughts
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