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Women Want More Porn, But Aren't Willing To Pay As Much
By Hugo SchwyzerApril 12, 2012
The fact that more women than ever before are “consuming” porn doesn’t prove that the industry has become a better place for its female performers, says Hugo Schwyzer. He spoke to a porn performers about the industry today. Call it the porn paradox. At the same time that the mainstream media is finally catching on to the reality that visual erotica isn’t just for men an...Posted in Culture and Politics, Hugo, nfti-home, Pornography, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
Can A Man Change His Sexual Attraction To Teens?
By Hugo SchwyzerApril 11, 2012
Hugo Schwyzer says that a man can redirect his desires away from young girls, but doing so requires three serious steps. Can the age of the people to whom we are most attracted age with us, or is it doomed to stay stuck at one particular chronological point? Our culture teaches us that female desirability peaks early and then begins a long decline. That toxic view does tremendous damage to wom...Posted in Culture and Politics, Hugo, Manhood, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (13) Comments »
Is Marriage A Form Of Peer Pressure?
By Lyla CiceroApril 11, 2012
Just because all your friends are doing it, doesn't mean you should. Lyla Cicero discusses the group mentality to getting married. What’s the best way to predict if a couple will get married? Find out how many of their friends have! In many social groups, once one or two friends marry the rest will drop like flies. So is marriage merely a form of peer pressure? Do we all want to avoid be...Posted in Culture and Politics, Husbands, Lyla, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (3) Comments »
Beyond Purity Rings And Panda Three-Ways: Reconstructing Sexual Initiation
By Lynn BeisnerApril 09, 2012
Last week I wrote about how my son lost his virginity: in a panda three-way. (An established couple with a sexually inexperienced guy.) One of my goals in writing about it was to open a conversation among liberals and feminists about how young people are initiated into sex. For too long now, we have allowed moralists and romantics to dominate the conversation and they have made it about purity ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Lynn, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (2) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffApril 06, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Must Women ‘Civilize’ Men? by Joan Walsh of Salon.com says that at the root of the conservative war on contraception is a deep-seated anxiety about the traditional family. 2. Life Without Sex: The Third Phase of the Asexuality Movement by Rachel Hills of The Atlantic says tha...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Gender Roles, Marriage, nfti-home, Politics, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffMarch 30, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Census Data Reveals Elder Women’s Poverty Crisis by Leslie Bennetts of The Daily Beast says that a study of census data reveals that more than half of older women in America are unable to pay for their basic needs. 2. Why Women Aren’t Taking Over Congress After All by Kathlee...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, LGBT, Mothers, Movies, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
I Don't Fit...In My Desk Or The World
By Jenn LeyvaMarch 28, 2012
Despite having difficulty navigating the classrooms and hallways of her prestigious university, Jenn Leyva accepts her fat body. She just wants the world to start accepting it, too. I go to one of the most prestigious universities in the world in one of the greatest cities in the world, and I spend a good chunk of every day worrying about where I sit in class. You see, I'm too fat for most de...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (20) Comments »
Why So Many Conservative Women Love Rick Santorum
By Hugo SchwyzerMarch 27, 2012
Despite his anti-feminist views, Rick Santorum has still managed to cultivate a faction of female Conservative supporters. But how? Hugo Schwyzer points to Santorum's "soft patriarchy" as one possible answer to that question. Why do so many women love Rick Santorum, arguably the most anti-feminist major party political candidate in a generation? The New York Times tried to answer that question...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Hugo, nfti-home, Politics, Womanhood | (3) Comments »
How Modesty Hurts Men, Too
By SierraMarch 26, 2012
I’ve written a few times about how the modesty doctrine hurts women. Now it’s time to switch lenses. The modesty doctrine also wreaks havoc on the minds of young men in the Christian patriarchy movement. Here’s how: It teaches men to be afraid of women because their sexual power is too great to be resisted. It teaches men to despise women and hampers their relationships. It t...Posted in Culture and Politics, LGBT, Manhood, nfti-home, Pornography, Sex and Relationships | (11) Comments »
If I Got Pregnant Today, I'd Choose Abortion
By Leah BerkenwaldMarch 26, 2012
With plenty of life left to live before becoming a mother, Leah Berkenwald finds comfort in her ability to choose abortion if she became pregnant today. Eventually, she'll have children, but not yet. Not until she's truly ready. As a 16-year-old, I knew that if I got pregnant by accident I would have an abortion. Ten years later, I am in a completely different place—a place where I could...Posted in Abortion , Culture and Politics, Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (11) Comments »
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