Category Archives: Sex

Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 4

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I did not go to pornography because I’d been sexually abused, but the fact that I’d been abused made the world of pornography one that it felt natural for me to inhabit. One of the effects that sexual abuse often … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: When Witches Stole Penises 2

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Part 1 ended with the following paragraph: And so on and so on, until the fundamental difference between the Jew and the woman. Neither believe in themselves; but the woman believes in others, in her husband, her lover, or her … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 3

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. In the heterosexual pornographic video Secrets, there is a woman-on-woman scene—both the women are white—in which one of the performers, wearing a suit and tie, uses a … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. A white woman’s mouth in the act of swallowing a white man’s penis fills the screen of my TV. Almost directly in the center of the picture, … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 1

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Translation work has taken me away from this series, and I have been missing it. A conversation I had today with a friend reminded me, though, of the conclusion to an essay about pornography called “Inside The Men Inside ‘Inside … Continue reading →

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Eugene Volokh on "One True Inherent Purpose"

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.” If you want to argue against same-sex marriage, or against homosexuality, please take it to TADA.] This post, from conservative law prof Eugene Volokh, is three years old but very worth quoting in full, … Continue reading →

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Follow-ups: Check-ins During Sex, and a critique of "24 Authoritarians"

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Ampersand

A few links relevant to some recent posts: I posted a compare-and-contrast between a feminist and feminist-critical view of checking for consent during sex. Sometimes “Alas” guest poster — and writer of one of the examples from my post — … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: The Violence In Me 1

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Serious domestic/intimate partner violence trigger warning in the first few paragraphs of this post. Sitting on my bed with her back against the wall, my lover—who’s come to visit during my first year of graduate school—tells me that she’s at … Continue reading →

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Who would you rather learn about sex from, a feminist critic or a feminist?

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Ampersand

(Note: Comments on this post on “Alas” are open to self-identified feminists. Comments on this post on “TADA” are open to everyone.) Feminist critic Cathy Young, in the comments of her blog, wrote: I really can’t think of anything that … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Do You Like Your Body 4 (More on the Expendability of the Foreskin)

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

When a good friend of mine who is not Jewish found out that her first child was going to be a boy, I asked her if she intended to have him circumcised. “Yup,” she answered, smiling. “Do you know how … Continue reading →

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