The strip club can feel like a dangerous place. And honestly, sometimes it is, but most of the time it is one of the safest places for sex workers. That’s because of the bouncers and other male staff that work there. On the front line so to speak, bouncers or security staff are the first […]
Sex & Gender
Exploring sex and gender from the secular perspective.
Posted inSex & Gender
This fundamentalist Christian mom’s chart condemning ‘Feminists’ is bonkers
For several years now, Christian blogger and professional mommy-shamer Lori Alexander (“The Transformed Wife”) has used her platform to decry feminists. Those rants occasionally go viral. But her latest attempt to separate feminists from Proper Christian Women™ is just comically bizarre. Keep in mind that the left column—the “Feminists” column—is meant to be the bad […]
Posted inResearch, Sex & Gender, Sociology
The fascinating collision of gender and religion in changing attitudes about work
If you had enough money to live comfortably without working, would you do so? Researchers often use this type of question to measure “work ethic.” When Americans are asked this question, most say they would keep working anyway. But a fascinating difference has developed in the answers people give—a difference involving not only gender, but […]
Posted inAnalysis, Gen Z Rising, Nonreligious News, Sex & Gender
A Gen Z shock: Among Zoomers with no religion, women outnumber men
Not since Madalyn Murray O’Hair has the image of non-religiosity been defined by a woman. That may change with Generation Z. A new analysis of data by sociologist Ryan P. Burge finds that, among people born after the year 2000, known as Gen Z, more women than men identify with no organized religion. The Zoomer […]
Posted inArts, Culture, Sex & Gender, Sexuality, Taboo
Celebrating the sex-positive power of the pussy
OnlySky · Celebrating the sex-positive power of the pussy with Eleanor O’Brien | Becky Garrison While the current “talk” about female sexuality may come off as sounding “sex-positive,” corporate media remains stuck in the era of Mad Men. Taboo topics remain taboo with sites such as OnlySky getting demonetized by their ad server for penning […]
Posted inReligious News, Sex & Gender
Female pastor’s pro-LGBTQ views censored in book about female pastors
The suggestion that female pastors might be accepting of LGBTQ people has created an absurd controversy in a small Christian sect after a passage from a new book was censored. It involved a book published last month called On Holy Ground: Stories By and About Women in Ministry Leadership in the Mennonite Brethren Church. The […]
Posted inFilm/TV, Sex & Gender
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ sends a terrible message about motherhood
Like any good nerd, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was at the top of my watchlist. And while it was an okay enough superhero film, the gender politics of it—especially given the current climate—were incredibly off-putting. You’ve been warned: Spoiler alerts ahead. Within minutes of the movie’s start, I whispered to my viewing […]
Posted inLGBTQ, Sex & Gender
The transgender swimming ban is not about sports
FINA, the international swimming federation, has banned trans women from competing in women’s categories for the sports it governs. Within days of this announcement, a raft of other sporting bodies had announced reviews of their policies for transgender inclusion, and the International Rugby League banned trans women from competition, pending “further research.” The decision has […]
Posted inReproductive rights, Sex & Gender
Women are livestock
The Supreme Court has now made it clear. Women have the same rights as farm animals. If a cow is impregnated by a bull, does she have a right to say whether she should carry the fetus to term? Of course not! The farmer who owns her, and has invested in her, providing food and […]
Posted inSex & Gender
Drag Queen Story Hour: Getting past the knee-jerk
Culture is fashion, and fashion is arbitrary; or, why a man isn’t less of a man if he’s wearing a dress.