Actually, the physical and mental health benefits of social ties with women are experienced by men and women both — and for married men, these…
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To Tend and Befriend, part 3
The myths about male dominance and female submissiveness are not the only current social issues, however, that I believe merit thoughtful scientific consideration — or…
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I cannot politely say why I think it is that white, Western, and usually male anthropologists feel the need to insist — in the face…
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It’s summertime for me now, and I’m gleefully starting my readings for Fall semester, which doesn’t start for another three or so months — this…
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Later edit: This bibliography has been seriously revised and updated due to professorial input. Check out the new version here. There! That’s all the…
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Subtly weaving the suggestion to always perform right action — based on the sometimes unrecognized fact of personal relatedness with all life — into one’s…
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I read an awful lot of textbooks for classes. I’m fortunate in that most of them are fascinating, but there does come a point where…
Continue ReadingThe “Goddess Array” in Wolf’s Vagina: A New Biography, pt. 3
I apologize that, due to Wolf’s writing resonating powerfully for me, I’m falling back on massive quotes more than I would like to. In my…
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In my last posting on Vagina: A New Biography, I closed with the virulently damaging effects of rape — physically, sensually, and emotionally — for…
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In an instant, I realized that original sin did not, as the Judeo-Christian tradition has it, originate in human sexuality. Our species’ original sin…
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