“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Todd Akin, 2012. “Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen.” Richard Mourdock, 2012. The anti-science climate in the United States is …
The interesting thing about sex is that there’s a constant core of sanctimonious puerile obsession about it amongst conservative politicians (world-wide) and religious conservatives/fundamentalists. This obsession with it highlights the great irony of their position – that they’re truly running on empty when it comes to any tangible sense of …
The Reverend Margaret Court, a former tennis player, and leader of a church in Perth, has today come out swinging against same-sex marriage, saying: “To dismantle this sole definition of marriage and try to legitimise what God calls abominable sexual practices that include sodomy, reveals our ignorance as to the …
The great French thinker, Voltaire, is famously quoted as saying: “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This has shaped a great deal of Western democracies, either directly or subtly, and it undoubtedly has its place. But it’s time …
In “Sex workers get help to give up their night jobs“, The Age discusses the challenges facing those in prostitution who want to quit the profession and move into a more mainstream acceptable position: RITA could never explain the large gap on her resume when she applied for jobs. She’d …
Over the weekend, the United States saw an attempted assassination attempt – an act of terrorism – committed. A democratic congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, was attacked and gunned down; multiple people including a judge and a young girl were killed in the attack, and the prospects of a full recovery for Giffords …
I’ve been aware for some time of the immoral and reprehensible behaviour of the Westboro Baptist Church. Amongst a plethora of other spiteful activities, they regularly picket funerals of dead soldiers and anyone else they think will gain them attention in order to spread their message of hate and vitriol. I …
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” are the immortal words from Gone with the Wind (a movie I’ve never seen, and I’m unlikely to see). I’m tired of all the hate out there – Israel and Palestine are forever at each other’s throats, country X hates country Y, …
In my previous post, I mentioned a few reasons why I don’t always feel proud of Australia, and felt that it was important to talk about that on Australia Day. My first point, for the record, was: I am a second class citizen. This is the 14th year my partner …
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