“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”

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This is a comment by James on the post “What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex”.

What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex

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Exploring the mess we are in around male sexuality. How did we get here and what on earth do we do?

Best Laid Plans: Prom and Porn at Same Venue

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Jamie Reidy comments on a high school prom and a porn convention happening at the same venue.

Porn in Trouble? Save Porn!

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Jamie Reidy comments on an, uh, inspiring article regarding the porn industry.

Why I Love Weird Porn

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Noah Brand lays out the connections between esoteric culture, cognitive surplus, and furry dickgirls.

From Boys to Good Men – Pornography, Fraternities and Feminism

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Josh Bowman wonders if on-campus mentor programs can combat a culture of hyper-sexualized aggressive masculinity, and counter some of the lessons learned from watching porn at young age.

Can We Make This More Complicated?

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Clarisse Thorn talks rape, feminism, BDSM, and what it’s all taught her about the ethics of complexity.

Ladies Bleaching Private Parts… Men, Are You Getting A Bad Rap?

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Joanna Schroeder wonders if men are as much pawns in the beauty industry’s manipulation as women are.

The Everyday Sexiness of Men

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Two romance authors who blog about sex discuss what they find hottest in a man—and it’s not what you’re thinking.

The Road To Smutville

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Long-Haul truck driver Todd McCann breaks the stereotype that all truck drivers are out looking for meaningless sex.

The Worst Job I Ever Had

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Machine malfunctions, endless paper cuts, and flying sheet metal. Even free porn wasn’t worth all this.

“We can’t stop policing sex because somehow, in 2012, it is the most taboo act in America.”

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“Andrea Dworkin and Rick Santorum would be bedfellows, bosom buddies, allies in all but title and label on the question of porn.”

“Theoretically a man could worry that he’s addicted to porn and it turns out he’s really not. Is there room in the diagnostic system for that possibility?”

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If his partner has a problem with his porn use, then that’s not necessarily evidence by itself he’s addicted.

“A song by Northern Pikes ‘She Ain’t Pretty She Just Looks That Way’ is about this very point.”

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“If a man only considers how a woman looks and how she behaves in the sack…he’s a complete moron.”

Pornography Displayed on TVs at Best Buy?

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Talk about your “Reward Zone!”

Dear John: There Was a Man Watching a Violent Film in Front of My Daughter

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Why won’t my formerly-divorced boyfriend commit to me? How do I stop him from watching lude videos on the train? Why do people think I have to agree with their political ideas?