Tag Archives: gender

A New Age of Female Masturbation

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Lee

Lesbian feminist Lily Tomlin once joked that the only reason cretinous men walked upright was to free their hands for masturbation. Fair enough, but the posture of the lady might soon lack for any better purpose. According to a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, social science | Tagged Britain, British women, cheeseburgers, Constitution, Feminism, gender, lesbian feminist, Lily Tomlin, masturbation, Media, poll, self-restraint, sex, sexualized, social conservative, study, survey, women | 2 Comments

Playmates during crisis

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Lance

Does the object of our desire tend to change during tough times? Yes, according to this paper on men’s preferences when it comes to Playboy’s models: Consistent with Environmental Security Hypothesis predictions, when social and economic conditions were difficult, older, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Lance's Page, social science | Tagged 2008, beauty, body mass, breasts, bust-to-waist ratio, conditional economics, credit crisis, Economics, Environmental Security Hypothesis, facial features, gender, index values, Jayde Nicole, Playboy, playmates, pornography, reproduction, sex, social dynamics, Tyler Cowen, women | Leave a comment

ASHC is Alan Finch Central

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

Alan Finch, Helen Finch, Alan Finch the Revenge Looking over our logs, it’s incredible how much global traffic we get from people searching for information on Alan Finch (August’s #1 ASHC keyword and a top-30 quantity since February). Perhaps a … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Society | Tagged Alan Finch, ASHC, Australian, Dani Bunten Berry, Enlightenment, female, gender, gender identity disorder, Helen Finch, injustice, international affairs, liberal, Lynn Conway, male, nature, party politics, postop, public policy, reactionary, Renée Richards, Samantha Kane, Sandra MacDougall, sex, sex change, social networking, srs, traffic, transgender, transgenderism, transsexual, URNotAlone | 2 Comments

The Art of Trying too Hard

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Lee

(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain’s “Celeb” ad on the grounds that “anyone knows” Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren’t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged America, Blake Hounshell, Britney Spears, campaign, celeb, celebrity, Forbes, foreign policy, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender, John McCain, John Riley, Newsday, Nietzsche, Paris Hilton, racial, sexual | Leave a comment

Errors in Modern Gender

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Lee

Meet Alan Finch (video report). Alan became Helen Finch at 21, through sexual reassignment surgery…and then became Alan again when he was thirty. As you can see above, the results of his original surgery were extraordinarily effective. But Alan has … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Alan Finch, Australia, cbc, doctor, gender, gender identity disorder, Health Care, Law, man, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, sexual reassignment, surgery, teenager, transgender, treatment, video, woman, youtube | 5 Comments

Hillary & Identity Politics

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Lee

In expressing consternation that women on the Left could support Hillary Clinton solely on grounds of her gender, Bookworm notes that identity politics –the idea that a person’s innate factional qualities (race, gender, ethnicity, etc) confer immutable political values– is … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged fascism, gender, Hillary Clinton, identity, identity politics, Race | Leave a comment