Archive for August 2022
The Villages, Politics, and STDs
Why has this myth about seniors in the Villages — a retirement village in Florida — been so tenacious? The seniors are thought to be a breeding ground of STDs. It is a myth that simply won’t go away, despite the lack of evidence. Payback for Politics The reason is payback for the oldsters’…
Read MoreSex Work Is Psychotherapy
This Washington Post story is a hodgepodge about destigmatization and internal authority, neither of which is very interesting. But the writer misses the main point about sex work (hooking): It’s about giving psychotherapy. Hooking in and of itself is not really riveting: So many people work on the margins. If they are not doing it…
Read MoreIs Prince William Flowing Toward Polymorphous Sexuality?
Whew! The anus, finally! That would be yet another step towards what Freud called “polymorphous perversity.” But that sounds reproachful, and we might just call it polymorphous sexuality, getting away from plain old penetration and into seeing many areas of the body as erogenous zones. Polymorphous Sexuality Involves Multiple Body Parts What areas? The anus,…
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