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The Dirty Science
My formal introduction to the costs of inquiry into sensitive matters began at 6:30 Eastern time on the morning of Sunday, June 10, 2012. Seven hours earlier, the publisher...
The Rolling Revolution
The Recovery of Family Life:Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologiesby scott yenorbaylor, 368 pages, $49.99 Norms about sex, sexuality, marriage, and family life have been upended by a rolling...
Queering Science
This past August, Brown University public health professor Lisa Littman had her woke moment. Littman studies sexual health concerns, from reproduction to substance use in pregnancy to gender dysphoria—today’s...
The Death of Eros
Something strange is going on in America’s bedrooms. In a recent issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers reported that on average, Americans have sex about nine fewer times...