Lessons in love
How to Fall in Love with Anyone, 101. Let me just say it wouldn’t work with anyone. But it could be a good way to fast-track a relationship with someone to whom you’re already attracted. At the very least, an … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex
Rape culture, then and now
Commenter “Lizzy” writes: I’m thinking it’s no coincidence that women have recently expanded their definition of sexual assault and out-of-bounds male behavior to include things like morning after regret, the unwelcome male gaze, and “slut-shaming.” So women still expect expressions … Continue reading →
Booty calling
I had heard the term “booty call” before but wasn’t quite sure what it was. Nor had I spent a particle of time finding out. But now I know, at least according to this article’s definition: They’re casual, brief, sexual … Continue reading →
Revisiting Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton
My latest piece is up at PJ: “Revisiting Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton.” Plus é§a change, plus c’est la méªme chose. And Al Sharpton has never been riding higher than he is now, having been given the White House’s cachet … Continue reading →
Columbia is investigating Rolling Stone re Erdely’s UVA piece
This Slate article makes the point that there’s a lot we don’t know, and need to know, about Erdely’s article and the “research” behind it, as well as the decisions made by editors at the publication Rolling Stone. Another issue … Continue reading →
On Rolling Stone’s Jackie: it gets worse
Here’s an update for those who are still interested in the continuing subsequent unraveling of the UVA rape story. It has now been revealed that the emails supposedly sent from Jackie’s attacker to Jackie’s buddy Randall/Ryan after the rape were … Continue reading →
Jackie enters Stephen Glass and Catfish territory
You have to hand it to “Jackie” of the Rolling Stone UVA story—she dedicated an awful lot of creative energy to her hoax. Although I suspect that on first telling her main motivation was to earn the attention, sympathy, and … Continue reading →
Sydney hostage crisis over…
…with the gunman dead in an early-morning police raid. Unfortunately, two of the hostages are reported to have been killed in the rescue, although there’s a lack of information as yet on how it happened. The gunman was an Islamic … Continue reading →
Rape is whatever we say it is
If there is no objective reality in our brave new post-modernist world, then rape is whatever women say it is. At least, that’s the current PC line. If a woman has sex with a man and regrets it, that’s rape. … Continue reading →
No wonder Jackie wanted Rolling Stone to take her out of the story before it was published
After reading this article in the WaPo, we can safely say that it now appears likely that UVA’s Jackie didn’t just lie about whether she was raped at a fraternity. She appears to have lied about almost everything connected with … Continue reading →
Bearing witness in rape
I have a new article up at PJ entitled “Bearing False Witness in Rape.” In it, I discuss the repercussions of false rape accusations, as well as how common or uncommon they might be, based on research that purports to … Continue reading →
Another great article by a political changer
This changer article by Danusha V. Goska is very hard-hitting and well worth reading. And here’s a companion piece of sorts: As the political project that exists to vindicate the axiom that all sorts of government program X’s can solve … Continue reading →