Women’s Issues
Why Bella’s Sexuality in Poor Things Disturbs Men
Bella Baxter in Poor Things begins with primal, unrestrained sexual urges and evolves into an articulate, liberated woman by the end of the film.
What Am I Made For? Barbie Goes Beyond The Battle of the Sexes
“I don't know how to feel, but I wanna try.”~ Barbie speaks through Billie EilishAt the end of the movie Barbie, Ruth Handler (creator of Barbie) tells Barbie: “You should not take this leap into the real world unless you know what this means.” Ruth gently holds...
Unpacking the Barbie Apotheosis – Which Complaints Hold Up Under Scrutiny?
“It is literally impossible to be a woman.”~ Gloria, Mattel Executive One moment in Barbie has become a rallying cry for women. Across social media, women have said the speech given by America Ferrera’s character, Gloria (a Mattel executive), perfectly articulates...
Synergy of Beauty, Youth, and Erotic-Economic Exchange – the Sex Work Studies
Author’s Note: This post has been sitting in my queue for months. I withheld it for fear of being perceived as insensitive to the plight of young women, especially economically-disadvantaged women in the third world who are coerced and abused. However, this post is...
Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage: The Truth of Sexual Selection and Preference for Younger Women
Don't hate the player; hate the game. ~ Chris Rock Chris Rock was sharply criticized for some of his comedic riffs in his Netflix special Selective Outrage. Speaking to a predominantly Black audience in Baltimore, he delivered incisive observations about the American...
Female Sexual Fluidity: Power of Context and the Future of Heterosexual Partnerships
“Power comes to women who bring gay expectations to their heterosexual couplings.” ~ Jennifer Baumgardner Mutually satisfying romance, love, and sexuality are teetering on the edge of failure in the modern heterosexual mating economy. Women are turning away...
It Takes A Village – Alloparenting and Female Sexual Fluidity
Being born with the ability to go both ways may have been beneficial to ancestral women ~ Barry Kuhle Same-sex sexual behavior poses an evolutionary puzzle. Reproduction is the engine of evolution. Given the primacy of reproduction, why would sexual selection...
Ultimate and Proximate Causes of Female Sexual Fluidity – the Wisdom of Evolutionary Psychology
Problems arise when proximate explanations, like sociocultural theories, are used in place of ultimate explanations, or evolutionary theories, to explain human characteristics. ~ Alex Mackiel In my last post (First Principle: Acknowledge Male-Female Differences), I...
Addressing Barriers to Female Sexual Pleasure – Let’s Get Educated
“Think outside her box.” ~ Ian Kerner, PhD., She Comes First Prologue Part of the mission of Mating Straight Talk is to explain and demonstrate the evolved behavioral sex differences between men and women. Sex differences in mating strategies and modes of sexuality...
Why Women Are Bored in Monogamous Relationships
“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.” ~ Mae West In my last post, (Turn Off the Brakes! Making the Most of Responsive Desire), I shared the advice Emily Nagoski gives to couples to improve their sex life. Nagoski and other sex educators...