Women’s Issues
Turn Off the Brakes! Making the Most of Female Responsive Desire
Sexuality, Women’s Issues, Relationship Issues, and Tips for Couples In her landmark book, Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski describes the central sexual response mechanism in the brains of men and women. There is a sexual excitation system (SES) or “accelerator” that...
Assortative Mating and Indian Match-Making — “Caste” in Stone?
Often described as one of the architectural wonders of the world, the stunning 17th-century white marble Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz who died giving birth to their 14th child. Mumtaz was Shah...
Double Bind Dilemmas for Women in Leadership
On July 20, Republican Representative Ted Yoho called Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “disgusting” and a “fucking bitch" on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Ocasio-Cortez eloquently rebutted Yoho on the House floor saying, “This issue is not about one incident....
Is Your Sexual Foot on the Accelerator or Brake?
Men and women are different. Their “sexual engine” makes different use of the accelerator and brake. Author, sex researcher, and professor of women’s sexuality, Emily Nagoski, calls this the “dual control model” (Come As You Are, 2015). This model explains aspects of...
Why More Men Than Women Die of COVID-19
“There are profound sex differences in immune systems and this pandemic is revealing them.” Marcia Stefanick, Stanford University School of Medicine. More men than women have died of the COVID-19 virus. In China, Italy, South Korea, Germany, France, Iran, the U.S –...
Can We Be Honest About Women?
In 2017, David French of the National Review wrote an article stating that men enter high-status professions and achieve wealth in part, or even primarily, to gain access to beautiful women. D.C. McAllister responded to French with her own analysis, “Can We Be Honest...