sex and society

Cultural imperialism on the march

Robert R. Reilly | 13 May 2013 |

tags: homosexuality, same-sex marriage, US foreign policy

Why is the Obama administration promoting Gay Pride Months and campaigning for gay rights in countries like Pakistan and El Salvador?

The media’s “sea of fire”

Michael Cook | 10 May 2013 |

tags: homophobia, homosexuality, John Maynard Keynes

Why is the media frothing over criticism of a long-dead homosexual economist?

2 doctors, 103 women, sterilisation quota achieved

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 March 2013 |

tags: India, population control, sterilisation camps

India's target-driven quotas for female sterilisation are producing horrific scenes, all with the aid of Western money.

Who am I? The building of bionic man

William E. Carroll | 05 March 2013 |

tags: bioethics, bionic man, enhancement

The invention of Rex, a bionic man with artificially created organs, helps us see why it is impossible for any machine to be a human being.

Courting - a Valentine’s Day proposal

Caitlin Seery | 14 February 2013 |

tags: courtship, dating, Valentine's Day

The old rules of courtship free us for what matters on a date: getting to know the man or woman across the table.

From a man of the French left, a passionate defence of marriage

Mary O'Neill Le Rumeur | 09 February 2013 |

tags: France, same-sex marriage

Bruno Nestor Azerot electrified the National Assembly in Paris when he spoke against gay marriage.

The expanding gender agenda

Dale O'Leary | 06 February 2013 |

tags: feminism, gender theory, sexual difference

Students at progressive universities are in the vanguard of a sexual identity movement that is in denial about reality.

Film exposes ambiguities of workplace bullying

Izzy Kalman | 28 January 2013 |

tags: bullying, work

Why was the media so quick to jump to conclusions after a tragic suicide at the University of Virginia?

Why men fight

Robert R. Reilly | 26 January 2013 |

tags: ethics of warfare, women in military

Will women in front-line combat duty change the way men behave in combat?

Roe’s legacy of false freedom

Meg T. McDonnell | 26 January 2013 |

tags: Millennials, pro-life movement, Roe v. Wade

A young pro-life woman wonders when some Millennials are going to wake up to the big lie about reproductive freedom.

When a state government refuses to defend its marriage laws

James S. Cole | 20 January 2013 |

tags: California, same-sex marriage, US Supreme Court

A crucial case before the US Supreme Court will determine whether sovereignty lies in the hand of the people or judges.

Harvard Munch: when liberty becomes bondage

Michael Cook | 10 January 2013 |

tags: Harvard, John Stuart Mill, sado-masochism, utilitarianism

One hundred and fifty years after J S Mill's famous book on Utilitarianism, the heirs of his philosophy are embracing nihilism.

Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the making of a cultural icon

Lis Howell | 04 January 2013 |

tags: BBC, Jimmy Savile scandal, sexual revolution

The Savile story is not just about the ghastly flaws of a celebrity. It is about how Britain's toffy public broadcaster has itself been seduced by the sexual revolution.

Assessing California’s ban on “conversion therapies”

Melinda Selmys | 18 December 2012 |

tags: conversion therapy, homosexuality

A ban on "gay conversion" therapies for teenagers has been harshly criticised. But the issues are not as simple as they might seem at first glance.

The third rail of feminism

Michael Cook | 11 December 2012 |

tags: Africa, female genital mutilation, feminism

Why isn't the media interested in the facts about the controversial practice of female genital mutilation?

Same-sex marriage ten years on: lessons from Canada

Bradley W. Miller | 19 November 2012 |

tags: Canada, same-sex marriage

Why not ask Canadians what happens after same-sex marriage is legalized?

Healing a culture of abuse

Michael Cook | 13 November 2012 |

tags: Australia, sexual abuse, sexualisation of children

Australia is going to have a Royal Commission into child sex abuse. Good idea, but will it go to the heart of the matter?

The smokescreen putting young men’s health at risk

Thomas Coy | 13 November 2012 |

tags: health policy, HIV, homosexuality

How much worse do the risks of gay sex have to be before it rates the same public health warnings as smoking?

The role model

Constance Kong | 08 November 2012 |

tags: 2012 elections, Barack Obama, China, same-sex marriage

Many Chinese believe that Barack Obama exemplifies the best of the West in culture, compassion and morals.

Define disingenuous, please

Peter Saunders | 22 October 2012 |

tags: rhetoric, same-sex marriage, UK

Does being a Christian disqualify a public figure from participating in debates about government policy?

The new sexual predators

Alana S. Newman | 12 October 2012 |

tags: bioethics, egg donation, surrogacy

It used to be just men looking for one-night stands. Now it's older women and gay men seeking their eggs.