sex and society


How hedonism became America’s official religion

Jennifer Roback Morse | 09 February 2012 |
tags: democracy, Obama politics, religion
An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty.


Lost in Transition II: An accurate picture of youth?

Thomas Lickona | 02 February 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism
We cannot stake too much on one study of young adult moral attitudes.


Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion

Angela Franks | 17 January 2012 |
tags: books, eugenics, population control, Public Discourse
A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control.


Movie morality is plummeting

William West | 10 January 2012 |
tags: censorship, films, teenagers
Film censors are allowing teens to access much more explicit content and few parents seem to care


Just one hitch with all those eulogies

Michael Cook | 19 December 2011 |
tags: human dignity, obituary
Who was the greater public intellectual, Christopher Hitchens or Vaclav Havel?


New strategies for combatting internet porn

Jeremy Prichard | 19 December 2011 |
tags: internet, pornography
Cutting off supply lines to committed users has limited effectiveness. Let's try stopping people from getting hooked in the first place.


Let’s blow the whistle on internet porn

Paul B Hunker III | 12 December 2011 |
tags: internet, pornography
Sex abuse scandals at Penn State and elsewhere have shocked Americans. But why are we ignoring the most widespread abuse of all?


A mortal threat to marriage

Michael Cook | 06 December 2011 |
tags: Australia, same-sex marriage
Same sex marriage can only succeed in a society where traditional marriage is already weak.


Heads in the sand over AIDS

Carolyn Moynihan | 02 December 2011 |
tags: Africa, birth control, HIVAIDS
How many more lives, how many billions of dollars, will be sacrificed to western sexual ideology?


What The Wizard of Oz can teach us about bullying

Izzy Kalman | 30 November 2011 |
tags: bullying
The underlying message of this iconic film is how to grow out of childhood fears


Gleeful subversion

David Quinn | 23 November 2011 |
tags: sexual behaviour, teenagers, television
The view of teen sex in the popular American TV show is painfully unrealistic.


Bad shot: when will WHO warn women about the contraceptive jab?

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 October 2011 |
tags: Africa, contraception, demography, HIVAIDS, WHO
The latest strong evidence that hormonal contraception is linked with AIDS finds experts still dallying.


Redeeming the dreary

Michael Kirke | 25 October 2011 |
tags: Christianity, literature, ordinary life
When will artists discover the drama and richness of ordinary life?


My daughter’s paradoxical genes

Mark W. Leach | 24 October 2011 |
tags: abortions, Down syndrome, girls
Why are parents encouraged to abort Down syndrome children and banned from aborting girls?


“I’m sorry I did not wait”

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 October 2011 |
tags: adolescence, sex education, sexual behaviour
Pressure and lack of self control lead teens in developing countries to regret sex, a new study shows.


“Mr President, push the reset button on DOMA”

Bob Laird | 18 October 2011 |
tags: Catholic Church, Obama, same-sex marriage
A Catholic bishop warns Obama that his stance on marriage puts him seriously offside with the church.


Big Porn Inc

Melinda Tankard Reist | 12 October 2011 |
tags: Australia, pornography, women
It is time to get real about the social poison masquerading as “adult entertainment”.


End child pornography: enforce adult porn laws

Patrick A Trueman | 12 October 2011 |
tags: child pornography, law enforcement, US
An exclusive focus on prosecuting child pornography cases ignores a well known fact about adult porn.


The end of tolerance

Zac Alstin | 07 October 2011 |
tags: Britain, morality, tolerance
The illusion that moral diversity is a viable social strategy is at its last gasp.


Margaret Ogola: an African heroine

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 September 2011 |
tags: Africa, AIDS, heroines
One of four distinguished Kenyan women who died recently was a doctor who spent herself on the welfare of AIDS victims and strengthening the African family.


Change happens: new evidence on sexual orientation

Stanton L Jones and Mark Yarhouse | 30 September 2011 |
tags: homosexuality, religion, therapy
Groundbreaking research published this week shows successful change in religiously motivated men and women.


Smoke and mirrors

Bernard Toutounji | 29 September 2011 |
tags: Australia, sexual behaviour, smoking
Why do governments want us to believe that smoking cannot be safe but promiscuous sex can?


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