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Limbaugh Is Sorry for Calling Fluke a "Slut," But Why Were We ALL Sorry, Too?

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Sandra Fluke, Women's Sexuality, Contraception, Slut, Rush Limbaugh, Sexuality, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Sex, Sluts, Media News
Marianne Mollmann

If we say that slut is a bad word, we are implicitly saying it is bad for women to want to have sex. If we say that prostitute is a bad word, we are saying that taking money for sex is an insult. Neither is automatically true.

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Why Aren't Men More Outraged by the Oral Contraceptives Debate?

John Blumenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Arsenic, Prophylactics, Chivalry, Rush Limbaugh, Oral Contraception, Roy Blunt, Viagra, Rick Santorum, Sluts, Diaphragms, Groucho Marx, Sandra Fluke, Spermicides, 1958, Oral Contraceptives, Fifty News
John Blumenthal

So here's the question, guys: Why is this considered a "women's issue"?

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Birth Control Isn't Really About "Women's Health." It's About...

Pamela Haag | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Abortion, Conscience Clause, Birth Control, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Sluts, Feminism, Pro-Sex, Choice, Politics News
Pamela Haag

We tiptoe around the heterosexual woman's unsightly libido, and end up with an oddly euphemized rhetoric, a defense of birth control that seems to involve no sex, desire, sperm, or men.

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For Divorcees, Is It 'Survival Of The Sluttiest'?

Juliet Jeske | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Single Men, Difficulties, Divorce, Dating After Divorce, Dating, Sluts, New York, New York City, Single Women, Divorce News
Juliet Jeske

Since I left my husband I have been unable to do a number of things -- the most frustrating lost skill is the ability to date. After nine years in a ...

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Interview With Porn Scholar, Part 2: Business and Culture

Jackson Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Feminists, Playboy, Sluts, Business, Censorship, Porn, Sex, Progressives, Stepford Wives, Media News
Jackson Katz

There has been precious little critical debate or dialogue about pornography in mainstream media, which is striking when you consider what a ubiquitous cultural phenomenon it is.

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