Category Archives: Paper Topic

Compersion: From Emotion to Orientation

Posted on March 24, 2025 by shaunmiller

This is an expansion of a blog post I did in Thouin’s blog: What is Compersion? When I first read Marie Thouin’s book What is Compersion? I was struck by the many ways she defines compersion: This third definition is … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part Two

Posted on May 28, 2019 by shaunmiller

In a previous post, I discussed how to build a democratic hedonism through sex education that was inspired by Joseph Fischel’s book Screw Consent. I discussed that a revamped sex education is a way to do it and that one route … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part One

Posted on May 26, 2019 by shaunmiller

Joseph J. Fischel’s book, Screw Consent, has brought up some nice challenges to our notions of sexual consent. I would serious recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about sexual autonomy, sexual consent, and our sexual culture at … Continue reading →

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Savory, Mindfulness, and Qualitative Experiences

Posted on May 22, 2018 by shaunmiller

If any of you have dogs, you know that they love treats.  Just imagine your dog jumping for joy when they see their treats.  Their tails are wagging extremely fast, and they’ll do anything to get that treat.  It’s like … Continue reading →

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The Complexities of Affirmative Consent

Posted on January 10, 2018 by shaunmiller

I look at the complexities of affirmative consent. Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Applying the Third View

Posted on November 27, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. I have  been dividing that talk into three separate posts. This is the third post. In the first post, I looked at procedural autonomy and consensual minimalism. … Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Looking at the Second View

Posted on November 15, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. In the last post, I talked about the first view of sexual autonomy and sexual consent: procedural autonomy and consensual minimalism. In this post, I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Three Pictures of Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent: Looking at the First View

Posted on November 8, 2017 by shaunmiller

This is a condensed talk that I gave a few weeks ago at UW-Parkside. I’ll be dividing that talk into three separate posts. Sexual consent has been getting a lot of attention lately. We often hear news about sexual campus … Continue reading →

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Casual/Committed Sex/Love

Posted on October 17, 2017 by shaunmiller

There’s a concept called casual sex. Is there such thing as casual love? Continue reading →

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Love: From Qualities to the Person

Posted on August 14, 2017 by shaunmiller

Imagine a set list of qualities that you want in a potential intimate partner.  Most of these qualities, I would imagine, would include intelligence, good sense of humor, attractiveness, kind, loyal, respectful, and so on. This list can be as … Continue reading →

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