Category Archives: Sexuality

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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Explaining Sexual Configuration Theory

Posted on July 14, 2021 by shaunmiller

I made a video explaining Sari Van Anders’s Sexual Configuration Theory. Most of my students enjoyed it when I teach philosophy of sex and love.

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Guest on Sexual Craftsmanship Podcast

Posted on November 13, 2020 by shaunmiller

I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest speaker with Sarah Martin on her podcast, Sexual Craftsmanship. We discussed sex education, sexual autonomy and consent, various details and problems therein, and positive masculinity. Click on the photo or this … Continue reading →

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Building a Democratic Hedonism Part Three

Posted on October 21, 2019 by shaunmiller

In part one, I discussed how to build a democratic hedonism through sex education that was inspired by Joseph Fischel’s book Screw Consent. The first post focused on developing our sexual emotions and I offered that one route to do that … 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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Why Sex Education Needs Philosophy

Posted on July 6, 2018 by shaunmiller

I wrote a post explaining why sex ed needs philosophy. Continue reading →

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Reflecting on AASECT 2018

Posted on June 21, 2018 by shaunmiller

This past week, I went to the AASECT 2018 conference in Denver. AASECT stands for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. The conference had a mixture of workshops, plenary speakers, exhibitions of products, and poster exhibitions. Overall, … Continue reading →

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Ideas That Matter with Gregory Sadler

Posted on May 30, 2018 by shaunmiller

About two months ago, Dr. Gregory Sadler—also a public philosopher and also known as the YouTube Philosopher—and I had a discussion about my work. We discussed philosophy of sex, particularly with my research in the three different moral types of … Continue reading →

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Three Minute Thesis

Posted on March 8, 2018 by shaunmiller

A few weeks ago, I performed at the Three Minute Thesis at Marquette University with other fellow grad students. The purpose is to explain your dissertation work in three minutes or less. You can see the video here. The first … Continue reading →

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