Tag Archives: Sex Education

Building a Democratic Hedonism Part Three

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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My Experience at the National Sex Ed Conference 2017

Posted on December 13, 2017 by

Reflecting on my experience at the National Sex Ed Conference 2017 Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (July 5, 2015)

Posted on July 5, 2015 by

Emotions The History of Slut-Shaming from Rome to cyberspace. Ethics Through the work of Molly Crocket, taking anti-depressants makes one more moral, taking dopamine-enhancing drugs can make one more selfish.  The interesting thing about this is that taking drugs can … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (June 21, 2015)

Posted on June 21, 2015 by

Aesthetics Expensive wine is for suckers:  Economics An interesting study on how rich people can be jerks. Ethics A new movie will come out about the Stanford Prison Experiment:  Family In two-sibling families, adolescents who believed their parents favored their … Continue reading →

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