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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Schizoid Sexual Society: Focused on the Petty Sex Scandals, Ignoring the Ones That Really Matter

Why isn't it a bigger scandal when politicians chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality? 
 
December 29, 2011

In a year when America has been otherwise austerity-obsessed, we are still sex-scandal rich. But while we certainly flock like moths to the scandal flame when that flame is a photo of a Congressman's penis, isn't it just as much of a scandal when Congressmen (and women) want to redefine rape, criminalize abortion and sex work, and chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality? Why is the media so easily obsessed when casting aspersions on the real or imagined sex lives of the already powerful, but not when the powerful target the rest of us? Before we get all misty-eyed with nostalgia – or tear gas – let's look back on some of 2011's sex scandals, with attention to the ones that should have scandalized us all.

  • Cops Got Bailed Out, We Got...?
  •  Anthony Weiner, Sext Addict?
  • Trafficking in Lies
  • The Scarlet Letter Lives On
  • Trial By Post
  • Blastocysts: Not People
  • Ashton Gets “Real”
  • Pro-Choice Movements: We Need a Plan B
  • Unoccupy My Body
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