Polyamory has been in the news lately, with one Slate writer assuring readers it’s fine for the children and should be legally recognized. Then on Thursday my good friend, and Reason writer Matthew Feeney (read him!) pointed me to a CNN op-ed with the combative headline: Face it: Monogamy is unnatural. All … [Read more…]
Welcome to the first Sex and the State guest post! If you would like to submit a guest post, please fill out my contact form with an brief outline of what you want to write about. As libertarians we spend a lot of our time thinking about and critically examining the State (as we should). However, … [Read more…]
Kaitlyn Hunt is an 18-year-old high school student facing felony charges over her relationship with a 15-year-old classmate. Kaitlyn’s girlfriend’s parents are accusing her of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16.” Instead of doing the right thing here and telling these vindictive parents to deal with their daughter’s sexuality without state involvement, … [Read more…]
Lindy West over at Jezebel recently published Female “Purity” Is Bullshit and whoo-boy did it ever rustle some feathers on Facebook! Apparently many people still believe that sluttishness or prudishness affect a woman’s worth as a human being. This view really doesn’t seem to have any rational basis, if only because assigning separate values to … [Read more…]