In the last few years, the regime of Fidel Castro has introduced substantial changes with respect to sexual liberty, intending to eliminate the strain of institutional homophobia in the country, although discrimination is still present in certain areas. Benjamin Serra María E. López is an academic at London Metropolitan University […]
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Decriminalising prostitution: a solution to the problem
New Zealand took a big step in 2003 by decriminalising prostitution. The English Collective of Prostitutes is fighting for the same status in England. Benjamin Serra Poverty and the recent economic crisis forces hundreds of women to work in the sex industry in order to earn money to support their […]
Whatever is true, just, pure… lovely… Think on these things
So wrote an early Jewish Christian writer to the church in the Roman town of Philippi. But what is meant by each of these things? Aren’t they too subjective and culturally-constructed to have any kind of universal meaning? Nigel Pocock Perhaps it is best to start with human commonality. For […]
Abortion… Freedom of choice is a rigth
During the US Presidential Elections, Republican Todd Akin claimed that abortion in the US need only be legalised in cases of rape. Yet for Akin, women are unable to get pregnant, rendering the legalising of abortion unnecessary. Georgina Campbell Republican Todd Akin shockingly suggested that victims of “legitimate” rape are […]
No sex please…
“No Sex Please we’re British” was a West End theatrical farce, lampooning the shy, inhibited attitudes of the British to sex.– – Steve Latham . Today that production seems like history. We British are not noticeably reticent when it comes to talking about, or having sex. The media eagerly describe […]