Is There Religious Freedom in Australia?
Many like to think of Australia as a secular country. It isn't. Despite section 116 of the Australian Constitution which clearly states: The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any...
View ArticleA Post-Porn Society?
My new FB friends are an intriguing bunch. Someone asked me to comment on this statement by Canadian writer Robert Masters: We can condemn pornography, we can tolerate it, we can indulge it, or we can...
View ArticleOrgasmic Birth
Writing about young Chloe helping to deliver her baby brother reminded me about the orgasmic birth movement. In my novel Wild Child, the main character’s mother has an orgasm during her birth; part of...
View ArticleClive Hamilton: The Progressive Moral Conservative
Melinda Tankard Reist has succeeded in bringing together a motley group of anti-porn moralisers, each with their own quite disparate agendas. Melinda dislikes porn because it ‘offends’ her conservative...
View ArticleClive Hamilton (2): Aesthetics and Porn
There is no better example of Clive’s elitism than his sophisticated argument about aesthetics, which I do have considerable sympathy for. Following his general argument, art can contribute to a...
View ArticleClive Hamilton (4): Women and Essentialism
Okay, last post on Clive Hamilton. This one is prompted by an opinion piece that appeared in The Age whilst I was writing my other comments. I think it perfectly summarises his conservatism. It’s...
View ArticleClive Hamilton (3): Meaningful Sex
When the sexual revolution began to breach the wall of sexual repression it came first as a trickle then as a torrent, with no sign of surcease 40 years on, so that sex talk and erotic imagery pervade...
View ArticleIndian Classical Dance and Temple Prostitutes (Bharatanatyam and the Devidasi...
I want to begin this post with a video of an Indian classical dancer performing ananda tandavam with a move called urdhva tandav, in which she lifts her leg to side of her head. It is not the best...
View ArticleSex Negative – Sex Positive
I’ve been meaning to explore the concepts of sex negative and sex positive (sex positive movement) in greater detail because I see considerable confusion amongst those who say they are sex positive yet...
View ArticleThe Museum of Erotic Art
I had my reservations about visiting the Museum of Erotic Art in Paris, mainly because of where it is – close to the Moulin Rouge and surrounded by porn shops. Guilt by association might suggest it...
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