Rebellion used to be so easy. All you had to do was grow your hair long, ride a motorcycle or cuss a lot in public. Maybe get an earring, a tattoo or even just start dressing really dark or slutty. Finding some...
The Republican party likes to say they are the party of small government. Well, that is true when it comes to reducing pollution controls on factory owners, but when it comes to the nation's bedrooms, they are all for a war on sex. Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who...
Have you ever given someone the benefit of the doubt or the credit that he or she did not deserve in the first place? You knew that there was something really odd about this person, and yet you chose to be in a relationship or create a friendship with this individual,...
“Shaving” no longer suggests what it once did. At best, modern shaving is defined by hyper-kinetic commercials that morph razors into race cars and jet planes while ripple-ly muscled men in towels yank swishy...
Isn’t it literally mind-blowing to notice the importance that compromising holds inside this society? It is so preponderant that all religious figures and all relationships gurus out there teach that a successful relationship has to be based on the decision to...
The success of a relationship is measured by two main attributes: love and loyalty. But how many times have you heard, “I love you!” or “I will always be there for you!” before finding yourself betrayed and humiliated by a partner to whom you had given all your...
Do you really believe that men are from Mars and women from Venus? I do not. Not all men and not all women behave identically. This type of categorization is unreasonable and counter-productive, because it creates a scission between the two genders. ...
Should the government make it illegal, and a felony at that, for two consenting adults to have sex? Well, Republicans are actually pretty big on making certain acts of consenting adults, illegal. They are the strongest supporters of prostitution laws, a sizable percentage...
What value resides in staying in a relationship that is suffocating you? For what valid reasons would you choose to be involved in a relation that is a total negation of what you are? Every single time you say “Yes” to your partner when in reality you want to...
Dan Savage is a sex columnist featured in many alternative newspapers. He is a gay rights supporter (along with being gay himself) and the originator of the It gets better project. He wrote in his most recent column: "Last week the Portland Press Herald reported about...
I have read many complaints about how long investigators "waited" to take legal action, and all these claims do is reinforce my understanding of how little the majority of the American public actually knows about the justice system. ...
opinion by Grace H | 1 year ago 154 views | 3 recommendations | 4 comments
Most individuals are highly averse to finding themselves completely alone, because society views aloneness as a proof of total social inadequacy. This type of aversion solidifies the necessity to fit-in at all costs. It is like an obligation. As a result,...
For guys, getting old can actually be a good thing. Bad eyes and worse hearing can provide welcome relief from the sights and sounds of everyday idiots. Plus you’re never expected to change your mind about...
Visualize the spiritual plane as this: there is the One, the Creator, the Source,.. There are many civilizations throughout the universe attempting to union with One.. Many have strong enduring connections.. Ours...