Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Laura Becker on attempting to become a gay man, Nina Welsch on why the first woman president will be a Republican, and Leah Libresco Sargeant on fixing our broken dating culture. Plus: the La Leche League doesn’t care about real women, talking detransition, family stuff, wives and children trapped with men, and more!
First, Laura Becker shares the story of her impossible attempt to become a gay man—and how she ultimately learned to accept her own female body.
Next, Nina Welsch writes about why she thinks the first female president will be a Republican.
Finally, Featured Author Leah Libresco Sargeant provides insight on how the next generation can find love and commitment in the midst of a broken dating culture.
More Great Reads and Listens:
- La Leche League Doesn’t Care About Real Women, Emily Hancock, Women’s Work
- A Modest Proposal to End Insanity, Christina Bieber Lake, Current
- Talking Detransition in Gender Rebels, Eliza Mondegreen, gender:hacked by Eliza Mondegreen
- Welcome to Family Stuff, Stephanie Murray, Family Stuff
- ‘Behind the Looking Glass’—Reflections on the Wives and Children Trapped with Men, Donovan Cleckley, Donovan Cleckley
Fairer Disputations Recommends:
In Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction, Gary Wilson (of “The Great Porn Experiment” TED talk fame) looks at the explosion in porn usage due to the advent of the high-speed internet. How has pornography become an addiction for many, and what can be done by those who seek to break free from this addiction?
In a world where porn may no longer be a winning issue in courting young men, it’s well worth a read.
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