What is portrayed in the popular media makes a big difference. Not a profound statement,  but most people- even those who agree- often don’t wonder how big of an impression popular media has on our self conception. SOME STATS Forensic science, like most science fields used to be dominated by men. In the past 15 years however, women have taken over this field to the amazing statistic of 90 percent of grad students in 2009 were women. A statistic that is not even close to any o

We, as a society, need to talk a lot more about variants on sexuality and relationship styles. For a long time I have maintained that the oppressive modeling of the heteronormative monogamous marriage as the ultimate goal for adult relationships is harmful. Now that I am out an open as a kinky person, I am realizing how much damage this image causes people. In the last three months I have had almost a dozen conversations with people who have said, “Wow! I did not know this ex