Tag Archives: sexuality

Those Who Can, Do; Those Who Cannot, Teach

Posted on November 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Sex Education (2019-2023) Yet another suggestion from Susan’s family: this Netflix series would have completely flown under my radar, mainly because its themes are so adolescent. But, like Firefly Lane, some 50-year-olds are looking ‘fondly’ on their high school years, … Continue reading →

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Young Love: Romeo and Juliet were a Legal Couple

Posted on July 14, 2023 by cdsmiller17

The Age of Consent This is a very contentious subject matter. And yet, over time the lines of legality have shifted from younger to older. The first recorded age-of-consent law dates from 1275 in England; as part of its provisions on rape, … Continue reading →

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Life Lesson: Don’t Base a Marriage on Sexual Chemistry

Posted on March 6, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor I can only imagine how hard it must have been for these two to live together. Even after their first divorce, they got back together and remarried. Now, that’s what I call determination to succeed … Continue reading →

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Exposed: Was the Avro Canada VZ-9 “Avrocar” a US Decoy?

Posted on May 4, 2021 by cdsmiller17

The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed (2010) X-Files, anyone? I have a skeptical mind. By now you may have noticed that. So, I’m always open to ‘new’ understandings of supposedly sacred cows. And that includes UFOs and alien occupants. … Continue reading →

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Scared of the Sacred? Male Confusion over Sexual Intercourse

Posted on November 19, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Sacred Union It is the most difficult part of the spiritual path. Because of religious teaching in the West, we are told that sex is a bad thing, unless it exists in a marriage sanctified by the church. And even … Continue reading →

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*Scythe*: A Slasher Film to End All Slasher Films

Posted on October 14, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Fascination (1979) Why are we so fascinated by evil, death and sex? It must be primeval. And with Hallowe’en fast approaching, this fascination will be triggered yet again. *Sigh* If you ask this question of a psychologist or psychiatrist, their … Continue reading →

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When is Sex not Sex?

Posted on September 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

When there is no intercourse! The Brett Kavanaugh media blitz yesterday (on Fox) to ‘clear his name’ brought to light an interesting echo: he claimed, while choking back tears, that he was a virgin all through high school. At the … Continue reading →

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Kavanaugh/Ford: He Said, She Said

Posted on September 22, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus This clever book attempts to highlight, using an Astrological metaphor, that men and women are coming from two totally different places when it comes to relationship issues. Nowhere is this more obvious … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of…

Posted on May 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Book Club I suppose that the proliferation of these monthly get-togethers must have been started by Oprah’s book club segments on her show. Now they’ve taken on a life of their own. We went to see this movie last night, … Continue reading →

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Revenge of an “Incel”?

Posted on April 24, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Involuntary Celibate Yesterday, a young man decided to drive a rented Ryder van down the sidewalk on Yonge Street in Toronto. Was this a terrorist attack? No. It was one person’s way to ‘punish’ the world. Last night, the CBC … Continue reading →

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