Betty Dodson with Carlin Ross

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Kind of ironic, isn't it?  You can flaunt your breasts to titillate men but if you use them for their intended purpose everyone freaks out. 

A fascinating new study by researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, demonstrates actual cognitive differences between conservative people and liberal people.

“In a series of experiments, researchers closely monitored physiological reactions and eye movements of study participants when shown combinations of both pleasant and unpleasant images. Conservatives reacted more strongly to, fixated more quickly on, and looked longer at the unpleasant images; liberals had stronger reactions to and looked longer at the pleasant images compared with conservatives.”

At first blush, this may not seem like a big thing, but honestly, it helps us to understand why the differences between viewpoints can be so extreme.

opened this email from head_space...felt so proud:

Dear Betty and dear Carlin,

I just watched your scenes from the Trekant episode (via the link you provided) and just wanted to thank you both with all my heart for doing this! I live in Germany which is probably similarly laid back about sex in general but female masturbation and vulvas are rarely discussed. I sincerely hope that this documentary is going to be dubbed in several languages because the information and images are so important.

When you strip down pornography to its essence, it's just one creature getting off watching another creature experience pleasure. 

My childhood fantasies revolved around being fabulously rich & famous, because I didn’t know that one could be rich without fame.

The reason I wanted to be rich was so that I could buy a gigantic mansion and live with all of my friends in it. Between the ages of 7 and 8, before I really understood sex, I imagined kissing and cuddling with all of them in a big pile.

This picture was taken in 1918...captivating

Between 2004-2009 homebirth rates in the US rose by a huge 29%. While the percentage out of total births in the US was still extremely low (as of 2009 it was .72% of all births) the change is a notable shift. And a shift that may account for why the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) started a veritable smear campaign around 2009.

Though at the present time, the percentage of homebirths doesn't have much impact on the big business of obstetrics, if it continues to rise at a rate of 29% every five years, it won't be long before ACOG and hospitals start feeling that loss of business.

Dear Betty and Carlin,

Thank you for reading my question. I appreciate your time and perspective and I hope that my email addresses a worthy, yet lesser-discussed topic that will interest your audience.

QUESTION

I have been asking myself: “Do I need to accept medical celibacy due to a low libido, anorgasmia and dyspareunia?” If so, do you have recommendations for accepting this lifestyle?”

BACKGROUND

I heard several interviews with Rick “The Sanatorium” Santorum last week. They were particularly infuriating to my feminist sensibilities. I find it hard to believe that he actually says what he says, completely on the record, on national TV. His anti-female position on abortion is crystal clear to me now: rape is justified if it brings forth life!

The crazy part is that he’s in hallowed company – according to religious doctrine. Rick and God share the same depraved position: women should never have a choice when it comes to their bodies. They believe that the hard line of “no abortions ever” is doing the right thing – no matter the circumstances.

Now even Barbie squirts...

I'm not sure which part of her squirts but someone in the marketing department at Mattel is quite clever.

The thought that made me realize I'd decided to write about my situation and share it with the world on “Dodson & Ross”, was unexpected after months of inner refusal, resistance, and doubt. In short, fear.

“If there is not going to be a partnersex life for me, I might as well write about its absence and have at least one joy.”

It isn't that I feel the need to unburden myself by writing about it, although I'm open to the possibility of some form of catharsis. I have been living with my virginity for decades. Most women had their first-time vaginal penetration sex with a man in their teens. From that time onward, the big “it” gradually transformed into a taboo when I reached the age of 30 and beyond.

I can't get over this picture. 

It says so much about how we process sexual imagery. 

The faces go from elation and joy to shock and displeasure.

I'll be the first to admit I find human sexuality wildly confusing. I studied sexuality in university and still haven't come any closer to figuring out what the hell is going on. I'm not sure why I want to so bad.. for some reason I just have an internal debate constantly raging in my head.

"What am I? What am I doing? How am I getting turned on by a guy? Could I ever really get up the nerve to have sex with someone that has a penis? Don't I find penises like, totally gross? I thought I was gay... I definitely am gay. Right? Maybe not. But then again.."

What a wonderful man...wonderful educator for children. 

Imagine if he had taken on sex ed.  It would have been perfection.