One of America’s most famous sex therapists Dr. Ruth Westheimer believes the G-spot is an idea that exists because of male chauvinism, specifically the Freudian belief of “mature” and “immature” orgasms.

Freud believed that only sexual intercourse would cause a “mature” superior orgasm in women.

Orgasms that were caused by the clitoris were considered masculine and “immature.” According to Freud, it was up to the woman to transfer the orgasm from the clitoris to the vagina during penetration.

It wasn’t until the 60s when sex researchers Masters and Johnson performed a series of tests on female sexual response and discovered that the majority of the subjects were only able to achieve orgasm through the clitoris compared to a small minority that were able to achieve one vaginally.   more »

A Barbie virtual world seems so much more

pernicious than Barbie the 11-inch doll

I'm sure Barbie Girls been focus-grouped like crazy,

and that TONS of young girls want their Barbies

to do nothing but go shopping and get makeovers

It's all about credit cards and cosmetics

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Keywords: cvulture, shopping, consumerism, pop, girls, indoctrination, barbie

For more than five years, America's media

have made frequent references to

‘the war on terrorism’ and ‘the war on terror’

The media have relentlessly promoted such

official buzzwords as though they were

objective realities instead of terms devised

to manipulate the public for endless war

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Keywords: state, corporate, media, mass, propaganda

The WSJ, along with The New York Times and The Washington Post, are the three principle “opinion-makers” in the United States.

They set the tone and the editorial policy which then quickly percolates through the rest of the US news media.

In an age when “local” media no longer have their own national or international reporters, they rely on the “biggies” to set up the stories for them.

The Times, The Post and The Journal propagate the official government stories and the “approved” propaganda.   more »

A sense of mission drives radical groups. This is the case with young Muslims who are radicalised by the West's self-righteousness.

They are buoyed up by the belief that they are fighting for a better world, and that their sacrifice gives their existence meaning.

In the situation we find ourselves now, where a minority are so angered by the values of the west that they feel it right to act violently, the least useful response is to dismiss that reaction as evil or incomprehensible.

It is imperative that we understand that other value systems have, whether we like it or not, their own deep appeal.

After all, it's not as if many of us can't see the multiple ways in which competitive capitalist democracies leave people feeling anxious and adrift.   more »