My Brother Is Secretly Gay

Sorry little brother, but according to the religious rights' ex-gay ministries you are probably gay, you just haven't figured it out yet. I'm currently writing a paper on conversion therapy, which is therapy that helps people who are unsatisfied with their homosexual orientation become or realise their heterosexuality. Not to be biased or anything, but it's kinda crap. Anyways according to the therapy people are gay due to not being able to learn appropriate gender roles from their parents as children. So if one has a stronger willed mother than father (such as my brother and I) then they will be homosexual. Therefore we must make sure that men are the heads of households and make all of the decisions. They must also play lots of sports, go hiking, and be able to muck about with cars and change oil and stuff. Women on the other hand must defer decision making to men, cook, clean, and be able to act and look feminine. If all of these things are accomplished then one can begin the heterosexual life they were destined for. Where they get married and have kids, all the while fantasising about another life. Although I think my brother may be safe, he does do a lot of stereotypically manly things.

Furries

Long long ago I wrote a paper about Furries, who are delightful people who like anthropomorphic (animals that act like people or have human characteristics) art. What does this have to do with sex? Lots as it turns out. Some furries call themselves furry lifestylers and believe that they are part animal or have a strong spiritual connection with a particular animal. They like to talk online and meet at conventions where some just look at pictures and watch Disney's Robin Hood together and others dress in ears and tails or full fursuits (like a mascot suit) and wander around 'skirtching' (petting, scratching) each other. Again, not so sexual, but some of these people attach genitalia to their fursuits and have sex in their fursuits (although not for very long as they are hot and really too big for it to be really feasible). And some read/write/draw stories about anthropomorphic animals, some of which are very erotic. Lots of large boobs and penises. It's crazy, but people should be able to express themselves as long as it's safe and doesn't harm anyone and as furries do not practice bestiality and pretty much keep to themselves there is no harm. I find them entertaining and I got to go on the radio and be a furry expert, it was awesome.

Something to Think About

I just spent two weeks learning everything I could about Same Sex Domestic Violence (SSDV), which turns out to be actually pretty interesting. It's something no one thinks about (same with domestic abuse against men in heterosexual relationships), but yet is super common. Yet, there are no resources and few people believe reports of abuse. Most of it isn't physical abuse, it's primarily psychological/emotional abuse and involves belittling and isolating people. While a lot of the forms of abuse are similar to heterosexual abuse there are three types of abuse that are unique and include internalised homophobia, which is dislike of self for being same sex attracted, abuse due to or from HIV, either fear of getting it from the abusive partner or feeling like one won't find/doesn't deserve a partner because of HIV status, or fear of being outed by partner or from reporting abuse.
It's a tricky issue and hard to deal with with current resources and the focus of domestic violence as men abusing women. It's one of those things I never though about, but is interesting to think about.

Frightening Man

So there are a ton of things that I know and someday I will stop learning them and share them with you. Until then watch the video on this page of "Pumpito" he's frightening.

Have a Headache?

The other day I learned about the health benefits of sex, of which there are many. Some of them involve lowering your cholesterol, lowing the risk of prostate cancer in men, helping keep depression away, and reducing the chances of getting a cold. Now there are some caveats, which include the sex being consensual, positive, and usually with a primary partner. Random one-night stands negate the helpfulness of sex in warding off depression and can actually increase it.
Also for people who use having a headache and being sick as excuses for not having sex, that is no longer legitimate. Sex, again with a steady, positive partner, can help get rid of a headache and will help you fall asleep. So next time instead of grabbing a Tylenol (Panadol for you Australians) grab some sex instead!

Body Modification

I'm way behind on this, so I am going to do a couple short posts the next couple days to catch up. The first week of school was tame, mostly talking about what we are going to do this year. The next week however, we discussed body modification. People pierce and stretch the weirdest things. We saw a guy who had pierced and stretched his scrotum until the hoop in it was big enough to put a hand through. Saw lots of face and body piercing, but the thing that wins it was the penis splitting. That's right, penis splitting. It's exactly what it sounds like. There are men out there who enjoy cutting their penis so that it becomes two halves of a penis instead of one whole one. Not everyone splits it the whole way, some just do the head. It makes peeing really weird. There are various things one can do with a split penis. If you do it right and you don't severely injure any arteries you can get two erections, although they are weak, and in theory have sex with two people at the same time with one (kinda) penis. Another option is putting a ring or tube around the penis halves to keep them together and have someone else penetrate the middle. I wouldn't suggest doing this, but if you want to know what it looks like you are on your own to look it up. Mostly guys pierce their genitals it seems, or at least more intensely than girls, but I haven't done any research so I don't know how true it is, but it seems to be the case from what I've seen.

Not There Yet

So I made my blog today, even though I am two weeks away from leaving and a month from starting school, but it needed to be done. I have some random facts tucked away that I will share before I get to school. Just as a warning, this is not for the faint of heart as some of the facts can get a little out there, but they are all amazing! People do crazy things and the human brain and body are fascinating.

For now I will share this: Men produce more sperm when viewing porn that involves mostly men than porn that involves mostly women. So a three-way with two guys and a girl creates more sperm than a three-way with two girls and a guy. Seems backwards from what you'd think? Well it's being chalked up to competition. The point of sex (biologically) is to procreate, and men want to pass on their genes, not have the other guy pass on his, so having more sperm means they're more likely to be the ones that make the baby. More sperm = more likely to reach the egg before the other guy.