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February 2020

February 04, 2020

Sex Positive: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Body

I have not seen the Superbowl half-time show. But that has not prevented me from...

August 2019

August 06, 2019

To Wank or Not To Wank

Bob considers himself to be a compulsive masturbator. His daily routine once he gets out...

August 01, 2019

A Biblical Account of Toxic Femininity

It’s finally time to talk about toxic femininity. In our previous discussions of toxic masculinity...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

What is Gender Anyway?

“Toxic femininity” is one of those terms that’s incredibly problematic, largely because it was first...

July 05, 2019

Toxic Masculinity, Toxic Masculinity, TOOO-XIC Masculinity (And Femininity Too-oo-oooo)

Is masculinity really toxic? And if there’s toxic masculinity, shouldn’t there be toxic femininity too?...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

Sexual Coercion and Spousal Rape: What the Church Needs To Do

It was after the birth of my sixth child, my family had taken my other...

March 03, 2019

PSA: NFP is Not Compatible With Alcoholism or Abuse

“No wonder she hates NFP so much,” the woman wrote. “NFP won’t work with an...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Is There A Gay Problem in the Priesthood?

I want to take a look at the relationship between homosexuality and the pedophilia scandals....

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Victim Blaming Explained (with bears)

A lot of people seem to be confused about why it isn't appropriate to ask...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

Is Contraception the New Usury?

If you happen to be neck-deep in the controversy over whether artificial birth control is...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Discernment In Black & White

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex and Is One Of These Virtues Not Like...

February 13, 2018

Is One Of These Virtues Not Like The Others?

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex I talked about my experiences with sex education...

February 12, 2018

My Introduction to Geh Sex

My first real sexual education came from my grade six, seven, eight teacher. Obviously, we...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Baby It’s Cold in Phase 2: On Chastity Culture and Consent

It’s that time of year again – the annual season of arguing about whether “Baby...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

The One Question I Always Get

Whenever I do a presentation, there is one old and familiar question that I can...

November 02, 2017

Nightmare on Estrogen Street: Frequently Unanswered Questions about NFP Chapter 1

Why NFP and Why not ABC? I want to approach this in terms of my...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Traditional Marriage: A Cure For Rape Culture?

There’s been a lot of talk over the last week or so about the ethics...

October 23, 2017

A Modest Proposal: On Rape Prevention

One of the most frustrating things about discussing rape prevention is that there is often...

October 13, 2017

Do We Really Need Another Book About NFP?

A little over a year ago, I posted on my blog that I was thinking...

October 12, 2017

Frequently Unanswered Questions About Natural Family Planning

I've had various comments, here and on FaceBook, that basically involve folks asking questions or...

October 11, 2017

That Long Awaited NFP Book

I've been promising forever to write a book about NFP. It got massively derailed a...

September 2017

September 16, 2017

Frog Out of Water

I was preparing to give a short talk on gender dysphoria, and was trying to...

August 2017

August 25, 2017

No, Matt Walsh, Parents are Not Making Their Kids Trans

So apparently right-wing Christianity learned its lesson from the complete pastoral debacle of the ex-gay...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

A Painfully Familiar Reason for Using NFP

So it's NFP awareness week, and nothing will do a woman more good in the...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

He Will Lord It Over You

There is no natural equality of the sexes when it comes to sex.

June 22, 2017

Why Chastity?

I think the teaching of the Church is basically sound even though it's more or...

June 20, 2017

Some Straight Talk on Catholic Homophobia

Straight people and their sexual sins are not treated the same way as gay people...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

Thou Shalt Not Be Gay

It makes my blood boil when people claim that there is no homophobic discrimination in...

May 04, 2017

Are Women Being Denied the Truth About NFP?

Jane the Actuary has recently posted on the problem of young people receiving inaccurate information...

April 2017

April 05, 2017

A Cure For What Fails Ya: The Legacy of Sexual Orientation Change Therapies

With the recent death of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Catholic media has seen a small wave...

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