Be heard on the issues that matter most to you!
Sex in the Public Square is in the process of becoming a nonprofit corporation. Our main mission is to make space for discussion of sexuality and sex-related issues, and to keep that space open to a wide range of positions. The founders of the corporation don't even agree on everything, of course. That said, there are a few principles that the organization supports:
1. Consensual sex between consenting adults should not be criminalized. This includes commercial sex.
2. Sex is a normal part of human life and accurate information about sex should be accessible to all people regardless of age.
3. Children are sexual beings and their sexuality needs to be honored and allowed to develop in safe and healthy ways. Education about sexuality, including safe-sex practices, should be provided to all children.
4. Exploitation is not okay no matter whether it happens in a sexual setting or a nonsexual setting. We should fight exploitation as much as we can.
5. It is important to be able to hold open, public discussions about sexuality.
6. State policies that concern sexuality, contraception, , disease prevention, treatment and education about human sexuality and contraception, and other sex-related issues should be based on science and logic and not on emotion or faith.
The views expressed on this web site in blogs and forums and comments are the views of a wide variety of users and not the views of Sex in the Public Square.
...because public space really matters!
Elizabeth
This statement is fantastic. I like it in its every point, and it gets the JanieBelle seal of approval. That and five bucks will get you a coffee at Starbuck's, but there ya' go.
It's brief and on point, but strong and decisive. I like it a lot. Keep us all informed on the progress of the non-profit corporation status.
Kisses
Kisses,
JanieBelle
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One of the sucky parts about living in a military town is that it's crawling with chains. Everything is a chain. Coffee shops, book stores, restaurants, jewelry stores, everything.
One of the few things I love about "The Big City" is the availability of indie everything. There are a few mom and pop operations right on the beach here, but I'm not much into bait and tackle shops.
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As for the mission statement, it pretty well encompasses what I would put forward. Much as I love to poke the right wing fundy theocratic nutjobs in the eye, the mission statement isn't the right place to do that, I think. #s 1 and 6 especially pretty well cover my thoughts on that in a professional and academic demeanor, whereas I might choose somewhat more colorful and direct language for the anti-choice anti-education misogynist crowd in my blog posts.
If I think of anything though, I'll be sure to speak up. (Like you had any doubt at all...)
Kisses
Addendum: I'm excepting London, UK from the above comments about big cities. There is absolutely nothing I dislike about London. (Well, except the occasional American tourist who makes us all look like rude, ignorant, obnoxious arseholes. I don't think they count though, 'cuz they're imports and not indigenous.)
Kisses,
JanieBelle
Whodathunkit? Yet right in this morning's paper I found a gold caffeine mine!
I am so very tickled this morning, and had to share.
Kisses,
JanieBelle
...because public space really matters!
Elizabeth
...over on Skepchick how I haven't really said anything wildly inappropriate lately, and that I would have to look for an excuse to do that....
But that comment was just too easy. I have my pride, y'know.
;)
Kisses
Kisses,
JanieBelle
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