Semantics, Sexual Assault/Rape “The preference for ‘survivor’ over ‘victim’ is a shift in language that is as much ideological as linguistic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 June 2016 The preference for “survivor” over “victim” is a shift in language that is as...
Sexual Assault/Rape “While rumors do not indicate outright criminality, they must be investigated. The cost of ignoring them is too high” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2016 In the 1950s, Gresham Sykes and David Matza named five strategies delinquents use to...
Gender, Sex “We are learning to support girls as they “lean in” educationally and professionally, yet in this most personal of realms, we allow them to topple…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 May 2016 We are learning to support girls as they “lean in” educationally and professionally, yet...
Sex “All previous generations of human beings of which we are aware knew that male sexual nature is predatory” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2016 All previous generations of human beings of which we are aware knew that male...
Sex, Talmud “Of primary concern is the question of what type of relationship is meant by the words ‘who will have me for a day?'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 January 2016 …within the Bavli itself, the statements of Rav and Rav Nahman—”who will have me...
Sex, University “Are there ways to indicate you’re into it without having to say yes over and over again?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 January 2016 Of course, part of the teaching is all about context. What do you actually...
Sex “Of all the great love lyrics, Shakespeare’s sonnets are the most relentlessly mysterious and even mystical in expression…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 August 2015 …is love just the sentimentalist’s word for sex? This is what makes the fascination...
America, Sex “This is a strange moment for sex in America. We’ve detached it from pregnancy, matrimony and, in some circles, romance” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 July 2015 This is a strange moment for sex in America. We’ve detached it from pregnancy,...
Sex, Sexual Assault/Rape, University “It’s one thing to teach college students to talk frankly about sex and not to have it without demonstrable pre-coital assent” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 July 2015 It’s one thing to teach college students to talk frankly about sex and not...
Sex, Shabbat, Talmud “How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from sex on Shabbat, but that the Rabbis defined Shabbat by the embrace of this very activity?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 July 2015 How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from...