This week, we finish our three-part series "Exploring the
Issues: Race, Religion and Sexuality" with topics relating to sexuality and
gender. Without question, sexuality is the most prevalent in the public
discourse of the three issues we have addressed, yet for this very reason it
must be addressed in an entirely unique way.
Often as a society, we treat sexuality much more as a
commonality than other significant societal components — a common attraction, a
common distinction and a common perspective. Quite simply, these perceived
commonalities could not be further from the truth.
As our columnists will explore, sexuality and gender, and
our ideas surrounding them, are filled with taboos, contradiction and
complication. Often sexuality is either extremely overt or extremely personal —
with the discourse lagging somewhere in between. It is for this reason that we
have chosen it — possibly the most difficult to address with any true
comprehensiveness — as our final issue to explore.
Our topics and their writers are as follows:
Today: Kate Maternowski — Female opinion and authority
Gerald Cox — Gender in the
Clinton campaign
Tuesday: Ald. Eli Judge, District 8 — the Wisconsin Gay Marriage
Ban one year later
Andy
Granias — the legality of prostitution
Wednesday: Jason Smathers — Pornography's effect on American sexual
lifestyle
Andrew
Wagner –The exportation of American sex and gender standards
Thursday: Andy Granias — The modern masculinity ideal
Panhellenic
Association — Sexuality myths of the Greek community
Friday: Adam Lichtenheld — Gay rights movement as a modern day
civil rights movement
Jason Smathers — The overlooked issues
of transgender and intersex individuals
Enjoy.
