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There is no one better qualified than Jared Diamond - renowned expert in the fields of physiology and evolutionary biology and award-winning author - to explain the evolutionary forces that operated on our ancestors to make us sexually different. With wit and a wealth of fascinating examples, he explains how our sexuality has been as crucial as our large brains and upright posture in our rise to human status.

Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of research, he shows how, long ago, the narrowness of the newly bipedal human female's pelvis and the increasing size of infants' heads precipitated a crisis for the species. Natural selection allowed for reconfiguration of hormonal cycles, entraining women with the periodicity of the moon - and imbuing women with the concept of time.

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain and Emily Witt, celebrated burlesque performer, sex educator, and social worker Fancy Feast gives readers a backstage pass to the nightlife and sex industries, examining our cultures hang-ups and obsessions with bodies, desire, and even love When Fancy Feast...

An intersectional examination of the ways in which nonmonogamy can break down traditional power structures to be particularly empowering to marginalized people.

This collection of narrative essays by sex workers presents a crystal-clear rejoinder: There's never been a better time to fight for justice. Responding to the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in 2017, sex workers from across the industry - hookers and prostitutes, strippers and dancers, porn stars, cam models, Dommes and subs alike - complicate narratives of sexual harassment and violence, and expand conversations often limited to normative workplaces.

From an early age, Amber van de Bunt knew she wasn't like the other girls in town. From childhood struggles with depression and eating disorders, her years as a topless dancer in Florida, and an eventual abortion and suicide attempt, to her rebirth in Los Angeles as a porn star named Karmen Karma, overcoming her relationship with her abusive mother, and her struggle to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle - van de Bunt's life has been a roller coaster. With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, she reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches - least of all with herself.

Das ist der zweisprachige Podcast von ProCoRe. / Voici le podcast bilingue de ProCoRe. ProCoRe ist das nationale Netzwerk für die Rechte von Sexarbeitenden in der Schweiz. In unserem Podcast erzählen uns Sexarbeiter*innen im Gespräch mit Brigitte Hürlimann und Noémi Guignard von ihrem Arbeitsalltag und von ihren Wünschen und Sorgen. Let‘s talk about Sex Work will weder romantisieren, noch dramatisieren, sondern einen Beitrag leisten gegen die Stigmatisierung in der Sexarbeit. IG: @procore_ch, Kontakt: info@procore-info.ch / ProCoRe est le Réseau national pour les droits des ...

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Associazione IROKO's series of webinars from 2021 “Debunking sex work, conversations about prostitution” is now a podcast!If you've missed it or if you've never heard of it, you'll learn about the reality of the sex trade from the women who've experienced or studied it. International speakers include: Gail Dines, Mickey Meiji, Rebecca Mott and many more.WARNING: this series includes conversations around sexual exploitation, rape, sexual abuse, child abuse, substance abuse. It is intended for an adult audience.

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Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex". But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job - and some took their fights all the way to the Supreme Court.