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PRUDERY and the WAR on SEX

PRUDERY and the WAR on SEX

Rikki de la Vega tells the story of politics, power, repression, and the fight for sexual freedom through the course of history.

2023

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Mar 31

The Question (Almost) Nobody Raises in the Great Bathroom Debate

One of the ways I pay the bills is doing medical billing and coding. Most of the time, I can do this at home; occasionally I have to go on…

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Apr 9, 2025

A Riposte to Stephanie Turner

Why a fencer forfeited a bout against a transgender competitor — and why it exposes the lunacy of anti-trans politics.

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Nov 1, 2024

Whether Women Like It Or Not: How Misguided Feminists Fostered Patriarchal Protectionism

Over and over, Donald Trump would tell crowds that he would be the protector of women. Then in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he doubled down on…

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Sep 28, 2023

The Dawkins Delusion

Even world-renowned scientists can get things wrong — especially when they delve outside their specialty.

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Aug 3, 2023

The Descent of Dawkins is Nothing New

His doubling down on anti-trans views follows the pattern of another once-prominent scientist who resisted scientific and social progress.

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Jul 20, 2023

“Scientific” Transphobia: The Third Branch of the Gender Critical Movement

Scare tactics aren’t the only tools of anti-trans activists. Shoddy efforts to give their beliefs a scientific need to be countered as…

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Jul 6, 2023

Defining and Confining Womanhood: A Brief History

Anti-trans demagogues demand to know: “What is a woman?” — but it’s not the first time such a tactic had been used to limit women’s rights.

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Jun 4, 2023

The Battle Cry of Modern Political Prudery

Those calling to “protect children” wind up restricting the rights of adults — especially women and trans people — and hurting kids.

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May 23, 2023

Is Matt Walsh Turning Your Son Trans?

How the right-wing gender narrative could ultimately sabotage their anti-trans crusade

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Rikki de la Vega is the author of several erotic novels, and the nonfiction book "Prudery and the War on Sex" released June 2023.

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