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• question I've always wanted to ask of gay men 4/26/2004 9:06 PM
  
  GaySatyr wrote: I honestly don't think anyone can consciously change his/her sexual orientation. I do think that many people have consciously and/or unconsciously suppressed their sexual orientation within a broad range of total failure to total success. ~ GaySatyr While I very strongly believe in the genetic predisposition of sexuality, I do believe this can be consciously changed or modified to an extent. Strictly heterosexual or strictly homosexual individuals certainly provide convincing arguments toward genetic predisposition. I suppose one of the biggest problem with this is the nature of how we define sexual identity. Some men who are sexually active with men, but are emotionally attracted only toward women, define themselves stri...

• Why multiple orgasms? 4/26/2004 8:29 PM
  
  myk wrote: You probably should be studying for your boards... There is no increase in fertility due to orgasm. A lot of people have tried to give teliological arguments about it, none of which have borne out, so to speak. To be honest, the question isn't why MO's, but why female orgasms at all, evolutionarly speaking. Also, the bleach thing? Think...if your own sperm are packaged in bleach to destroy other sperm, what do you think is happening to your own? Regards, Myk That's true. There has not been any clinically significant increase in fertility noted from female orgasm. However, the cervical spasm was recently discovered and has not been tested in a randomized, double-blind, controlled study for effectiveness, so the teleological e...

• Why multiple orgasms? 4/26/2004 8:13 PM
  
  John Pype wrote: But how would this process favour your team over the other teams? In other words, there is no way in which your sperm can be recognized as 'self' and the others as 'non-self'. Edited by - john pype on 4/25/2004 3:20:07 AM Actually they can. Without bogging you down in details, the vast majority of cells in one's body have on their surface certain gene products called class I and class II Major HistoCompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules. These MHC proteins have the ability to bind to foreign antigens and help cells discriminate between self (the body's) and nonself (anything not from the body). It is because of the immune system's ability to recognize self from non-self that we can fight off invaders such as bacteria, fu...

• question I've always wanted to ask of gay men 4/24/2004 10:48 PM
  
  Although I'm hetero and the thought of being with another man disgusts me, it seems that GaySatyr's answer involving a combination of genetics and psychology holds a great deal of merit. One of the strongest indications that sexuality is not entirely voluntary, and is defined at the genetic level, is the presence of homosexual animals in nature. First off, please understand that I am in no way making a comparison between homosexuals and animals, but am merely using animals in a biological setting to make a point about genetic influence. The presence of homosexual animals, such as flamingos, bulls, giraffes, etc., and even what we consider "higher" animals such as primates and dolphins, suggests that homosexuality is not voluntary...

• Why multiple orgasms? 4/24/2004 9:29 PM
  
  Although I should preface this with the notion that I am not yet a full physician, and am still a medical student, there are actually valid medical reasons that have been uncovered that validate the need for (multiple) female orgasm. With that in mind, I didn't do a literature search before writing this, so it is not complete. Recent research tells us that the female's orgasm triggers a sustained, muscular contraction of the cervix that lasts the duration of the orgasm. The value of this contraction is that it "dips" the cervix into the pool of sperm deposited by the male. This, in turn, greatly increases the chance of conception, as it allows the sperm a greater probability of traveling through the uterus than would normally be ...

• STD's in porn 4/16/2004 11:49 PM
  
  Harri Patel wrote: <link> indicates that considerably more work is required of students at the Insititute than TheSeeker suggests: &quot;each full-time degree student is expected to complete at least 12 units of work each trimester. One unit/credit is the equivalent of approximately 15 classroom hours, or one semester hour and represents, for the average student, 45 hours, including work performed off campus.&quot; While this still falls far short of the PhD track in traditional academia, it's not &quot;diploma mill&quot; territory, either. Actually, you are viewing the 2001-2002 requirements. The 2004 requirements can be verified <link> This shows that each class is completed not over the course of a semester, like most accredited progr...

• STD's in porn 4/16/2004 9:50 PM
  
  RobHammer wrote: The fact that someone has a Ph.D. and calls themselves Dr. means that they made a large commitment to their education... ...I've visited the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, talked to the founder, some of the staff and graduates. This isn't some fly by night outfit rubber stamping diplomas... ...They are a private school with a curriculum that is on the fringe of social acceptability. Studying sex is still too taboo in our culture for the likes of the WASC. Look at Ashcroft and the Bush administration. Do you think they are going to approve some of the curriculum material for a school like this?... RobHammer, your very first line is the perfect reason why Ms. Mitchell referring to herself as Dr. Sharon Mi...

• STD's in porn 4/16/2004 4:50 PM
  
  Since my original <link> has been locked due to overlap, and this thread is supposed to be the new discussion place, I'm curious as to what people think about Ms. Mitchell's claim of having a Ph.D. Personally, I think that claiming you have a Ph.D. from a place that is not accredited and requires only 2.5 months of work and no undergraduate degree is unethical, and possibly fraudulent.

• Sharon Mitchell's alleged academic credentials 4/16/2004 2:27 PM
  
  jrv wrote: I don't think Sharon makes any secret of the fact that her PhD is in Sex and not an academic or technical field. (I made the analogy elsewhere that it's like a college basketball or football player who majors in P.E.) One thing I will say - whatever her credentials are, the industry reaction this time is FAR more organized and coordinated than it has been in the past. There will be areas of improvement once a post-mortem is done of course, but AIM and Sharon haven't done anything embarrassing in this case yet. The biggest problem Sharon may have is if AIM tries to get a fancier license for doing medical tests in-house. AIM might need a director with a slightly more credible degree if she's to be director of such a lab. The pr...

• Sharon Mitchell's alleged academic credentials 4/16/2004 2:15 PM
  
  MLyons wrote: I'm not saying you're right or wrong... I'm just saying that you're not presenting enough information for anyone else to have an informed opinion. You know, you're absolutely right. I've changed the topic of the post to &quot;alleged&quot; instead of the previous title since my intention was not for this to be an insult, but rather a discussion of her claims. There can be no doubt of the contributions and positive impact she has had on the industry. However, I feel her academic claims are, at the very least, up to a passing review. With that in mind, the <link> has a bio page on her that states that &quot;Dr. Mitchell received her Ph.D. in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San F...

• Sharon Mitchell's alleged academic credentials 4/16/2004 1:24 PM
  
  As the topic recently came up in the &quot;STD's in porn&quot; thread, many people are unhappy with the way Sharon Mitchell refers to herself as a doctor at the AIM clinic, which implies that she is a medical doctor, not a Ph.D. recipient. As a medical student, I find it highly insulting that she would chose to present herself as a doctor, or even as a Ph.D., especially given the fact that the &quot;institution&quot; that bestowed the Ph.D. upon her is *NOT* accredited by the US Dept. of Education or a Council for Higher Education Accreditation or US Dept. of Education approved accrediting body. You can view her Ph.D. info <link> or Google cache <link> and the institution's page <link> Aside from the humorous fact that the first words me...