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My talk: mining our views about #pregnancy and #pleasure to lay bare the relationship between women, sex and systems of power #genderequity xitter.cf/TEDTalks/status/817542…
"We have got to stop telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies." t.ted.com/cQXPs3x @SexProfSofia
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In the 2024 election, Nebraska has two competing ballot measures about abortion—one pro-choice and one anti-choice. The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that the ballot measure with the highest number of votes will be upheld.
bit.ly/4ecF6GS
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"This is not the time for mild, cowardly expressions of concern," write @Lau_Bast and Sarah O'Neal. "As Palestinian journalists face impending death, our voices, as journalists based in the West, could save them."
bit.ly/4huSqt7
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So many people suffer in silence. If Pillen was struggling and needs one million dollars, he should have reached out. We are here for him ❤️
Sen. Megan Hunt says she has ordered offering plates that she will pass around the #neleg next week to help the state’s financially strapped governor, Jim Pillen, who she implies “needs help” as he seeks to cut his own property tax bill by up to $1 million.
And that is the story of why we developed ways to measure sexual expectations during pregnancy for pregnant people and their partners! Read about it here: rdcu.be/dKydc
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So in all these ways, understanding sexual expectations, is a peek into how marginalization/stigmatization sneaks into our sex lives in ways we might not have thought about before (thanks, Intimate Justice sexgenlab.org/post/sgl-video…)
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And, for the same reasons, people also perceive their sexual partners differently once they know they are pregnant.
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Within the context of pregnancy, the heavy legal, religious, and cultural regulations on women/people who can become pregnant are likely to affect the expectations a person holds about their sex life during pregnancy.
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And what we expect is linked to what we have experienced and social messages we receive, so our expectations likely reflect, at least in part, our various identities.
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Sex scientists love exploring constructs like sexual and relationship satisfaction because they are relevant to so many people's lives, but what we often miss is considering how what we expected in the first place can impact how satisfied we are with what we get.
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What I think is more interesting (to non-researchers for sure) is why we chose this focus on expectations.
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The study itself describes two new measures of sexual expectations during pregnancy (Maternal and Partner Sexual Impact Expectations Scales, aka PIES-M/S), but...
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So something really remarkable happened at @UNOmaha 's #graduation last week that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. (thread)
The announcer then tried again off mic, got it wrong again, the graduate repeated her name again and then the announcer spoke her name correctly into the mic.
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Sofia Jawed-Wessel, PhD retweeted
Yes Democrats showed you compassion. Something you haven’t shown women or families with trans kids. The disconnect is truly remarkable. I’ll never understand politicians like Slama who is facing illness from her pregnancy while taking away women’s reproductive rights.
Why support a bill you didn’t want introduced, your constituents didn’t prioritize, on an issue you don’t fully understand? Why help pass policy that impacts so many lives in profound ways when you yourself are uninformed on its gravity?!!
“I want the bloody hands recorded.” Here, @lilapearl reports on Machaela Cavanaugh’s tear-and-rage-filled filibuster of the Nebraska anti-trans bill she knew would probably pass anyway trib.al/jogXICi
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Lol tonight @lizzo is performing in Omaha and Senator Ballard, who just voted for a bill to ban abortion & trans healthcare, is going.
They want LGBTQ money
They want LGBTQ entertainment
They want LGBTQ culture
But at they won’t vote to protect LGBTQ lives and safety. 🫠