“It is not easy to speak about sexual issues; they touch us at the most intimate level. I want to express my deep appreciation to those who have contributed to this issue. … Some speak out of personal anguish; others out of hearts that are heavy with the abuse they have seen; all speak out of a deep concern to overcome one of the greatest moral problems we face. May we all join them for the sake of God, for one another, and for ourselves.” - Gregory E. Sterling
Fall 2018 | Sex, Gender, Power: A Reckoning
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Sex, Gender, Power: A Reckoning
Cover Art Image detail of "Adam and Eve" (2006) by Patricia Brintle
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In 1976, YDS faculty member William Muehl wrote an article in this magazine titled “Rape Is a Sexual Act.” He and I had had an ongoing disagreement about this assertion, largely because of my... |
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For years, many of us half-knew of sexual abuses going on in Hollywood, workplaces, neighborhoods, academia, or communities of faith, but we mostly ignored them. The #MeToo reckoning has broken... |
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Straight men, there’s an overdue conversation we need to have. It’s about women – how we regard them and interact with them, especially around sex. It’s about how we navigate the new norms that... |