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German Lessons: It wasn’t always legal to live with your significant other before marriage in Germany

January 31, 2011

This also gets into the idea of prostitution, which I’ll explain later. I learned this from the same student I was talking to about the subject, btw. Apparently, it wasn’t until the mid- to late-seventies that people who were unwed could live together. As a little background, Germany has a lot of laws that are […]

Why is pornography legal and prostitution illegal?

January 31, 2011

I was having this discussion with one of my students today about America (You want my life, I know) and seriously, this is a pretty ridiculous truth. WTF kind of puritanical loophole could there possibly be for the making of Pornography to be acceptable and legal as an occupation, that prostitution somehow misses? I’m not […]

German Lesson #27: Reproductive rights and social healthcare actually work… who knew?

May 26, 2010

I jest. You know that I know this could work, if people would just stop trying to put their values on everyone else. For the record, I had NO reason to be researching abortion law in Germany, it just occurred to me one day that I had NO IDEA what the laws are here, and […]

AIDS/HIV Aware, wrapper-riffic!

December 5, 2007

I am pretty certain that I have seen it all. Thanks to Shervonne for this link. “Design Indaba update: a condom applicator designed to help AIDS prevention has been named the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey.” -(Dezeen.com) You can view a really great demo of how it works here. […]