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  • Pederasts et alia. Some Observations on Why They Do It

     As high-profile pedophilia cases rivet the nation, psychiatrists uncover fascinating new details about the mental illness, from how offenders justify abuse to striking patterns in brain scans. Psychiatrists uncover fascinating new details about the mental illness, from how offenders justify abuse to striking patterns in brain scans. by Casey Schwartz  | December 7, 2011 4:45 AM EST Amid…

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  • Eroticized Dominance: Predatory Behaviors as Cultural Norms and Political Tools

    Eroticized Dominance: Predatory Behaviors as Cultural Norms and Political Tools Posted by Good German on November 18, 2011 Athena Staik writes at Psych Central: According to Riane Eisler, in her seminal work, The Chalice and The Blade, the notion of dominance as a ‘natural social order’ has philosophical roots in the ‘might makes right’ ideology originated…

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  • Losing Touch: Protocols for the Common Road

    Final Excerpt from The Taqua of Marriage By Dr. Omar Zaid  / All Rights Reserved During the latent years, the well-adjusted child is a natural purist – i.e., he or she seeks to understand and seek out the perfection in the natural order of Creation. When confronted by imperfections the child is genuinely affronted and…

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  • Sexual Etiquette: How Not To Qualify as ‘Canis Dingbatimus’

    Erotic Protocol and Marital Taqwa An Excerpt from The Taqwa of Marriage by Dr. Omar Zaid All Rights Reserved   Marital taqwa is achieved through the constant mutual application of loving touches — verbal and not — that lead to and accompany intercourse as a recapitulation of our experience as infants; one that remains a deeply embedded…

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