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Asking THOSE PEOPLE: New books spotlight 20 years of taboo cross-cultural questions
The Why Are They Like That? 12-book series finally pulls together the best content from a 20-year gl...
‘Michele, Ma belle…’ OK to date her, please?
I’m 36 and just broke up after three months with a very sweet 20-year-old, Michele, who was simply t...
Deaf, blind and doing it: how does it feel?
I’ve always been curious about how sex feels to a blind or deaf person. Are there any different issu...
My closet’s full of Stacy’s Naked Pita Chips, so what?
Why is it that whenever I buy foods in large quantities to stock up, people feel the need to make so...
Are blacks dogged by fear of canines?
Why are so many African-American people afraid of dogs? I have experienced this phenomenon in severa...

Recent Posts

‘When I’m committed, I won’t kiss another girl’

There are two kinds of cheats, and both are bad news for you. Type 1: ...

Are straight guys flattered by gay crushes?

I am a very masculine homosexual male, and I easily find myself being noticed by ...

Why do ‘Captain Bringdowns’ stay at jobs they hate?

Why do people keep jobs they hate? I could understand the money or benefits, but ...

Disabilities/Challenges

Listen up: Some Deafies don’t want to become cochlear ‘Hearies’

I was born deaf, and I can say that the cochlear implant idea is offensive ...

Does fake meat gross out vegetarians?

Are people who are vegetarians by choice rather than a doctor’s orders offended by the ...

‘There is always something going on down there’

Have you thought of why you find giving oral sex aversive? I know some people ...

Wife-carrying, high-tech, pill-popping, suicidal, sauna-loving, mud-packing Finns overrun by reindeer

I never think about Finland, and I have even been there once. Little internal news ...

Sexual Orientation Questions 1-10

THE QUESTION: SO10: Why do some straight people assume that the children of a gay ...

Sexual Orientation Questions 11-20

THE QUESTION: SO20: What does the symbol of the rainbow stand for in the gay ...

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Age

‘Michele, Ma belle…’ OK to date her, please?

Let kids drink at 14 so they don’t drive drunk at 16

Why do kids kill themselves?

Why don’t old people bathe more often?

Welcome to old age, here’s your Buick LaCrosse

Class

My closet’s full of Stacy’s Naked Pita Chips, so what?

A much smaller chance for the ‘bad’ people to get in

A spittin’ image of poor girls and their saliva

Why have kids you can barely feed?

Hey poor people, could you tidy it up, please?

Class Archive »

Disability/Challenges

Can my paralyzed friend have sex?

Deaf gay guys running around, avoiding Bette Midler songs

Should I get down with someone in a wheelchair?

Listen up: Some Deafies don’t want to become cochlear ‘Hearies’

‘I would LOVE to be that skinny … but only with bigger boobs’

Disability Archive »

Gender

Divide chores; like, let her do the breastfeeding

Is there such a thing as too tall?

‘When I’m committed, I won’t kiss another girl’

Are hairy arms sexy or sucky on a woman?

Guys can’t believe I’m single – so why am I still single?

Gender Archive »

General

Rust-myth never sleeps: the scent of redheads

Is ‘hate crime’ just another term for Orwell’s ‘thoughtcrime’?

You put your kid in prairie dresses and plain cotton?

People give a flip about getting the finger because…

Does fake meat gross out vegetarians?

General Archive »

Geography

Do people think everything is big but IQ in the Lone Star State?

Mixup: Do Brits really mistake a U.S. accent for a Canadian one?

North Dakotan, not backward – and won’t bitch you out

Wife-carrying, high-tech, pill-popping, suicidal, sauna-loving, mud-packing Finns overrun by reindeer

Will bidets help us clean up our act in U.S.?

Geography Archive »

Mature

Deaf, blind and doing it: how does it feel?

Mom: teen must bare all at nudist camp, like it or not

OK for me to masturbate while thinking of an aunt?

‘…and I have heft to it, too’

‘There is always something going on down there’

Mature Archive »

Occupation

Why do counter workers put out tip jars?

A male kindergarten teacher? Some people just never learn…

Corrections officers setting up ‘gladiator fights’?

Why do ‘Captain Bringdowns’ stay at jobs they hate?

Fatigues, dress whites, whatever — it better fit right to be sexy

Occupation Archive »

Orientation

Are there strip clubs just for lesbians?

Do only lesbians ‘turn straight’?

Are straight guys flattered by gay crushes?

Maybe ‘fag hags’ have homophilia, not homophobia

You don’t fall in love with the ‘outside bits’

Orientation Archive »

Race/Ethnicity

Are blacks dogged by fear of canines?

Are all Trumpies toothless, backwoods racists? Or just Christian?

Do all black people know each other?

White Wisconsinites watching words?

Why am I always the ‘cool black guy’?

Race Archive »

Religion

The War On … ‘Feliz Navidad’?

‘A generation of spoiled brats’ gave us the JAP stereotype

‘I’m not plotting against Americans, but if I wanted to, I’d taint our ketchup supply’

Is doing yoga really un-Christian?

A (big) hairy way to get $$$ from Christian ‘trailer park trash’

Religion Archive »