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Value Systems and Sexuality

5/21/2019

 
When you study human sexuality, you inevitably study human morality systems.  How and why humans value what they value.  And I think this is part of the reason why studying human sexuality is so threatening to some: if we examine something like sexuality (that is so laden with values and has been for centuries) then there is the possibility of separating out each piece of that puzzle, re-evaluating each piece, maybe hearing new information, deciding what to do with that new information (i.e. allow it to affect our value or not), then there’s the possibility of those new conclusions not being in alignment with our current life, and the cognitive dissonance that comes with that situation.  Eeek, a scary prospect indeed.

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Tech, Sex, and Connection

5/1/2019

 
I usually write about sex and relationships, but on this sunny spring day I’m going to veer off that a little bit and write about technology with a little bit of sex thrown in.

I cannot seem to find a person who doesn’t have a smartphone anymore.  Now I realize I live in northern California, one of the more affluent places on the planet and a mere 100ish miles from Silicon Valley and 50ish miles from San Francisco.  Technology is what my region is known for (and on a micro level wine and weed too, but that’s another conversation for another time).  People say that technology, and specifically smartphones, have radically changed our lives and our norms.  True.  Fifteen years ago would you have imagined you might willingly pay to sleep in a stranger’s home while you are on vacation or pay to get a ride in a stranger’s car?

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DIANE GLEIM  
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST 
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​Santa Rosa, California  95401
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