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Unit 1.
Sexuality education.
Issue: Should sexuality education take an intersectional approach?
Yes. The need for intersectionality and social justice in sex education / Aida Mandule
No. The luxury of intersectionality / Paul Joannides
Issue: Should sex educators use trigger warnings when discussing controversial content?
Yes. Trigger or not, warnings matter / Julie Winterich
No. My trigger-warning disaster: '9 1/2 weeks', 'The Wire' and how coddled young radicals got discomfort all wrong / Ranu Neutill
Issue: Should sex educators be required to have formal training? Yes. Required training for sex educators is beneficial for all / Lexx Brown-James
No. Information is power: how knowledge trumps credentials for any good sex educator / Tyomi Morgan
Issue: Do reality TV shows portray responsible messages about teen pregnancy?
Yes. The REAL real world: how MTS's '16 and pregnant' and 'Teen mom' motivate young people to prevent teen pregnancy / Amy Kramer
No. Till human voices wake us: the high personal cost of reality teen pregnancy shows / Mary Jo Podgurski
Unit 2.
Sexual health, treatments, and reproduction.
Issue: Is pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) an effective method for HIV prevention?
Yes. Op-Ed: PrEP works, so drop the backlash / Michael Lucas
No. HIV prevention pill will do more harm than good / Tom Myers
Issue: Should sexual problems be treated pharmaceutically?
Yes. Pharmacological treatment for sexual problems: the benefits outweigh the risks / Connie Newman
No. The hidden costs of the medicalization of female sexuality / Anita P. Hoffer
Issue: Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks?
Yes. Making the cut: is it time to put the circumcision debate to rest? / Larkin Callaghan
No. Circumcision debate: cut the hyperbole / Elizabeth Reis
Issue: Is female genital cutting a violation of women's health and human rights?
Yes. Cutting out the devil: female genital mutiliation / Olivia Jackson
No. Empowered perspectives of ethnic female genital modifications / Zelaika Hepworth Clarke
Issue: Is 'social transitioning' a beneficial treatment for transgender children?
Yes. Are parents rushing to turn their boys into girls? / Kristina Olson and Lily Durwood
No. The big problem with outlawing gender conversion therapies / Alice Dreger
Unit 3.
Sexual identities and expressions.
Issue: Are women more 'sexually fluid' than men?
Yes. Why should fluid sexuality be women-only? / Ann Friedman
No. Going with the flow: make and female sexual fluidity / Joe Kort
Issue: Is 'kink' a sexual orientation?
Yes. Is kink a sexual orientation? / Jillian Keenan
No. The trouble with bondage / William Saletan
Issue: Is sexting a form of safer sex?
Yes. Sexting, not infecting: a sexological perspective of sexting as safer sex / Brent A. Satterly
No. Tweet this: sexting is NOT safer sex / Donald A. Dyson
Issue: Is the addiction model appropriate for treating compulsive sexual behavior?
Yes. Was I actually 'addicted' to internet pornography? / Isaac Abel
No. Why 'sexual addiction' is not a useful diagnosis, and why it matters / Marty Klein
Issue: Should group marriage be legal?
Yes. It is time to legalize polygamy / Fredrik deBoer
No. No, polygamy isn't the next gay marriage / Jonathan Rauch
Unit 4.
Sex and society.
Issue: Is having a sex-postivie framework problematic?
Yes. 3 reason why sex positivity without critical analysis is harmful / Melissa Fabello
No. I'm sex-positive, and most people in Chicago has no idea what that means / Eric Barry
Issue: Is pornography harmful?
Yes. The cost of growing up on porn / Pamela Paul
No. Porn: ensuring domestic tranquility of the American people / Megan Andelloux
Issue: Should condoms be required in pornographic films?
Yes. Condoms and porn don't mix is a stupid and unhealthy belief / Sadhbh Walshe
No. Keep concern trolling laws out of our porn: a 'workplace safety' based argument against mandatory condom in adult films / Shay Tiziano
Issue: Should sex work be decriminalized?
Yes. Legalized prostitution is a mess. Here's why it has to happen anyway / Matt Hershberger
No. The evidence against legalizing prostitution / Demand Abolition
Issue: Do state laws on abortion clinic safety make women safer?
Yes. Safety first for abortion clinics / Mary Kate Cary
No. What TRAP laws mean for women / ACLU
Issue: Has marriage equality set the gay rights movement back?
Yes. Intersectional equality / Karma Chavez
No. In defense of gay marriage / Keegan O'Brien.
Sexuality education.
Issue: Should sexuality education take an intersectional approach?
Yes. The need for intersectionality and social justice in sex education / Aida Mandule
No. The luxury of intersectionality / Paul Joannides
Issue: Should sex educators use trigger warnings when discussing controversial content?
Yes. Trigger or not, warnings matter / Julie Winterich
No. My trigger-warning disaster: '9 1/2 weeks', 'The Wire' and how coddled young radicals got discomfort all wrong / Ranu Neutill
Issue: Should sex educators be required to have formal training? Yes. Required training for sex educators is beneficial for all / Lexx Brown-James
No. Information is power: how knowledge trumps credentials for any good sex educator / Tyomi Morgan
Issue: Do reality TV shows portray responsible messages about teen pregnancy?
Yes. The REAL real world: how MTS's '16 and pregnant' and 'Teen mom' motivate young people to prevent teen pregnancy / Amy Kramer
No. Till human voices wake us: the high personal cost of reality teen pregnancy shows / Mary Jo Podgurski
Unit 2.
Sexual health, treatments, and reproduction.
Issue: Is pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) an effective method for HIV prevention?
Yes. Op-Ed: PrEP works, so drop the backlash / Michael Lucas
No. HIV prevention pill will do more harm than good / Tom Myers
Issue: Should sexual problems be treated pharmaceutically?
Yes. Pharmacological treatment for sexual problems: the benefits outweigh the risks / Connie Newman
No. The hidden costs of the medicalization of female sexuality / Anita P. Hoffer
Issue: Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks?
Yes. Making the cut: is it time to put the circumcision debate to rest? / Larkin Callaghan
No. Circumcision debate: cut the hyperbole / Elizabeth Reis
Issue: Is female genital cutting a violation of women's health and human rights?
Yes. Cutting out the devil: female genital mutiliation / Olivia Jackson
No. Empowered perspectives of ethnic female genital modifications / Zelaika Hepworth Clarke
Issue: Is 'social transitioning' a beneficial treatment for transgender children?
Yes. Are parents rushing to turn their boys into girls? / Kristina Olson and Lily Durwood
No. The big problem with outlawing gender conversion therapies / Alice Dreger
Unit 3.
Sexual identities and expressions.
Issue: Are women more 'sexually fluid' than men?
Yes. Why should fluid sexuality be women-only? / Ann Friedman
No. Going with the flow: make and female sexual fluidity / Joe Kort
Issue: Is 'kink' a sexual orientation?
Yes. Is kink a sexual orientation? / Jillian Keenan
No. The trouble with bondage / William Saletan
Issue: Is sexting a form of safer sex?
Yes. Sexting, not infecting: a sexological perspective of sexting as safer sex / Brent A. Satterly
No. Tweet this: sexting is NOT safer sex / Donald A. Dyson
Issue: Is the addiction model appropriate for treating compulsive sexual behavior?
Yes. Was I actually 'addicted' to internet pornography? / Isaac Abel
No. Why 'sexual addiction' is not a useful diagnosis, and why it matters / Marty Klein
Issue: Should group marriage be legal?
Yes. It is time to legalize polygamy / Fredrik deBoer
No. No, polygamy isn't the next gay marriage / Jonathan Rauch
Unit 4.
Sex and society.
Issue: Is having a sex-postivie framework problematic?
Yes. 3 reason why sex positivity without critical analysis is harmful / Melissa Fabello
No. I'm sex-positive, and most people in Chicago has no idea what that means / Eric Barry
Issue: Is pornography harmful?
Yes. The cost of growing up on porn / Pamela Paul
No. Porn: ensuring domestic tranquility of the American people / Megan Andelloux
Issue: Should condoms be required in pornographic films?
Yes. Condoms and porn don't mix is a stupid and unhealthy belief / Sadhbh Walshe
No. Keep concern trolling laws out of our porn: a 'workplace safety' based argument against mandatory condom in adult films / Shay Tiziano
Issue: Should sex work be decriminalized?
Yes. Legalized prostitution is a mess. Here's why it has to happen anyway / Matt Hershberger
No. The evidence against legalizing prostitution / Demand Abolition
Issue: Do state laws on abortion clinic safety make women safer?
Yes. Safety first for abortion clinics / Mary Kate Cary
No. What TRAP laws mean for women / ACLU
Issue: Has marriage equality set the gay rights movement back?
Yes. Intersectional equality / Karma Chavez
No. In defense of gay marriage / Keegan O'Brien.