IvyQ and the Negative Side of Sex-Positivity by Cassandra Hough

Share While Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) and its counter-part, True Love Week, received national media attention this past February from the O’Reilly Factor, US News , USA Today , and NBC, another Ivy League multi-day event on sexuality slipped by somewhat under the radar. The IvyQ conference at Brown on February 16-19 attracted about [...]

A Generation Failing to Commit by Rachel Augustus

Share Abstract The period of time referred to as “emerging adulthood” has been redefined, allowing young adults to alter their goals and lifestyles. Marriage is no longer viewed as an essential step to adulthood, nor is it greatly valued.  With these changes in today’s culture, young adults have been allowed to give in to their [...]

Valentine’s Ad #3

Share Source: “Regardless of population subgroup (age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, education, income, or nativity) or health indicator (fair or poor health, limitations in activities, low back pain, headaches, serious psychological distress, smoking, or leisure-time physical inactivity), married adults were generally found to be healthier than adults in other marital status categories. Marital status differences [...]

Valentine’s Ad #2

Share Sources: “Using the March 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we estimated standard human capital regressions, expanded to include race, Hispanic origin, and presence of children. Among men, ages 25-49, the coefficient on being married implied a 34 percent earnings advantage over the never-married, a 25 percent advantage over separated men, and a 21 percent [...]

Valentine’s Ad #1

Share Direct source: “Model 3 includes a dichotomous variable measuring premarital sex and indicates that women who had their first sexual encounter prior to first marriage are about 34% more likely to experience marital dissolution at each point in their marriages (and for each year that they delay sex, the risk of marital disruption is [...]

“The Power of Belief” by Ashley Crouch

ShareThe Macy’s on 34th Street in New York City boasts a bright, glittery, larger-than-life sign that says “Believe”. Indeed, this is the season for belief, and as people bustle around, making purchases and catching up with family and friends, or taking some well-deserved time off, we invite you to think about this concept of “belief.” [...]

“Disconnected Libido” by Justin Hawkins, First Place Winner of the Essay Contest

ShareWe are told that these are the best four years of life. Visibly eager, and almost impossibly energetic, the recent high school graduate fantasizes about the ideas he will learn and the experiences he will live in this new utopia without limits and free from the dreaded specter of authority figures quelling fun and life [...]

“The Good News About Marriage” by Bill McGurn, WSJ

In this environment, the man or woman who stands up and declares “I dissent” can be profoundly discomfiting. You are those people. And you are discomfiting precisely because all sides understand that by dissenting you are saying that the prevailing orthodoxy is false, that there is a better path to a happy and fulfilling life. That is a radical stand on most college campuses today. And like all radicals willing to accept the consequences of their principles, you inspire a mix of admiration and fear.

“Change the Climate, End Sex Week” by Andino, Aboutarabi, and Martin

Share Last spring, the editors of the News wrote that “the project of reforming Yale’s sexual culture is a formidable one.” This challenge followed upon an academic year punctuated by a number of events that drew attention to Yale’s sexual culture and the problems that mar it: rape, harassment, objectification of women and the ways [...]

“Improving the Culture on Campus: Where Values Trump Rules” by Audrey Pollnow

ShareThe recent brouhaha over the freshman rush ban demonstrates an obvious truth: Communities cannot thrive through rules alone. Excessive regulation is stifling, and rules can only arise from a process that excludes certain voices and ignores particular arguments. Because it harms us to have our behavior regulated and our opinions ignored, the University should implement [...]