Autism is my super blessing! I'm a high-school valedictorian, college graduate, world traveler, disability advocate. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. I'm a Progressive Liberal. I'm about equal rights, human rights, civil & political rights, & economic, social, &cultural rights. I do servant leadership, boundless optimism, & Oneness/Wholeness. I'm good naked & unashamed! I love positive personhood, love your neighbor as yourself, and do no harm! I'm also appropriately inappropriate! My self-ratings: NC-17, XXX, X, X18+ & TV-MA means empathy! I publish shows at 11am! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 86 days 21 hours 58 minutes
episode 47: Enthusiastic consent
"What is enthusiastic consent? Enthusiastic consent is a newer model for understanding consent that focuses on a positive expression of consent. Simply put, enthusiastic consent means looking for the presence of a “yes” rather than the absence of a “no.” Enthusiastic consent can be expressed verbally or through nonverbal cues, such as positive body language like smiling, maintaining eye contact, and nodding...
episode 48: Responsible sexual choices
"FIVE PRINCIPLES OF SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY
1. Having the Courage to Get Adequate Sexual Knowledge
In the past, having little or no sexual knowledge indicated that women were sexually inexperienced. Today inadequate sexual knowledge is one of the major reasons we engage in sexual practices without fully understanding the consequences of this behavior and the impact of poor decision-making where sexual matters are concerned...
episode 49: The Yogyakarta Principles
"Introduction to the Yogyakarta Principles
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. All human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible and interrelated. Sexual orientation[1] and gender identity[2] are integral to every person’s dignity and humanity and must not be the basis for discrimination or abuse...
episode 50: Abortion laws part 1
"People around the world have used abortion to control their reproduction at every point in history, and in every known society — regardless of its legality.
In the United States, abortion was originally legal before quickening, the point at which a pregnant person feels the fetus move, generally at around four or five months. Abortion was widely practiced, primarily done using herbs with the assistance of midwives and other female healers...
episode 51: Abortion law part 2
"FUNDING ABORTION
In addition to restrictive state laws, the federal Hyde Amendment and subsequent federal and state laws banning public funding for abortion continue to limit access for low-income people, who are disproportionately women of color. Currently Medicaid covers abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant person’s life is endangered by an illness, injury, or physical disorder...
episode 52: Abortion law part 3
TELEMEDICINE AND MEDICATION ABORTION
"Telemedicine abortion combines medication abortion, which uses pills to end a pregnancy, with telemedicine, which allows health care providers meet with patients via videoconferencing or telephone consultations...
episode 53: Abortion laws part 4
"Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Groups
Some prominent pro-choice organizations include Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Abortion Federation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the National Organization for Women...
episode 54: How to live together unmarried correctly part 1
"Recently I was posed with a question- why would you choose a live-in relationship instead of a love marriage? Love marriages have been around for a long time and have come to be accepted as a normal thing. However, live-in relationships are still seen as a scandal...
episode 55: How to live together unmarried correctly part 2 (final part)
Side notes: I am open to not living with my excellent partner if I was in a successful relationship. Consult quality attorneys, not the loan shark type of attorneys.
"The appeal of cohabitatingSome couples like the flexibility of cohabiting as it gives them a chance to get to know their partner and then decide if they want to move toward marriage...
episode 56: Abortion laws part 5 (final part)
"For the next 45 years — not including the two years I was away in the Air Force — I was a practicing OB/GYN in Texas, conducting Pap smears, pelvic exams and pregnancy check-ups; delivering more than 10,000 babies; and providing abortion care at clinics I opened in Houston and San Antonio, and another in Oklahoma.
Then, this month, everything changed. A new Texas law, known as S.B. 8, virtually banned any abortion beyond about the sixth week of pregnancy...