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The State sees all non-reproductive sex in the same light: repression.
WSWM ranch, Heidi’s stud ranch and male priviledge « Bound, Not Gagged 2008
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But if the reason 95% of black characters in Stephen King (or other white author) books are negative or non-reproductive (as opposed to say 30% of white characters) and the reason is attributed to ignorance, then we are discussing the basic, unconscious, automatic beliefs transmitted from generation to generation for hundreds of years, present in most literature and film, reinforced by our educational system and laws.
Archive 2010-04-01 Steven Barnes 2010
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Similarly, anthropology gives us plenty of examples of non-reproductive, and in fact, even gay roles in societies - the bachelor medicine man, for instance.
Swimming Pools and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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But if the reason 95% of black characters in Stephen King (or other white author) books are negative or non-reproductive (as opposed to say 30% of white characters) and the reason is attributed to ignorance, then we are discussing the basic, unconscious, automatic beliefs transmitted from generation to generation for hundreds of years, present in most literature and film, reinforced by our educational system and laws.
"The Stand" and human machine language Steven Barnes 2010
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He explains that if they must kill a turtle, it's better to take the males than females, and the smaller non-reproductive turtles over the larger reproductively active ones.
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The question of non-reproductive relationships isn't the core here.
Second Chakra stuff Steven Barnes 2009
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Of course, they may grow up wanting to see nothing but Disney musicals, which spells a different kind of trouble for the theatrical arts, but what if other shows followed their lead with a policy that embraces the non-reproductive, post-pubescent theatergoer as well?
Karen Stabiner: The Cultural Recession: Live Theater on Life Support 2009
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Did you mean "non-reproductive freedom" is threatened by Christians in the USA?
Natasha Richardson has suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident. Ann Althouse 2009
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The fellatio story on bats is a bright spot in an otherwise miserable record that denies animals the pleasure principle, homosexuality, and other forms of non-reproductive sex.
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He explains that if they must kill a turtle, it's better to take the males than females, and the smaller non-reproductive turtles over the larger reproductively active ones.
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