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Marina Adshade
Economics Professor, Dalhousie University
Marina Adshade writes the blog Dollars and Sex for Big Think. She is an assistant professor in the department of economics at Dalhousie University and teaches a popular undergraduate course called the Economics of Sex and Love. She has a Ph.D. in economics from Queen’s University.
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HIV is four times more prevalent among young girls in Kenya than among boys of the same age because they are having sexual relationships with much older men.
The majority of people who met their current partner online did not find love through dating sites, but chat rooms (24%), social networking sites (14%), bulletin boards (8%) and a variety of different sites.
It is not religion alone that contributes to America's aversion to gay marriage; the belief that homosexuality is a choice is just as important, if not more so.
Impaired judgement aside, I bet a lot of men would like to know exactly how much they have to pay to sufficiently obligate their dates to have sex with them.
Parents should be telling their sons: “Work hard so you can go to college. Not only will you make more money, but it's your best chance to get laid."
Why are women earning an average of $280 per hour to do, essentially, what the rest of us do for free?
A new study of Sweden's sex trade laws sheds new light on the age-old debate about criminalizing prostitution.