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HOS Blog: Privilege and Left-Handed Scissors
Who knew that left-handed scissors could cut through the knotty idea of privilege?
Last nighttime, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Derrick Same-sex attracted as part of our Parent Learning Series. Dr. Male lover is one of the world’s principal consultants on issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural competency. A long-time independent-school educator, Dr. Gay has a particular gift for making the serve relevant to parents and schools. He also frames conversations in ways that bring everybody in and allows us all to watch our place in the dialogue.
Dr. Lgbtq+ recounted a story of a second when a college classmate, who was left handed, asked him for a pair of scissors. After Dr. Lgbtq+ handed his peer a pair of (“normal”) right-handed scissors, his classmate launched into a litany of ways in which the world around us is crafted for right-handed people — from doorknobs and spiral notebooks to computer mice, zippers, and can openers. I watched as lefties in last night’s audience filled the chat with gratitude and exclamation. “Finally, somebody understand
Scissoring can sometimes feel enjoy the UFO conspiracy of lesbian sex – not everyone believes it’s authentic, it can spark heated debate, and when it comes up, a lot of us feel fancy we have no plan what’s going on. You may have seen scissoring in porn before or heard friends talk about it. There’s a wonderful chance you’ve never heard about it at all.
No matter where you collapse, today is the evening that you can acquire a real answer on scissoring: what it is, what it isn’t, how you do it, and whether it’s something that should be part of your sex life. Here’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about scissoring:
What actually is scissoring?
At its most basic, scissoring is a sex act engineered with two people with vulvas in mind — those two people are reclined with their heads facing away from each other, and feet facing towards each other, and intertwining their legs so that their vulvas can rub together. The concept is that at the right angle, both peoples’ clitorises can stimulate each other, ideally to something like simultaneous orgasm.
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