My impression is that (in general population) sexual debates often contain status moves, exaggerations and lies, and sometimes are aimed at other people present which may be very uncomfortable for them. That stuff we don’t need here. We should not discuss here whether we consider specific people sexually attractive or not. We should also not brag about our sexual (in)experience. Neither of that would invite a rational debate.
On the other end of the scale, debates such as “are aspies more likely to be trans”, especially when supported by scientific evidence, feel completely legit to me. No specific people, possible rational approach.
Somewhere in the middle of the scale are things like promoting polyamory or debating specific sexual techniques. I can imagine having a norm of either allowing or not allowing this, and both norms would make sense. My personal decision would probably depend a lot on how the specific topic was described. It seems like a good idea to avoid “juicy” titles, and start the article with a content warning, so that people reading LW at work can avoid clicking on the article.
EDIT: Yet another possible problem is when some sexual issue is related to some political issue, so people will use opinions on sexuality as weapons in a culture war. For example, statements “gender G is on average (not) attracted to trait T” are often politically sensitive.
My impression is that (in general population) sexual debates often contain status moves, exaggerations and lies, and sometimes are aimed at other people present which may be very uncomfortable for them. That stuff we don’t need here. We should not discuss here whether we consider specific people sexually attractive or not. We should also not brag about our sexual (in)experience. Neither of that would invite a rational debate.
On the other end of the scale, debates such as “are aspies more likely to be trans”, especially when supported by scientific evidence, feel completely legit to me. No specific people, possible rational approach.
Somewhere in the middle of the scale are things like promoting polyamory or debating specific sexual techniques. I can imagine having a norm of either allowing or not allowing this, and both norms would make sense. My personal decision would probably depend a lot on how the specific topic was described. It seems like a good idea to avoid “juicy” titles, and start the article with a content warning, so that people reading LW at work can avoid clicking on the article.
EDIT: Yet another possible problem is when some sexual issue is related to some political issue, so people will use opinions on sexuality as weapons in a culture war. For example, statements “gender G is on average (not) attracted to trait T” are often politically sensitive.