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Article: Lesson plan: conceptual models of sexual activity: baseball is out; pizza is in.(The Power of Language: Baseball as a Sexual Metaphor in American Culture)(Book review)
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- SIECUS Report
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- September 22, 2005
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Conceptual models are powerful because they set forth the "rules" for a given situation. If these models go unexamined, the "rules" by which one operates may also go unexamined. This may lead to unintended actions or unintended consequences of actions.
The idea for this lesson sprang from my reading of "The Power of Language: Baseball as a Sexual Metaphor in American Culture" by Deborah M. Roffman. (SIECUS Report, Volume 19, Number 5, June/July 1991). Roffman prompted readers to "Chang[e] the way we think and act by changing the way we speak." This started me on a journey to develop a new language and then a new conceptual model for sexual activity. I am indebted ...