Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Desexualize.  

In family relations, the act of abandoning a marriage partner.  

Erosion of the soil in a region resulting in climatic changes, drought, and loss of vegetation.  

In psychology, lowered arousal due to frequent exposure. A fairly brief and transient decrease in the responsiveness of cellular receptors to drug effects. Removal of the sensation of pain, as by cutting a nerve. Procedure for making a person insensitive to an antigen; antianaphylaxis. A therapy for treating extreme fears (phobias) in which a person…

The process of correcting past practices of racial or any other form of illegal segregation. In education, the transfer of students from some schools to others to achieve racial balance or to end other kinds of discrimination (such as separation of the handicapped), often mandated by the court in cases of segregation, whether de jure…

Daughters of mothers who were administered DES during pregnancy.  

A research approach that describes a phenomenon as it exists or occurs in nature, e.g., case study, survey.  

To inform about the characteristics of a particular group.  

Prescriptive rules.  

In legal proceedings, the judgment that the accused performed an illegal act: ascriptive responsibility.