In the Mirror or Behind the Curtain — Where’s Your Authentic Sexual Self?

By Alexa Day

When was the last time you changed your mind?

One of my law professors asked that question in class long ago, when the world was newish. None of us was able to answer him. In fairness, when you’re in law school, a question like that is likely to be a complex logic trap designed to make students look hopelessly stupid in front of their peers. But I think he could tell from our faces that we just didn’t have an answer for him.

That was kind of a problem, he said. If we weren’t open to...