What stood out to me in Prof. Messner's article, like most of his lectures, is his use of his own personal experiences as a means to demonstrate the point he is making. His discussion of the range of sexuality in his article is very similar to his description of Alfred Kinsey's view of the spectrum of sexuality that he presented in class. By clarifying that all actual sexual encounters were heterosexual, he is able to juxtapose his more secretive feelings of homosexual attraction at different periods in his youth.
I found Karin Martin's article particularly interesting as well, also in regards to Prof. Messner's discussion of Kinsey. Martin furthers her discussion by integrating block quotes from the teenagers whom she interviewed. It was extremely enlightening to have her points solidified by hearing it, as they say, "straight from the horse's mouth." While some of the information presented were things I knew intuitively, reading about the concerns and views of teenagers about sex was another interesting juxtaposition to my own experience with educating myself about and engaging in sexual activity.
In regards to Prof. Messner's question about "situated knowledge," I do think it is an impediment because we are doomed, no matter how open we try to be, to look at the world through glasses with some sort of shade of rose lenses (horrible sentence, but i think my point is clear) We build our knowledge and understanding of the world upon our own personal experiences and that makes it extremely difficult to be completely objective.