On AlterNet: masturbation

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "masturbation"

11 Strange, Horrific, or Just Plain Weird Ways Societies Have Policed Sex Throughout History

Eric Berkowitz, Huffington Post. May 4, 2012.

Lawmakers have always set limits on how people take their sexual pleasures, and they have doled out a range of controls and punishments to enforce them.

38 Years of Self-Love: How "Sex for One" Changed Our Ideas About Masturbation

Thomas Rogers, Salon. February 19, 2012.

A talk with Betty Dodson, the author of 1974's groundbreaking "Sex for One" about our changing attitudes towards self-pleasure

Masturbation Finally out of The Closet, If Not Exactly into The Streets

JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. October 7, 2010.

Maybe we can finally be done with shame, and with the coy and irksome way the press talks about this very homely pleasure.

The Strange Sexual Obsessions Driving the Tea Party Movement

David Rosen, CounterPunch. September 19, 2010.

Much of the Tea Party agenda is driven by white Christian America's deep-seated fears of sex, race and interracial "pollution."

Jesus Squad: Does Christine O'Donnell's Win Mean the Christian Right Is Ascendant in the Tea Party?

Suzy Khimm, Mother Jones Online. September 18, 2010.

The Christian right, which O'Donnell's campaign has quietly begun to court, could end up riding the tea party wave back into the halls of power.

Tea Party Candidate Against Masturbation?

Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check. September 6, 2010.

Just another reminder that many Tea Partiers have less interest in "small government" than in a tyranny of the minority.

Would You Be Able to Give Up Sex?

Sam Benjamin, SeXis Magazine. August 1, 2010.

I loved sex, held it up on a pedestal above all things, and would rather be doing it than anything else. But hadn't the pursuit of sex caused me untold suffering?

Playboy Model Tries To Teach Sean Hannity To Not Be Scared of Masturbation

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 1, 2009.

On Hannity's Fox show this week, Playboy model Aubrey O'Day shot down Hannity's silly argument about sex ed.

The Joy of Sex Toys: How Vibrators Stopped Being 'Shameful' Secrets

Liz Langley, AlterNet. July 29, 2009.

Once considered shameful, the vibrator has become a common part of most people's sex lives. Turns out we like sexual pleasure.

One a Day is Good for You–Apples and Orgasms!

Lisa Derrick, La Figa. July 15, 2009.

The British National Health Service emphasizes the importance of safe sex and education.

Is Pop Culture Finally Admitting That Women Like to Touch Themselves?

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. November 28, 2008.

Maybe I'm imagining things, but has anyone else noticed more allusions to female masturbation on TV?

Sex Toys and the Technology of Orgasm

Rachel Kramer Bussel, AlterNet. October 4, 2007.

A new documentary offers up a disturbing history of the first vibrators and shows that sex toys aren't just for pleasure -- they're political.