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On AlterNet: sex

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

Are Dry Spells Character Building?

Are Dry Spells Character Building?

Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. October 2, 2008.
Dry spells are hard. Suddenly, 18-year-olds don't seem like such a bad idea, and grey hair is more carefully considered.

How to Talk to Teens About Sex

How to Talk to Teens About Sex

Christopher White, American Sexuality Magazine. September 27, 2008.
There are many ways of helping young people navigate these years of sexual exploration. Just don't forget you were once a teen yourself.

Top 5 Most Sexually Educational Movie Moments

Top 5 Most Sexually Educational Movie Moments

Liz Langley, Alice the Goon AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 26, 2008.
We all need a little sex-ed -- despite what the abstinence-only crown thinks.

Sex on the Beach: What 80s Bikini Comedies Tell Us About Gender and Class

Sex on the Beach: What 80s Bikini Comedies Tell Us About Gender and Class

Greta Parry, PopMatters. September 25, 2008.
Though 1980s beach films seem objectifying and antifeminist, they offer a utopian space where class and gender hierarchies begin to dissolve.

What I Learned from Lesbian Sex

What I Learned from Lesbian Sex

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. September 16, 2008.
Everyone can learn something from the kind of sex that isn't overwhelmingly defined by one partner's "performance."

Why I'd Rather Sleep with a Man over 50

Why I'd Rather Sleep with a Man over 50

Katherine Anne Forsythe, American Sexuality Magazine. September 15, 2008.
A 25-year-old with a firm six pack might be fun to look at and know how to satisfy himself. But what about satisfying you?

Planned Parenthood Rips into McCain for Sex-Ed Smear Campaign

Planned Parenthood Rips into McCain for Sex-Ed Smear Campaign

Brave New Films, Planned Parenthood Federation of America AlterNet: Video. September 13, 2008.
Fighting back against the McCain campaign's latest distortions.

Sex Is McCain's Political Weapon

Sex Is McCain's Political Weapon

JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. September 12, 2008.
McCain needed Sarah Palin, icon of sex -- not gender -- to recharge his potency and the cultural oomph of the right.

Bush Administration Officials Lived Lives of Sex, Drugs and Oil

Bush Administration Officials Lived Lives of Sex, Drugs and Oil

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2008.
There was a fraternity house atmosphere inside the Denver Minerals Management Service office.

McCain's Latest Attack: Sex, Lies, and Videotape

McCain's Latest Attack: Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Hilzoy, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2008.
McCain has a new attack video out that sinks to an all new low.

What Republicans Can Learn from

What Republicans Can Learn from "Gossip Girl"

Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. September 5, 2008.
The sordid, trashy teen drama "Gossip Girl" offers a much smarter and more useful take on teen sexuality than the Republican platform.

How My 7-Year-Old Learned About Pre-Marital Sex from John McCain

How My 7-Year-Old Learned About Pre-Marital Sex from John McCain

Karen Dolan, AlterNet. September 3, 2008.
I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception. But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for that particular talk.

Planned Parenthood Reaches Out to Teens, Angers Adults

Planned Parenthood Reaches Out to Teens, Angers Adults

Simcha, The Frisky. September 2, 2008.
Planned Parenthood's "Take Care Down There" is being attacked by conservatives as too glib.

The Things Women Go Through to Attract Men ...

The Things Women Go Through to Attract Men ...

Cheryl Saban, Huffington Post. August 21, 2008.
A mind-boggling variety of torture devices have been contrived throughout history to make women more 'attractive' to men.

Northern Exposure: National Sex Day in Canada

Northern Exposure: National Sex Day in Canada

Malcolm Harris, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 19, 2008.
I wonder what right-wingers and the media would do if someone in the U.S. tried to devote an entire day to sex.

Female Orgasm and the Need for a New Definition of Sex

Female Orgasm and the Need for a New Definition of Sex

Shere Hite, On The Issues Magazine. August 12, 2008.
Decades after the publication of the Hite Report on Female Sexuality, society still clings to outdated notions about women and sex.

The PTC Thinks TV Will Turn Your Kids Into Sex Freaks

The PTC Thinks TV Will Turn Your Kids Into Sex Freaks

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 8, 2008.
Another day, another alarmist report by the PTC decrying immorality on television.

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. July 28, 2008.
Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.

"Return of Desire": Fighting Myths About Female Sexuality

Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. July 23, 2008.
Gina Ogden's new book knocks down false assumptions about women’s sexual dysfunction by actually listening to women.

Feminist Porn: Sex, Consent, and Getting Off

Feminist Porn: Sex, Consent, and Getting Off

KaeLyn, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 23, 2008.
"Legalization and support of sex work can open the door to helping the sex/adult industry become safer and healthier for sex workers."

Heavy Petting: PETA Compares Teen Girls to Unneutered Animals

Heavy Petting: PETA Compares Teen Girls to Unneutered Animals

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 18, 2008.
Is PETA (yet again) exploiting female sexuality to get its point across?

Activist Judges Won't Let Good Christian Men Have Sex With Corpses

Activist Judges Won't Let Good Christian Men Have Sex With Corpses

General JC Christian, Jesus' General AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
So says the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, going against lower courts who had ruled nothing in state law banned necrophilia.

Do Jerks Get Laid More?

Do Jerks Get Laid More?

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. June 24, 2008.
Ev psych strikes again.

The Unsexiest Movies About Sex

The Unsexiest Movies About Sex

Lauren Wissot, Spout Blog. June 20, 2008.
Five movies that would make for a wonderful addition to those abstinence-only programs George W. loves so much.

The 'Surgical Re-Virgin': Setting the Odometer Back to Zero

The 'Surgical Re-Virgin': Setting the Odometer Back to Zero

Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. June 20, 2008.
Retrofitting women to make them sexually attractive and "marriageable" is more than a Hollywood fad. It's life or death for many.