On AlterNet: sex scandals

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Hypocritical Sexual Society: Focused on the Petty Sex Scandals, Ignoring the Ones That Really Matter

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. December 29, 2011.

Why isn't it a bigger scandal when politicians chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality?

6 Kinds of Sex Scandals: What Should Be Exposed? What Should be Left Private?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. November 30, 2011.

What kind of sexual misconduct qualifies as an important news item, and what kind is just scurrilous gossip?

Blame the '60s? The Catholic Church's Latest Shameless Ploy

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. June 6, 2011.

Pedophilia isn't a social habit that one adopts. It's a sickness. Deal with it. Honestly.

Why Aren't There Sleazy Sex Scandals Involving Powerful Women?

Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. December 28, 2009.

That question often elicits the sexist "men are from Mars, women are from Venus" claptrap. But the truth is much more complicated.

'Female Tiger Woods' Once Prowled Premiere Christian Right Bible College

Thers, Whiskey Fire. December 18, 2009.

Thanks, God.

Why Is Tiger Woods in Trouble? It's Not His Steamy Sex Life; It's His Family Values Hypocrisy

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.

What's the biggest P.R. sin? It's not infidelity, or kinky sex, or making sex tapes. It's profiting from a holier-than-though public image based on lies.

Try Your Hand: GOP Sex Scandal Haiku!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 28, 2009.

Feeling poetic?

John Ensign Sex Scandal Escalates: "It's Not Good"

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. July 10, 2009.

Only weeks ago Mark Sanford's melodrama had eclipsed Ensign's scandal. But Ensign's sleaziness has once again captured the spotlight.

Sanford's Sordid Sex Saga: Why We Like Publicly Shaming Hypocrite Politicians

David Rosen, CounterPunch. June 29, 2009.

Last week, Gov. Mark Sanford participated in one of the oldest social rituals in American history: public shaming of the moral hypocrite.

Rating the Greatest GOP Sex Scandals of the Past 20 Years

Brad Reed, AlterNet. June 26, 2009.

From Clarence Thomas to Mark Sanford, the definitive guide to randy Republicans

Get the New DVD: Republicans Gone Wild 2

Will Durst, AlterNet. September 4, 2007.

You'll never forget this brand new, never-before-seen footage featuring their patented wide stances and narrow minds.

The Deeper Meaning in the Republican Sex Scandals

Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. July 19, 2007.

Another two gay-bashing, Klan-loving, pulpit-slurping Republicans have disgraced themselves. But there is much more we can learn from the improprieties of David Vitter and Bob Allen.

One Republican Senator's Sexual Hypocrisy Shocks Even Larry Flynt

Guest Blogger, July 19, 2007.

Howie Klein: Flynt says he's got the goods on 30 more members of Congress and the Bush Regime.