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On AlterNet: sex

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

"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.

"Psychic" Levies Bogus Accusations of Child Sex Abuse

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2008.
Charlatan traumatizes family, disrupts school.

Progressive Religious Leaders Drowned Out in Conversations About Sex

Progressive Religious Leaders Drowned Out in Conversations About Sex

Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check. June 6, 2008.
Mainstream media perpetuate the false assumption that sex and family values don't mix by only talking to conservatives about religion and sexuality.

How Our Sexuality Is Being Restricted One Bad Law at a Time

How Our Sexuality Is Being Restricted One Bad Law at a Time

Dr. Marty Klein, AlterNet. June 4, 2008.
Sexuality is considered a public health menace, and many people want tough (albeit illegal) laws to battle the epidemic.

Sexpot Virgins: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls

Sexpot Virgins: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. May 24, 2008.
Professor M. Gigi Durham discusses the corporate media's sexual objectification of girls and how to help young women fight regressive media messages.

Hillary Revealed That Women Can Be Nasty, Deceptive Candidates Too

Hillary Revealed That Women Can Be Nasty, Deceptive Candidates Too

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. May 17, 2008.
Hillary Clinton smashed the myth of innate female moral superiority in the worst possible way -- by demonstrating female moral inferiority.

The Sex Lives of Others

The Sex Lives of Others

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 16, 2008.
Why do other people's sexual proclivities freak us out so much?

Working Out the Kinks

Working Out the Kinks

Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. May 15, 2008.
Why are balloons, pies or being stuffed in the oven like a turkey such a sexual turn-on for some and not others?

My Strange Relationship With Sex

My Strange Relationship With Sex

Raj Bandyopadhyay, Open Magazine. May 12, 2008.
As an Indian studying in the U.S., I have been subjected to the sexual hang-ups of two cultures. This is not a good recipe for getting laid.

The Sexy Path to Good Health

The Sexy Path to Good Health

Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. May 9, 2008.
Healthy doses of sex with yourself and others is good for you.

Men Downstairs, Women Upstairs

Men Downstairs, Women Upstairs

Dr. Marty Klein, Sexual Intelligence AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. May 2, 2008.
How can religious people believe that marriage is holy, and then deliberately limit its intimacy and shared experiences?

Taking It Like a Man

Taking It Like a Man

Anonymous, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Throwing caution and societal expectations to the wind, I let my girlfriend screw me for a change.

Panty-Sniffing Gets 21st Century

Panty-Sniffing Gets 21st Century

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2008.
Semen detectors don't detect much but they do degrade human relationships.

'Bonk' Tells Us Some Amazing Things About Sex

'Bonk' Tells Us Some Amazing Things About Sex

Don Hazen, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Author Mary Roach on why you're lucky that you're not a rhesus monkey and other interesting tidbits from scientific sex research.

Relatively Masculine

Relatively Masculine

Bradford Noble, Gay.com. April 23, 2008.
Everyone has a different idea of what masculinity is. How does this play out in the gay dating scene?

Sexual Intercourse: Let’s All Be Brief and Average

Sexual Intercourse: Let’s All Be Brief and Average

Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. April 16, 2008.
Why does the media stick to an outdated, offensive and boring definition of sex?

Online Sex: My Space or Yours?

Online Sex: My Space or Yours?

Scott Stiffler, Edge. April 9, 2008.
Before there was Cyberspace, gay men were compelled to leave the house to get laid. Has the Internet transformed gay men's sexuality?

Pseudo-science Blames Coming Depression on Boobs

Pseudo-science Blames Coming Depression on Boobs

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. April 9, 2008.
Apparently, the patriarchy can do no wrong.

The Top 10 Political Sex Scandals of All Time

The Top 10 Political Sex Scandals of All Time

Steve Almond, Nerve.com. April 6, 2008.
From Warren G. Harding to Eliot Spitzer, American politicians sure know how to have a good time.