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Why Young People Are Fleeing Conservative Evangelicalism

Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check. February 9, 2012.

Some leave because they oppose the church's doctrinal stance. Others are turned off by its hostility to science. Others reject the limitations placed on sex.

Is It Time for Fair Trade Porn?

Erika Christakis, Huffington Post. February 7, 2012.

Like people once thought little about their food's provenance, porn consumers think little about where their porn is sourced. But that could change.

Sex Therapist Shares the Secret to Hot Sex (Hint: It Has More to Do With the Mind Than the Body)

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. February 7, 2012.

Sex therapist Marty Klein's message is antithetical to the sex advice found everywhere from self-help books to the supermarket checkout line.

DNA Database of Men Who Pay for Sex? The Strange Push to Make Cops Collect DNA from Suspected Johns

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. January 27, 2012.

Law enforcement and conservative campaigners want to threaten men who buy sex with the possibility of being marked for life in a government database.

Why Evangelicals Don't Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. January 25, 2012.

Gingrich doesn’t live by the strict sexual rules laid out by conservatives, because those rules are meant for other people: the poor, Democrats, gays, and minorities.

3 Ways Conservative Christianity's Obsessions Promote Abortions

Valerie Tarico, Away Point. January 24, 2012.

One of the great ironies of American society is that most abortions in the U.S. are caused by conservative Christians.

Can Infidelity Make a Relationship ... Stronger?

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. January 23, 2012.

The specter of cheating looms large. But does it always have to have catastrophic consequences?

What Happened When My Wife and I Decided to Have Sex With Other People

Nicholas Garnett, Salon. January 20, 2012.

We thought bringing in new people would add adventure and spice up our sex life.

What I Learned from Christian Sex Guides (Hint: Bigotry)

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. January 19, 2012.

Two religious sex advice books being hyped as edgy and sexy are actually outdated and bigoted – surprise!

BDSM: Inside the World of Kink

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. January 17, 2012.

A look at San Francisco's kink community with an assistant anthropologist and author of "Techniques of Pleasure."

Why Are Republican Prudes Still Desperate to Control Your Sex Life?

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. January 10, 2012.

The GOP's leading candidates are becoming more sexually conservative as the rest of America heads in the opposite direction.

Dirty Minds: How the Brain Evolved to Glorify Monogamy Yet Make Screwing Around Irresistible

Kayt Sukel, Free Press. January 9, 2012.

With so many of these same cultures putting a premium on monogamy, why do huge numbers of people around the world still cheat?

Young People and Sex Education: Moving Beyond Scare Tactics and Fearmongering in 2012

Andrew Jenkins, RH Reality Check. January 8, 2012.

Young people know intimately the role that sex and sexuality play in our daily lives and we know the detrimental consequences that a sex-phobic culture has on our futures.

Why Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Makes Kids Into Bullies

Soraya Chemaly, RH Reality Check. January 6, 2012.

Abstinence-only programs, with their emphasis on purity, marriage, and heterosexuality, create hostile environments.

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?

How to Deal With the Horrors of Dating

Liz Langley, SeXis Magazine. December 28, 2011.

Both rejection and over-the-top attention from an interested party are tough. Here's how to pick up on important social cues.

Rise of the Dominatrix: How to Make $300 an Hour Doing Sex Work ... Without Having Sex

Alex Henderson, AlterNet. December 26, 2011.

For some women who become pro-dommes, working in a dungeon can be one way to cope with a brutal economy.

The Bogus Teen Orgy Trend

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. December 25, 2011.

Take a deep breath. Despite the headlines this week, there is no need to panic about kids having group sex.

$9.6 Million for Casanova's Memoirs? Why Are the French Still Impressed With Sexual Cads?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

The idea of the heroic male seducer, while dated and dangerous, lives on.

Sex or Love? New Study Shows Women AND Men Prefer Romance to Sex

Jennifer Moss, The Good Men Project. December 16, 2011.

We should jettison the myth that most men care more about sex than deep relationships.

"I'm Obsessed With Asian Massage Parlors -- Should I Tell My Wife?"

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. December 16, 2011.

Tracy Clark-Flory talks to the world’s leading experts, answering readers' questions about sex.

"Sleeping Beauty" -- A Young Woman's Creepy Sexual Odyssey

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon. December 15, 2011.

Emily Browning bares all in Australian director Julia Leigh's disturbing fable of a world without consequences.

Christian Fundamentalists and Private Military Contractors? The Strange Bedfellows of the Sex Slavery Anti-Trafficking Movement

Emi Koyama, Bitch Magazine. December 15, 2011.

Mainstream anti-trafficking efforts are colored by a black-and-white worldview that lacks real understanding of the causes of global trafficking.

Why is Facebook Protecting Pro Rape Language and Abuse of Women?

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

Despite a campaign that included 180,000 signatures, Facebook continues to post pro-rape pages, showing, yet again, that they care about users so long as they're profitable.

Obama's Woman Problem

Rebecca Traister, Salon. December 11, 2011.

The president shamefully uses his daughters to justify limiting the healthcare options of America's young women.