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On AlterNet: sexuality

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

Sex And The American Mom: 1 In 3 Report Having Affairs on the Side

Sex And The American Mom: 1 In 3 Report Having Affairs on the Side

Colleen Dealy, Taylor Baldwin, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008.
A survey reveals that a majority of married moms are not sexually satisfied in their marriages. Many are making up for it on the side.

Reason Number 2,767 Why Gay Rights Matter to Everyone

Reason Number 2,767 Why Gay Rights Matter to Everyone

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 9, 2008.
Right-wingers who fight gay rights are the same sex-phobes who want to stop birth control, sex education and abortion.

Let's Talk About Sex

Let's Talk About Sex

Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. May 8, 2008.
A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.

Courageous Gay Bishop Weathers Storm

Courageous Gay Bishop Weathers Storm

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. May 5, 2008.
Bishop Gene Robinson calls on religious gays and lesbians to fight for acceptance within their spiritual communities.

What Are Bisexuals? Chopped Liver?

What Are Bisexuals? Chopped Liver?

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 2, 2008.
Our culture still ignores the full spectrum of sexual orientation -- and the shifts that many of us make over that spectrum throughout our lives.

Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media

Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media

Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. May 1, 2008.
Young girls are inundated with sexist media images. How do we help them develop a healthy sense of their own sexuality?

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

Lisa Gabriele, Nerve.com. May 1, 2008.
For an institution associated with a 50 percent failure rate and bad sex, marriage still has surprisingly many takers -- not me.

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

American Sexuality MagazineApril 29, 2008.
Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen on finding and managing romantic relationships in the workplace.

The Science of Sexuality

The Science of Sexuality

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. April 25, 2008.
We should stop ignoring scientific findings that do not mesh with our political beliefs.

The Marriage Revolution

The Marriage Revolution

Nancy D. Polikoff, Beacon Press. April 25, 2008.
How the law changed to accommodate evolving sexual practices and gender roles.

Taking It Like a Man

Taking It Like a Man

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

Diane Sawyer Doesn't Like What I Do

Diane Sawyer Doesn't Like What I Do

debauchetteApril 21, 2008.
My interview on ABC made one thing clear: In our society sex workers are still presented as tragic, lost, Dickensian characters.

What the Humble Fruit Fly Can Teach Us About Sex

What the Humble Fruit Fly Can Teach Us About Sex

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. April 17, 2008.
Research that traces bisexuality in fruit flies to a genetic variation challenges assumptions about sexual attraction.

Porn Poll: What's Most Popular?

Porn Poll: What's Most Popular?

Katie Halper, Nerve.com AlterNet: PEEK. April 10, 2008.
Contrary to popular belief, lesbian porn may not be the best way to achieve unity among nations and a lasting world peace.

The Battle for Female Sexuality

The Battle for Female Sexuality

Jenny Block, Huffington Post. April 4, 2008.
Young women are still told that their worth hinges on guarding what's between their legs. It's time for all women to own their sexuality.

Chastity Clubs: Bringing the Hymens to Harvard

Chastity Clubs: Bringing the Hymens to Harvard

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 4, 2008.
You are not Gandhi or Nelson Mandela for choosing not to have sex.

Bollywood Is India's Sexual Battleground

Bollywood Is India's Sexual Battleground

Triveni Gandhi, Campus Progress. March 29, 2008.
The ongoing battle over representations of sex in Indian movies reflects a larger conflict between tradition and change.

How the Boomers Transformed Sex

How the Boomers Transformed Sex

American Sexuality MagazineMarch 18, 2008.
Richard Croker, author of the "Boomer Century," discusses the impact of 1960s and '70s sexual rebellion.

Veterans Decry Institutional Sexism in Military

Veterans Decry Institutional Sexism in Military

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 17, 2008.
Gender panel at Winter Soldier conference suggests pattern of condescending to outright sexist behavior in the armed forces.

From Prude to Lewd: China's New Sexual Revolution

From Prude to Lewd: China's New Sexual Revolution

Andrew Lam, New American Media. March 13, 2008.
The real 'Cultural Revolution', the one stoked by individual desires and ambition, is happening now.

Virgin or Slut: Pick One

Virgin or Slut: Pick One

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 20, 2007.
Why teenagers are so screwed up about sex and their bodies.

Readers Write: Christian Ex-Gays Try to 'Cure' Homosexuality

Readers Write: Christian Ex-Gays Try to 'Cure' Homosexuality

Alex Jung, AlterNet. December 19, 2007.
AlterNet readers weigh in on "sexual reorientation therapy."

Prude: New Book Rolls Sexuality Back Centuries

Prude: New Book Rolls Sexuality Back Centuries

Rachel Kramer Bussel, AlterNet. December 14, 2007.
Carol Platt Liebau's new book is the worst in a recent spate of teen-sex-shockfests.

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 12, 2007.
Articles on monogamy, porn and GOP sex scandals -- all in one place.

Are You a

Are You a "Sex Addict?"

Rachel Kramer Bussel, Huffington Post. December 1, 2007.
Is the bogeyman of "sexual addiction" scaring people out of having sex?