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By Dagmar Herzog, Perseus Books
Posted on August 4, 2008, Printed on August 7, 2008

Editor’s note: From the book Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics by Dagmar Herzog. Excerpted by arrangement with Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2008

The Religious Right is a capacious tent in which many agendas and approaches have found a home. There are conservative evangelicals who promise worldly prosperity and success (if only you trust enough in God’s plans). There are others who gird themselves for Armageddon. There are the vehement defenders of “Merry Christmas” and school prayer and the enemies of evolution and intellectualism and “liberal elitism.” There are highly intellectual (and themselves elite) members of the Religious Right. There are those who see the culture clash with neofundamentalist Islam as the current big threat, and those who work to justify the ongoing war in Iraq as a properly Christian cause. There are those who raise money for and organize tourism in Israel in the expectation that at the End of Days a majority of Jews will convert to Christ. But right-wing evangelicalism achieved power in American politics primarily through its sex activism. And in fifteen years of steady effort, it managed to undo the most important achievements of the sexual revolution of the 1960s-1970s.
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By Monica Shores, $pread Magazine
Posted on July 10, 2008, Printed on July 11, 2008

Last week, just after writing an article praising the adult industry for supporting a Max Hardcore, a man that largely disgusts them, I came across a drawn image of a naked girl pinned to a wall by knives, including one that was wedged between her legs. There was blood at at every point of contact. I couldn’t imagine what type of person would want to post this on their personal blog (which was where I encountered it) and, in a clear case of poor judgment, I followed the link back to where it the image was found.
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Clara Moskowitz
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com
Fri May 16, 5:31 PM ET

As gay couples celebrate their newfound right to marry in California and opposition groups rally to fight the ruling, many struggle with this question: Is homosexuality natural?

On this issue, Nature has spoken: Same-sex lovin’ is common in hundreds of species, scientists say.
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By Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog
Posted on May 16, 2008, Printed on May 16, 2008

“Nobody in their right mind would want to do that. You’d have to be desperate/damaged/strung out on drugs to do that.”

This argument gets used a lot by people who are against porn, prostitution, other kinds of sex work. And those of us who have actually been in sex work and not loathed it (or who know people who have) tend to counter simply by offering counter-examples: raising our hands, pointing to ourselves and each other, saying, “Me. Over here. Did sex work. Liked it (or didn’t hate it). Not a basket case. Case closed.”
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By Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom
Posted on May 15, 2008, Printed on May 15, 2008

I feel so boring. If I blow up a balloon, I might have a little fun knocking it around the room for a while, but that’s about it. I throw a pie in someone’s face, sure, I’ll get a giggle out of it, but it’s hardly gonna make me come.

So why are balloons, pies or wanting to be stuffed in the oven like a turkey such a sexual turn-on for some and not others?
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By Spencer Morgan, New York Observer
Posted on February 27, 2008, Printed on February 27, 2008
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“I would love it if a guy pulled out one of those, because then it would show that he’s aware of my pleasure. I think it’s a considerate gesture,” said Kate, a 28-year-old publicist with shoulder-length brunette hair.
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This is just hilarious. The fact that the G-spot has been “proven” to exist by a study with just 20 women is classic:

The mysterious G spot - supposedly a route to female sexual satisfaction - can be located with ultrasound, claim Italian scientists. (Emphasis mine)

You know, because of course women’s own personal experiences don’t prove diddly squat. On a serious note, check out Betty Dodson’s take on the G-spot for some more insightful literature. *posted below*
Thanks to Fatima for the heads up.

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Some guys never seem to worry. The reason for that is probably in their pants.

-By Ian Daly
-Photograph by Sian Kennedy

Things were not looking good for Josh (not his real name). He had lost all the money he’d made as a day trader. To make matters worse, his longtime girlfriend walked out on him, taking all the furniture and whatever else she could carry. By any measure, it was rock bottom. But when Josh’s friends mobilized the rescue crew, they were astounded: Josh appeared to be totally unfazed.
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Attention, dildo-lovers of Texas! You no longer have to pretend your vibrators are for “educational purposes.” A federal appeals court has overturned the state’s sex toy ban!

But I have to ask: WTF is up with this picture and caption in the Washington Post?

As if someone could, in a fit of rage, purchase a vibrator and really do some damage? (Actually, no joke, Mississippi has deemed sex toys more of a threat to public safety than guns.) I suppose the idea of women having extreme sexual pleasure all by their lonesome is really quite a threatening idea to some people.

Jill has the right idea in celebrating the repeal of the Texas ban by reposting the classic Molly Ivins video:

As Texan Amanda says, “Praise the lord and pass the AA batteries.”

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By Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience Senior Writer

posted: 31 May 2005 11:52 am ET

Sex and romance may seem inextricably linked, but the human brain clearly distinguishes between the two, according to a new study. The upshot: Love is the more powerful emotion.
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