Entries Tagged as 'sex'

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

The Date Rape Drug Is An Urban Myth. Let’s Put It to Rest. – The Sexist

How has the “date rape drug” myth gained so much traction in the public consciousness? The study floats a theory: The worry over “date rape drugs” helps “give shape to otherwise nebulous threats,” in turn”allowing us to displace worry about other, less manageable threats.” We drum up concern over the risk of “date rape drugs”—then [...]

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

She’s Your Biggest Fan

Rejecting people, whether you’re doing it blatantly (“Go away and leave me alone”) or indirectly (“Oh, I’m actually really busy this weekend, maybe another time”) is actually an awkward and uncomfortable situation that nobody enjoys. Very, very few people in this world ENJOY being an asshole or hurting someone else’s feelings. Now imagine having to [...]

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Feminisnt » Fund America’s first sex workers’ rights billboard!

via feminisnt.com I support this billboard and SWAAY.org.

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The Benefits of Non-Monogamy

1. Non-monogamy forces each partner to continue to work proactively on the relationship. Truthfully, even in monogamous situations, each partner should continue to work proactively on the relationship, but how many of us actually do? When we can put the official stamp on a relationship and say “This person is my girlfriend/boyfriend,” there is a [...]

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Penis vs. Brain

via gallery.fanserviceftw.com

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Some laughter with the lovemaking, please: on porn, performance, and deadly seriousness

If there’s one thing that we see rarely — if at all — in porn, it’s laughter. What strikes me about most pornography is that it’s always so deadly serious. A nervous giggle is permissible in a few instances (such as those ghastly “casting couch” videos that are evidently ubiquitous, in which “innocent newcomers” are [...]

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Elektra video I Don’t Do Boys

via youtube.com

Monday, April 11th, 2011

‘Hookups’ can turn into meaningful relationships, study suggests

n an analysis of relationship surveys, UI sociologist Anthony Paik found that average relationship quality was higher for individuals who waited until things were serious to have sex compared to those who became sexually involved in “hookups,” “friends with benefits,” or casual dating relationships. But having sex early on wasn’t to blame for the disparity. [...]

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Why Feminism Is the Anti-Viagra

Our mammalian brains come wired with very ancient sexual preferences, quite prominent in the most popular forms of male and female erotica preferred by Homo sapiens. Men are aroused by being dominant and by submissive women, women are aroused by being submissive and by dominant men. In the bedroom, inequality beats equality. If you suspect [...]

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Peak Break-Up Times On Facebook

via informationisbeautiful.net Via Jon Osborne.