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Laws in both New York City and Washington D.C. allow police to use condoms as evidence of prostitution, so if you are stopped and found carrying three condoms or more, it could mean trouble. This is terrible for sex education and sexual health campaigns that encourage people–sex workers as well as others–to have access to [...]
What, you may ask, is fluid bonding? And why should you care? Fluid bonding frequently comes up in the context of non-monogamous or polyamorous relationships, but it’s just as important for monogamous folks, because it entails discussion and negotiation of acceptable risks, intimacy, trust, and pleasure. Fluid bonding, at its most basic, is the agreement [...]
Stories are indisputably powerful: the success of the movie-factories of Hollywood and Bollywood, the mass-market paperback book industry, and the blogosphere all attest to the fact that stories in so many forms can reach, affect, and transform people’s lives. Stories and storytelling also play an important role in sex education. This piece on how storytelling [...]
I hope a few of you, over the past few months, were thinking “Didn’t there used to be a dude who wrote for this site? I wonder whatever happened to him?”
According to a recent article from the BBC Newsbeat, the common drug for male baldness, finasteride, also known as Propecia, may cause serious sexual side affects. The pill is extremely effective, boasting successful clinical trials in which “nine out of 10 men didn’t lose any more hair over a five year period”. However, many men [...]
Talk about a movie that will make your head spin… I recently watched the film, The Education Of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies, and Education and if sexual education is something you fancy, I highly recommend that you check this out. The 2005 documentary (directed and produced by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt) focuses on Shelby [...]
A friend pointed me to this article on erotic asphyxia and the limits of the brain–and not just of the brain, but brain research as well. A man who perished while practicing this form of masturbation left behind films of himself that prompted brain researchers to question previously accepted knowledge about how much oxygen deprivation [...]
Trojan® recently released a sexual health report card for US campuses showcasing what they consider the most “sexually healthy” schools. And, guess what! University of Michigan and Michigan State were both in the top 5! Go Michigan schools! The study looked at data from health centers and student opinion polls, looking for availability of contraceptives, [...]
Phthalates are chemicals used to soften plastics and are used in many products such as shower curtains, vinyl flooring, tupperware containers, children’s toys, and sex toys. They’re all around us. The issue with phthalates is that they don’t actually bond to the plastics they are mixed with which causes them to leach into the environment [...]
Vaginal tightening creams, which are also often marketed as “virginity” creams, rely on the fear that if a woman has had “too much” sex (how much is too much exactly?) or has had one or more babies that her vagina gets stretched out and therefore is not as pleasurable for her partner during intercourse. This [...]
Loading ...Longtime MSP readers will know that we are big fans of Clarisse Thorn‘s writing: she intelligently tackles important sex topics such as BDSM, sexual submission, open relationships, and sex-positivity. So we of course were super-excited when her book, Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser, came out (available on Amazon and Smashwords and in paperback). Clarisse [...]
