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Spiritual Sex: Ecstatic Love Beyond The Physical

Linda E. Savage | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Relationships, Better Sex Life, Spiritual Sex, Sex, Sex Life, Orgasm, How to Improve Sex Life, Sexual Intercourse, Sexuality, Living News
Linda E. Savage

Eleven minutes: that's the estimated time most couples spend making love. We're stuck with a model of sex that I call: The Performance Model... Sex equals intercourse.

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What Lies Below: Taking Time to Consider E. Lynn Harris' Literary Legacy

Clarence Haynes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homosexuality, E. Lynn Harris, Gay, Doubleday, Sexuality, African-American, Entertainment News
Clarence Haynes

I once missed the point of E. Lynn's work, which provided a safe forum for African-American female readers to think about sex, sexuality and the realities of male desire.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Love That Haunts: Monika Treut on Ghosted

Dan Persons | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Taiwan, Ke Huan-Ru, Lesbian, Ting-Ting Hu, Gay, Sexuality, Exclusive, Monika Treut, Homosexuality, Chinese Taipei, Interview, Germany, Sex, Hamburg, Inga Busch, Fantasy, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Treut took a pause in her globe-hopping to speak to us about lesbian love stories, Taiwanese ghosts, and the life of the world filmmaker.

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Miley Cyrus Meet Marcia Brady

Amy Siskind | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Teenage Pregnancy, Miley Cyrus, Elle, Amy Siskind, Teen Sex, Disney, Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair, Nickelodeon, Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana, Sexuality, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Britney Spears, Elle Magazine, Vanity Fair, Parenting, Annie Leibovitz, Media News
Amy Siskind

I've already had too many conversations with my daughter before the appropriate age. How many times will the actions of our teenage TV stars prompt discussions on topics well before their time?

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Ask Not What the American Porn Industry Can Do For You...

Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Pornography, Smut, Melissa Lee, Cnbc, Comedy and Satire, Boogie Nights, Sex, Business of Pleasure, Nailin Palin, Porn, Comedy, Recession, Sexuality, Sarah Palin, Lisa Ann, Jesse Jane, Comedy News
Patrick Sauer

Attention, America! We sit on the precipice of a total meltdown of one of the key economic backboners of this great nation. The professional pornography business is in jeopardy.

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This is Not My Feminism

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Women's Sexuality, Third Wave Feminism, Taylor Momsen "Pretty Reckless" the Veronicas, Feminism, Sexuality, Taylor Momsen, Taylor-Momsen-Pretty-Reckless-the-Veronicas, Entertainment News
Lindsey Horvath

The "empowered" 15-year old female can belt risque lyrics, flaunt racy lingerie, and flirt with suicide to be a sexy, appealing feminist?

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Men In Love With B*****s Ain't Men 'tall!!

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Sexuality, Cheating Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Interpersonal Relationships, Women, Relationships, Bitch, Interpersonal-Communication, Men, Relationship Advice, Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Sexuality, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

The idea that men love mean girls has led to a generation of divorce-fated, confused people who actually buy the bunk that stipulates we should treat each other poorly to get what we want from a relationship.

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How to Survive an Abortion

Mike Alvear | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

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Mike Alvear

Men need to to help women survive their decision. And that lies mostly in bearing witness to their pain.

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What's An American Girl To Do?

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Mainstream Media, Aging Gracefully, Aging, Women's Health, Sexuality, Sex, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Twenty-something isn't all its cracked up to be and thirty-something is the start of really knowing oneself and hitting one's stride.

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Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Traditional Marriage, Traditions, Medieval, Human Sexuality, Horses, Ireland, Sacraments, Animal Sexuality, Bestiality, Love, Sexuality, Politics News
Jane Minogue

"If we change traditional marriage, it's a slippery slope," said the man at the table next to me. "Soon we'll have people marrying animals." I'm not aware of any man-horse association that's lobbying Congress or state governments to allow bestiality.

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Ladies, How's Your Sex Life?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

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Dr. Jon LaPook

This week I went to Central Park in New York City to talk to passersby about their sexuality, hoping to strike the right tone.

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Teaching Our Daughters About Sex: Sexual Mothers, Sexual Daughters

Joyce McFadden | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: The Talk, Talking to Your Kids About Sex, The Berman Center, Dr. Laura Berman, Oprah, Parenting, Raising Self Confident Girls, Talking to Daughters About Sex, Sexuality, Living News
Joyce McFadden

We as mothers are putting our own fears ahead of our daughters' well being, and we have to confront this crisis of confidence in order to offer our girls more grounding in sexual vitality.

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Why Is America So Obsessed with Virginity?

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Abstinence Only Education, Women's Issues, Feminist, Reproductive Rights, Anti-Feminism, Virgins, Integrity Balls, Reproductive Health, The Purity Myth, Feminism, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Pornography, Virgin, Homosexuality, Feministing.com, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Women's Health, Sex, Feministing, Jessica Valenti, Women and Politics, Abstinence Education, Virginity, Purity Balls, Feminists, Valenti, Bristol Palin, Virginity Movement, Style News
Anastasia Kousakis

As a concept, virginity is more dangerous than not, because it puts us into these virgin or not categories, which doesn't really give us a very nuanced perspective or understanding of sexuality.

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We've Come a Long Way, Barbara

Ethan Imboden | Posted 04.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Jimmyjane Vibrator, Video, Sherri Shepherd, Sex, Morning Joe, The View, Media News, Joy Behar, Little Something, Sexuality, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Vibrator, Jimmyjane, Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski, Barbara Walters Vibrator, Style News
Ethan Imboden

It's 2009, and we're living in a changed world. I'm not talking about recessions, I'm talking about Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck recommending vibrators on The View.

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Teen Births Rise Again: Are Babies Always a Blessing?

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 04.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Teen Pregnancy, Teen Birth Rates, Parenting, Bristol Palin, Sex Education, Sexuality, Style News
Dr. Logan Levkoff

But a true blessing is in having the ability to make informed decisions, the freedom to speak up, access to reproductive health services, and having accurate and effective sexuality education.

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A Eulogy for "Flight of the Conchords" -- The Best Porn on TV

Frankie Thomas | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pornography, Bret McKenzie, Feminism, Sexuality, Hbo, Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, Entertainment News
Frankie Thomas

The question remains: why do they make us laugh? And why is it so hot when they do? This is why: there is a sexual undercurrent to the comedy of Flight of the Conchords. It is largely unremarked upon.

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The Vagina Monologues Comes to Beijing

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Women, China, Chinese Youth, Feminism, Sexuality, Beijing, The Vagina Monologues, Chinese Young People, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Julian Baird Gewirtz

The Vagina Monologues' appearance here captures a crucial moment of change in the way young Chinese women are thinking about their sexuality and their status.

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Perfect Positions for Sex on Valentine's Day

Mike Alvear | Posted 03.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Romantic Sex Positions, Valentine's Day, Romance, Sex, Valentine's Day Ideas, Sexuality, Style News
Mike Alvear

Is there such a thing as a romantic sexual position? Certainly, there are elements that up the intimacy -- positions that allow eye contact, kissing, and caressing.

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8 Ways To Affair-Proof Your Marriage

Therese Borchard | Posted 03.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Cheating Relationships, Marriage, Infidelity, Emotional Affair, Sex, Cheating, Affairs, Sexuality, Marriage Infidelity, Living News
Therese Borchard

According to Peggy Vaughan, the author of "The Monogamy Myth," 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an affair at some point in their ma...

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Living News
Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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The Media's Sexual Irresponsibility

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Proof Blog, Sex, Tracy Clark-Flory, Alcohol, New York Times, Morality, Violet Blue, Best Sex Writing 2009, Jim Atkinson, Sexuality, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Media News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Those of us who write about sex, not to mention all those heathen divorcees and masturbators, get plenty of flak. I'm tired of sex being seen as scandalous, inconsequential, or worse, pointless.

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Sex in the Year of Hope and Change

Ian Kerner | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Sex in America, Health, Relationships, Sexuality, Sex, Style News
Ian Kerner

While our cultural exposure to sex has heightened over the last decade, our level of personal satisfaction has plummeted to a staggering low, with sexual dissatisfaction being cited more often than ever as a primary cause of divorce.

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Not a Fish Tale: Female Promiscuity Leads to Better Sperm

Jill Brooke | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Carla Bruni, Fertilizer, Eggs, Dna, Women's Sexuality, Women, Sex, Science, Fertility, Sperm, Sexuality, Living News
Jill Brooke

Does natural selection motivate sperm? Turns out it may be good ol' male competition. Nothing gets those fellas going like knowing there are other guys in the mix.

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Now Playing in the White House Bedroom: Hot Monogamy

Mike Alvear | Posted 03.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama, Barack and Michelle's Relationship, Relationships, Sex, First Couple, Barack Obama, Barack and Michelle, White House, Kissing, Sexuality, Obamas Kissing, Obama White House, Making Out, Obama Family, Sexy, Style News
Mike Alvear

Michelle looks at Obama like she's undressing him. Embers turn to flames when you treat the object of your affection like the object of your desire.

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Can Science Help You Find Love?

Andrew Trees | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Relationships, Books, Science, Studies, Sexuality, Attraction, Women's Sexuality, Interviews, Change, Relationship Advice, Romance, Values, Sex, Dating, Valentine's Day, Body Language, Love, Living News
Andrew Trees

We most value those qualities about our partners that we value about ourselves, research shows. So, all you really need to figure out is what you like about yourself.

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