September 30, 2009
Dear Madame X: I LOVE sex! And I love my girlfriend too. But I feel bad when I don’t want to have sex with her. Even if she is also not into it I feel like I’m not a good enough man. It’s like I should be having sex with her EVERY night, TWICE! Otherwise ...
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September 22, 2009
Mack // Shere Hite, a sex researcher famous for the Hite Report in 1976, was featured in an article in the Times about the debate over motherhood and the right to bear children. Hite’s view is that motherhood is a feminist issue and women should have the right to bear children at any age. When asked ...
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September 15, 2009
According to results of a study done by the University of Oregon and published on the BBC, nature rules over nurture when it comes to age of first sex. The study looked at cousins and their family situations such as presence or absence of a father-figure, poverty, education, and religion. It was concluded that “the ...
September 13, 2009
According to results of a study done by Radboud University in the Netherland men become stupid around women they are attracted to. The study had men do a memory test, then interact with male and female members of the research team, then repeat the test. The more the men fancied the women the worse their ...
September 11, 2009
Fat Wars is the name of a new series in Newsweek, featuring op-eds about how We Have the Power to Change our Weight, and The Real Cause of Obesity (it’s genetics). Both columns, in a cool, collected and organised way, explain their conflicting views about weight. Blogger Kate Harding, “Queen of the Fat-o-Sphere,” tears both ...
September 3, 2009
Recently an engaged female friend of mine commented on her Hen’s Night that none of her friends had congratulated her on her upcoming marriage. Instead, there had been the usual jokes about “last night of freedom”, being trapped, no more sex, etc. I want to comment on how disappointed I am that this still continues ...