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We should know by now that women don't suddenly stop having sex when they turn 50. But unfortunately, age doesn't necessarily make them more comfortable talking about safe sex with their doctors — or their partners. And according to a new study, this could put older women at risk. More »
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Want to buy condoms? Want to contribute to sexual health in the developing world? Now you can do both! More »
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What are your plans for today? If you said, "having sex," then you've got lots of company. (Although hopefully you're not doing it right this second. You don't want to be rude!) It turns out that the period between Christmas and New Year's Day is a time when a huge amount of babies are conceived. A study found that 9 percent of all conceptions in the United States occur in December. And the most common birthday is September 16th, which just happens to be about 9 months from right now. So, who knows what unexpected gifts this Holiday season could end up delivering to you. More »
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The ballot measures to require porn actors to wear condoms has qualified to go before Los Angeles voters in June, though some are still working to stop it. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation gathered far more than the required 41,000 signatures needed for the initiative, but L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has filed a legal challenge, saying only the state of California, not the city, has the authority to mandate condom use and charge fees to pay for inspections. More »
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Just in time for your office holiday party, a new study that links drinking and a desire to have unprotected sex. Someone should conduct a study that attempts to link scientists who are excited to go on vacation and the conducting of obvious studies. More »
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Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week's question was the following: "how do you feel about condoms? Do you like them, hate them, feel neutral? Do you strongly prefer sex without them, or not so much? Do you have a favorite type or brand, and if so why? And have your feelings about condoms changed over time?" Read on for our guysourced answers. More »
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There's been debate about whether or not condoms should be required on porn sets for some time, and now a group says they've collected more than enough signatures to put the issue before voters in Los Angeles in June. Though there have been several recent scares that temporarily shut down production, opponents insist the current system of consistently testing performers is working and say it's wrong to regulate what people do in their sex lives. Proponents of mandatory condoms counter that they aren't trying to push their morals on anyone, it's just a worker safety issue. More »
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Recently, some men in Brazil received friend requests from babies who shared their names, with "Jr." tacked on the end. Sounds like a creepy anti-choice tactic, but it was actually a marketing campaign for a condom company. Still pretty creepy though! More »
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Here's some encouraging and surprising news for those of us who learned everything we know about the current state of teen sexuality from 16 & Pregnant: More teens are using condoms than ever before. While the show frequently features young men who expend all their mental energy on figuring out how to hurt their baby's mother with just a series of grunts, new statistics show that in real life, teens are actually pretty responsible. More »
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Coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests increasingly mentions protesters having sex. Some are using this as evidence that they're gross and debauched — but the protesters may actually be fucking quite responsibly. More »
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A Nova Scotia man who poked holes in his girlfriend's condoms in hopes of impregnating her and thus saving their relationship has been convicted of sexual assault. More »
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The Tumblr New Condoms shows why some companies should never get into the prophylactic business. Perfectly innocent slogans like Gatorade's "Is it in you?," Home Depot's "You can do it, we can help," and KFC's "Finger lickin' good," suddenly become totally obscene. [Via AdWeek] More »
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A new poll finds that teens in a number of countries are having unsafe sex in increasing numbers — and their reasons for forgoing protection are pretty depressing. More »
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The first excerpts of Julian Assange's memoir have been published, and, unsurprisingly, they include a denial of the rape charges against him. Assange also — conveniently, as it turns out — describes himself as "a little bit autistic." More »
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Starting tomorrow, young people will flock to Madrid for World Youth Day, where they'll see concerts, speeches by bishops, and appearances by the Pope. But they won't be seeing ads supporting condom use — because Spanish transit authorities banned them. More »
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Starting this year, students in New York City will receive state-mandated sex education. That's a change from previous years, when kids had to learn about HIV but not necessarily sex per se. More »
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A controversial database containing the STI statuses of porn performers is back, in slightly revised form. The porn industry has argued that the database, which contains results from tests conducted every 30 days and can take a performer out of commission, works better than mandatory condom use. More »
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New York City food trucks dispense many delightful treats, and soon that will include some non-edible items. Next weekend Trojan's "Good Vibrations" truck will be stopping in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Montauk and handing out condoms and vibrating rings. You can hunt down the Trojanmobile near several bars, but as far as we know it won't be playing a jingle to announce its arrival. That's unfortunate, because if we have to have a song stuck in our heads, we'd prefer Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" to the ice cream man's "Turkey In The Straw." More »
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Fresh from a birthday celebration that trumpeted his status as the "Most Dangerous Man in the World," Julian Assange was back in court today to fight extradition to Sweden. And though his new lawyers seem to have wised up that victim-blaming wasn't helping their case, they continue to argue that what took place in Sweden with the two women doesn't count as rape in the UK. More »
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For just $4.95 you can score yourself a pack of Protect Your Weiner condoms. As Practice Safe Policy, the company that makes the condoms, says, "These limited-edition Weiner Condoms are sure to last longer than his marriage." More »
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We often use critters to describe sex. He's a tiger in the sack. She's a hellcat in bed. They were fucking like bunnies. And the penis is often called a trousersnake, or a one-eyed worm. But is there anything sexy about eagles? More »
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I've got a big penis. This is my tale of woe. More »
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The supposed antidepressant properties of semen have been getting a lot of press lately. We decided to find out if splooge will really boost your mood. More »
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This is a tough time for contraception. Every day brings news of Republican elected officials working ferociously to limit access to it for anyone who isn't wealthy. The pharmaceutical industry appears uninterested in coming up with a non-hormonal option beyond of the condom and the IUD. Condoms for school-aged kids remain controversial to the delusional. But come hell or high water, you will get your condoms. More »
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According to the Wall Street Journal there isn't much true innovation in the condom market (apparently they haven't they seen that disturbing condom featuring Gene Simmons' tongue). But a new invention promises to shake up the world of prophylactics. European regulators are close to approving a condom that's coated with a gel that helps men maintain a firmer erection for a longer period of time. From the WSJ: More »
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In a rare move, California regulators have fined two porn companies for failing to use condoms on their sets. If some groups have their way, such fines will become more common. More »
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There's a slightly rape-y undertone in these MTV ads, seen on AdFreak. The first (above, click to enlarge) features a happy-go-lucky man rollerskating through the streets of San Francisco in 1981. He trips on a trolley track and is sent careening, slamming right into the vagina of an innocent (short skirted) woman trying to clean out her vintage automobile. Tagline: "Sex is no accident. Always use a condom." Since turn about is fair play, in another ad, a woman falls off of her bicycle onto the crotch of an innocent sunbather. Scroll down for the last ad, which is so elaborate it's practically a Rube Goldbergian contraption — just add a shoe to kick the chicken to lay an egg to weigh down the scale to set off the rocket to pull the rope attached to the guy's pants. Insane, but then again, the spots are German — maybe something's getting lost in translation? More »
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The New York City Health Department has unveiled a new condom-locator app for iPhones and Android devices, Consumerist reports. The owners of pricy phones may not seem like the population most in need of free condoms, but a department rep explains, "The younger generation uses their iPhone and we want to make it convenient for them to access condoms." The Department also lists the dozens of locations providing free NYC Condoms on its website. More »
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LA officials are trying a new tactic to try to enforce condom use on porn sets: Linking it to film permits. Meanwhile, an industry-run clinic, AIM, that's a common target of the city has recently re-opened as a for-profit entity under the authority of the state. We asked two people in the industry — Stoya, a performer at Digital Playground, and Steve Orenstein, CEO of condom-only Wicked, for their thoughts. More »
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Keep an eye out for 700,000 ultrathin Japanese condoms! A shipment worth $1.5 million disappeared while being transported to Tokyo from Sagami Rubber Industries' factory in Malaysia, AFP reports. More »
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Royal wedding themed condoms: for those special times when Harry Potter: Protect Your Wand condoms would be too undignified. More »
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To help solve sexual assault cases, researchers have developed a new forensic technology that will identify condom residue in a fingerprint. Alert SVU. More »
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We've noticed there are a lot of, um, burning questions out there about contraception, sexually-transmitted diseases, and all aspects of keeping your body safe while you have fun with it. So please welcome Planned Parenthood's Karen Shea to the comments. More »
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The latest dude to misrepresent the Julian Assange rape allegations in front of a national audience is Michael Moore, who last night told a sympathetic Keith Olbermann it's a bunch of "hooey" over a broken condom. More »
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The allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are pretty straightforward in terms of Swedish law: he's been accused of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.  More »
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One of the Swedish women involved in the Julian Assange rape investigation may have stopped cooperating with the prosecution — and moved to the West Bank. More »
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Commentators are saying Julian Assange didn't rape anyone, and these are trumped-up charges of "sex by surprise," which means that Assange didn't wear a condom and days later the women he slept with are claiming rape. Totally unfair, right? More »
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London in connection with Swedish rape allegations, and guess who's to blame? Feminists, of course! More »
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Raheem DeVaughn has been burning up the Internet with a fairly explicit music video for "She's Single." Maybe it's because it's graphic — or maybe it's just that he's all about going down on girls. Also: Safe sex! More »
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