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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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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 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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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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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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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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USA Today says female condoms are "making a comeback in U.S. cities." The evidence? Scant. But let's take a look at why no one goes crazy over this form of contraception. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5775385&view=rss&microfeed=true Scientists warn that HPV spread through oral sex can lead to deadly throat cancer, and more throat cancer cases are caused by unsafe sexual practices than by tobacco products. 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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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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Bristol Palin has responded to Keith Olbermann mocking her safe-sex PSA, saying, "Accusing me of hypocrisy is by now, an old canard. What Mr. Olbermann lacks in originality he makes up for with insincere incredulity." Someone's using mom's ghostwriter! 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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In his new book, Men Deserve All the Advantages, Pope Benedict XVI says male prostitutes can use condoms without going to Hell—er, "without going to Hell as quickly as they will otherwise." Women prostitutes still aren't allowed. More »
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Dancing With The Stars makes strange bedfellows: the abstinence-pushing Candies Foundation has tapped The Situation as a spokesperson alongside Bristol Palin. He says he's all about abstinence, "because it has the word 'abs' in it." At least condoms are shown. More »
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In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, students have helped create a new kind of sex ed: murals that warn of the dangers of unprotected sex, pervy teachers, and "big mamas." More »
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Good news: the porn actor who tested HIV positive did not infect any of his partners, personal or professional. But the battle over condoms in porn isn't over. More »
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According to new data out of the UK, "More men over 45 got genital herpes in 2009 than men aged 16 to 19." The Family Planning Association claims that adults over 45 are "oblivious" when it comes to condoms. More »
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Seems to me that simple, clear communication works best, even with young kids. But judging from the turbulence caused by a sex ed curriculum under consideration by the School Board in Helena, MT, there are people who disagree.  More »
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"First graders who can't spell 'sex' won't go seeking out condoms. And putting condoms in the nurse's office won't suddenly make those kids start having S-E-X-ual thoughts... Condoms don't make kids have sex. Hormones make kids have sex." [Newsweek] More »
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Amidst statistics that show rising numbers of kids — and we do mean kids — are having unprotected sex, a Swiss company has introduced an itsy-bitsy child-sized condom for penises ages 12-14. And it's called "the Hotshot." Omg, adorable. More »
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A restaurant in Thailand has created a Tiger Woods safe-sex doll, dressed entirely in condoms, with a belt buckle that reads "Let's do it Tiger." We're all for wrapping it up, but all that rubber is not exactly appetizing. [TMZ] More »
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Last week Switzerland unveiled (unwrapped?) special smaller condoms for 12-year-olds, and now a British boy band is in talks to create their own line of rubbers. Which raises the question: Who wants to have sex with a boy-band condom? More »
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In this SexReally.com PSA, men make crude comments about their sex partners and say short skirts justify rape, then a woman declares she's not worried about unplanned pregnancies. Are dumb stereotypes really the best way to encourage condom usage? [Salon] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5483997&view=rss&microfeed=true Today on GMA, Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper discussed their work with M·A·C's VIVA GLAM campaign against HIV/AIDS. Then, Lady Gaga uttered words no producer wants to hear: "I don't know if this is too much for morning TV, but..." More »
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In a Louisiana Department of Health ad, a man dressed as "Sammy the Stork" warns women to take better care of their health. Not for their own benefit really, but because they could be pregnant and not know it. More »
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D.C. police can declare "Prostitution Free Zones" where officers can arrest anyone suspected of sex work, and those targeted say police have accused them of prostitution for carrying three or more condoms. Discouraging safe sex? Not the best idea. [Change.org] More »
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The AIDS Council of New South Wales in Australia is running new pop art-inspired safe-sex ads encouraging gay men to "slip it on," and a game on the campaign's website awards players extra points during the "boner round." [AdWeek, ACONdom.org] More »
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When I first heard about the Air Sex Championships - yes, mimed sex - I thought it an awesome-sounding evening outing: interesting people, some costumed, writhing in fake ecstasy for quasi-fame and no fortune. Then organizers asked me to judge. More »
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Levi Johnston will appear Monday on Tyra and admit that he and Bristol Palin used protection "most of the time." Despite being alive, he thinks Sarah Palin knew they were doing it. [Tyra via Broadsheet] More »
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The problem with this government ad promoting safe sex in the UK — in which, to illustrate the "consequences" of a boozy night, a teenage girl gets pregnant — is that the commercial basically blames the girl for drinking too much. Sure, maybe she made bad decisions because she was inebriated, but what about the guy, who was also drinking, and who didn't wear a condom? How come he doesn't shoulder any of the responsibility? [Guardian] More »
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Three Swedish high schoolers won the national Young Enterprise award for inventing a kind of men's underwear with a pocket sewn in for condom storage (is this really a new invention?) Even if the creation isn't revelatory, the motives behind it are sound. "A little mistake can have major consequences. It's important to have a condom at the ready when it's needed. It's no use if it's in your jacket pocket," Nick Larsson, one of the teen inventors, told UPI. Next up for these sex-positive Swedes: Condom pocket undies for women! [Young Enterprise] More »
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Coming soon to an eco-friendly phallus near you: rainforest condoms! The Brazilian government has begun production of condoms using rubber trees from the Amazon. The Amazonian condoms will not only provide an income for the people living in the rainforest (an estimated $1.3 million a year for 550 families) and, according to Reuters, they will somehow reduce pressure to fell trees. [Reuters] More »
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It may be a stereotype, but most sexually active single women do not feel the need to carry condoms. That seems to be the reason why Planned Parenthood has decided to create a new line of condoms called Proper Attire. However, one look at the Proper Attire website and it's clear they are simply killing one stereotype with another by playing to women's materialism and touting the product as the "must-have accessory of the season." (Look at those cute patterns! And they sell them at exclusive boutiques!) While the attempt to promote condoms is admirable, putting rubbers in a pretty box isn't going to make women feel more comfortable about buying them. These condoms are just one Cosmo endorsement away from being tacky. [Proper Attire via US News] More »
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There's the fact Silda is hot. The fact that she showed up. The fact it all went down at the fucking Mayflower. There's the fact this makes Jack Grubman's little Blackberry preschool tryst look sweet and sincere, and the fact this has to put Eliot Spitzer one degree of sexaration from some of the Wall Street greedmongers he so loved to loathe. Which brings us to the inevitable. While he was fucking Dick Grasso, was he also fucking Dick Grasso? Because, you know, the governor doesn't like using condoms. And that is pretty much what Glamocracy Megan and I have been discussing all morning. What, did he just need his jizz to land someplace it shouldn't? Or the old small penis problem? That and Spitzer's blind, marathon-running potential replacement after the jump. More »
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Two St. Louis-area 9th graders, Tori Shoemaker and Cheyenne Bird, 14, were suspended from their Illinois junior high school for wearing condom-bedecked t-shirts proclaiming "Safe Sex Or No Sex" as a way of protesting their school's abstinence-only education policy. Shoemaker, 15, told a local TV station, "We were supporting safe sex, it's something we believe in and we shouldn't get suspended. It's freedom of speech." The school superintendent, however, found the shirts "inappropriate" and "a distraction at school". Shoemaker and Bird's school, Lewis & Clark in Wood River, Illinois, teaches abstinence only to sixth and eighth graders, and Shoemaker thinks that safe-sex education is imperative for teens entering high school. "We're more mature, we're going up to the high school, and teenagers are going to do what they do," Shoemaker explained to a reporter from KMOV TV. More »
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