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A jiggling menace is stalking the delicate sensibilities of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference: women who dress like two-bit whores are skanking up the joint. And if they're not dressed like slutburgers with extra sleaze, they're buttoned up, nunnish frumps. According to one conservative and appalled blogger, right wing ladies better do something— or risk dooming themselves to lives of STD's and loneliness. More »
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Romance novels aren't typically bastions of gender diversity, but the new title Two Spirit Ranch does have an interesting premise: More »
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Two weeks ago, we were all introduced to the Purity Bear via a creepy video that looked like the last-minute submission to a misguided high school film course assignment. Well, according to the makers of this helpful little creature, the Purity Bear has been a rousing success because it has attracted more than a "quarter million" views, never mind the fact that, according to Towleroad, its garnered 1,500 dislikes and less than 200 dislikes. The important thing is that, just as people flock to Michael Bay's movies, everyone's watching the Purity Bear in action! My only concern is that I'm not sure how knowledgeable a sexless stuffed animal is about human sexuality. I mean, it's easy for the Purity Bear to be pure because it doesn't have any sex drive and I'm not convinced that it realizes that we're not all made of out synthetic fibers and Christian abstinence. More »
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Cynthia Nixon, forever Miranda and now starring in Wit on Broadway, spoke to the New York Times about her relationship with partner Christine Marinoni, and the controversy her opinion has stirred: More »
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Few things grate on me quite as much as the question "Is there anyone special in your life?" More »
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For the past few years we've been hearing reports about how the kids are sexting themselves silly, leading overzealous law enforcement officials to crowd our sex offender registries with girls who sent out photos of themselves wearing a bra. Now a new study claims that the vast majority of teens have never sent or received a nude photo. We've never known the media to exaggerate stories involving teens and sex in a hysterical fashion, but let's hear the scientists out. More »
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The long dominance of abstinence-only sex ed in this country has made any program that even mentions condoms look pretty damn good. But what if your teachers could have taught you what you really needed to know about sex? What would you have wanted them to say? More »
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A new study found that bisexual women are more likely than bisexual men to suffer from depression and stress, and abuse alcohol. Researchers don't really know why bisexual women tend to fare worse than men, but they suspect feeling excluded from two communities may have something to do with it. More »
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How many times have you said or heard some version of this: "I don't know. One minute we were dancing, and then the next thing I knew we had just had sex. It kind of just happened." "We woke up together, and she was like, ‘So, when can I see you again?' And now I guess we're in a relationship? It just happened."
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Christian groups advocating so-called reparative therapy used to claim all gay people could be "cured." But with the release of new research, one such group has been forced to admit that that's not always the case. More »
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The doctor's office is a place where we're often at our most vulnerable. And when doctors are judgmental, be it about our sexual history, our relationship status, our orientation, or our weight, it can be hard to know how to respond. Below, some tips on handling this difficult situation. More »
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A cervical cancer survivor has started a dating site for people who can't — or would rather not — have sex. Her new venture challenges the notion that all relationships have to be sexual. More »
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If there's one news story that it seems like we'll be able to rely on until the end of time, it's that of the "evangelical Christian/religious conservative who is secretly gay." Just a few quick examples, off the top of the internet's head: More »
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There's this cultural image of what it means to be female, and good in bed. The image includes a lot of behavioral stuff: the way you squirm, the way you moan, being Super Excited about everything the guy wants to do, and Always Being Up for It — whatever "It" is. When people think about "good in bed," for a woman, that's often what they think. More »
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When it comes to the military, says one former diplomat, the media are totally gay. Or girly. To wit: More »
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It makes me cringe when I hear a straight guy embark on a long tirade about how he could never possibly have sex or be intimate with another guy.  I sigh and think to myself, "Not this again. What an asshole. You don't like dick. I get it!" More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5798258&view=rss&microfeed=true For years, artist Sarah Hughes has been traveling around the world photographing women (and a few men) in the outfit in which they feel safest and the outfit in which they feel sexiest. More »
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Over-50 singles are a growing population...and an increasingly high-risk one, thanks to their penchant for "jumping into bed after only a couple of dates." More »
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A new study shows that depriving male mice of the neurotransmitter serotonin makes them more likely to try to have sex with other males. But scientists note that these findings are not applicable to human sexuality. More »
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This season, eager UK Skins fans saw the cast photo and assumed one of these humans was a lesbian, and were disappointed when Dakota Blue Richards (the girl in the black in the middle, obviously), who plays the not-lesbian, told the press that her character was, you know, not a lesbian. More »
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I guess I've had a pretty good sense of my boundaries, historically, but there have been times when I have not set them well. More »
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Last year in a post about the truism "sex sells," I asked: More »
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When Jillian Michaels came out as bisexual in Ladies' Home Journal last year, it wasn't a huge surprise. The fitness guru doesn't talk much about her personal life in the press, and has never spoken to the LGBT media. More »
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A new study purports to show that Japanese people are increasingly uninterested in sex. And people seem especially concerned about undersexed young men. More »
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Did you know that not all female softball players are gay? Bravely busting this and other sexuality myths is ... a reality show, casting now. More »
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I've often quoted Courtney Martin's now-famous line from her Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: We are the daughters of feminists who said, "You can be anything" and we heard "You have to be everything." More »
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A Dartmouth senior decided to distribute mirrors to every woman on campus to help them look at their vaginas. And some people were outraged! Naturally. More »
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A new study shows that teens who have sex with both male and female partners are more likely to experience dating violence, and less likely to use condoms. More »
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A small number of people struggle with persistent fears that they're gay. But they're not closeted — instead, they have a form of OCD. More »
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We all know that communication is the key to great sex — but knowing just how to communicate isn't always so easy. Today, Social Minefield goes deep to help you get off. More »
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James Franco is wearing red lipstick, blue eyeshadow and heart-shaped earrings on the cover of Candy — the first transversal style magazine. More »
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It's National Sexual Freedom Day, a day of workshops, awards, and fun to support the idea that sexual freedom is an important human right. Celebrate by getting it on (safely)! More »
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She and her McQueen armadillos will touch down in Portland, Maine today, in anticipation of tomorrow's Senate vote on a military bill that would include language rolling back the DADT policy. Both Maine senators are publicly undecided on their vote. More »
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The new Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware is known best for her positions on sex: She is a devout Catholic, chaste, anti-masturbation, pro-abstinence-only sex ed, anti-condoms and anti-porn. But Christine O'Donnell didn't grow up in a strict religious household. More »
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This week's Modern Love is a story of transition — changes in gender, relationship status, and potentially a woman's sexuality. More »
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What's the ethical thing to do when you're questioning your sexuality? According to one advice columnist, you should tell all your sorority sisters! Immediately! More »
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Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen's reign over the summer and fall covers continues. For its fall issue, Dossier got photographer Cass Bird to take Erichsen's portrait in Woodstock, New York. Interestingly, Bird and Erichsen are both queer. More »
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The best thing about Johnny Weir? Not his skating, his artfully coiffed hair, or his unabashed love of Chanel. It's his ability to create instant soundbites. Weir has a gift for spouting insane, enjoyable, marvelous proclamations. More »
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According to Dr. David J. Ley of Psychology Today, Facebook has started deleting several "pages of several women and female sexuality organizations," including the page of Self Serve, "a women-owned and run sexuality resources center." More »
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Last summer, I suffered the breakup of a relationship I'd thought would be permanent. Since then, I've had sexual interactions of the orgasmic kind with 9 different people, none of which I was ever in a committed relationship with. More »
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