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Pennsylvania Parents Object To Kid Counseling Over Transgender Third Grader
Hot on the heels of NPR's two feature stories on transgender children comes news of a Haverford, Pennsylvania 3rd grader who will be making the transition from male to female. Apparently, parents are up in arms because the Haverford School District sent out a letter giving parents one day of notice "of planned counseling sessions with 100 third-grade students to explain that one of their male classmates would soon begin wearing girls' clothing and taking a female name and to ask that they accept him as a girl and not make unkind remarks." Most parents and students have taken the transition of this transgender student in stride, but a few have been openly critical of the way the school district chose to handle the situation. More »
sex ed
Hey, How Come My Deep Existential Torment Never Got Me Laid?
The economic crisis is driving college students like the stud in the picture to seek degrees in philosophy. "That whole deep existential torment...It's good for getting girlfriends." Hey, how come my existential torment never got me laid? And philosophy, why no chicks in that field? (Wait, I bet the fact that I am already bored with myself for even thinking to write another "look, another ugly gender double standard REARS ITS SINISTER HEAD!" post might lead us to an answer!) Anyway, Jessica agreed with me that dudes aren't into existentially tormented girls. "No, they're not. They're into ethereal girls. They don't want anyone to steal their ego-thunder and existentially tormented women have their own ego thunder to contend with. They like those retarded floaty types." But then I asked the dudes. Turns out they have all been sucked in by the female existential torment! More »
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Can A Second-Grader Be A "Sexual Harasser"?
Randy Castro is seven years old, and is on record at his Woodbridge, Virginia elementary school as being a sexual harasser. According to the Washington Post, last year, when Randy was 6, he smacked a female classmate on the bottom during recess. The girl told the teacher and Randy was sent to the principal. Ted Feinberg, assistant director of the National Association of School Psychologists, says that to label somebody a sexual harasser at 6 "doesn't make sense to me." In March, two Colorado 5-year-olds were "investigated" for sexual harassment because they were caught kissing at school. And the Post reports that last year, the Virginia Department of Education suspended 255 elementary school students for offensive sexual touching. (In Maryland, 166 elementary school children were suspended for sexual harassment — including three preschoolers.) And sometimes the cops are involved. More »
sex ed
Does The Number Of People You've Slept With Mean Anything?
Sexual tallies are simple, yet complicated. Because "the number" can color the way someone thinks about you — and the way you think about your partner. In today's Guardian, Kira Cochrane asks: "Just why are we so interested in the number of sexual partners that someone has had?" Relationship expert Tracey Cox thinks the "number question" is pointless, "because it takes out the emotion, and it takes out the circumstance. And... people lie. Men multiply the number by two, while women divide it by three. Women tend to attach more emotional significance to sex, and so we might not remember one-night stands, or relationships that weren't significant. If the sex wasn't significant, we won't remember it." And while you may think a guy shouldn't care how many other men you've slept with, consider 23-year-old Nicola Appleton, whose boyfriend, 24-year-old Joel Ross, recently told her he'd slept with 63 women. More »
Cock-A-Doodle-Do
The University of Belfast has found that morning sex three times a week is good for your heart, circulation, immune system and weight maintenance, reports The Sun. Plus! Um, an American survey of 300 sexually active women whose partners did not use condoms found that they were less likely to suffer from depression, maybe because they absorbed certain hormones from sperm. But, the paper helpfully notes, "Do not try this if you are not in a stable relationship - a sexually transmitted infection is a recipe for depression." Ya think? [The Sun]
The University of Belfast has found that morning sex three times a week is good for your heart, circulation, immune system and weight maintenance, reports The Sun. Plus! Um, an American survey of 300 sexually active women whose partners did not use condoms found that they were less likely to suffer from depression, maybe because they absorbed certain hormones from sperm. But, the paper helpfully notes, "Do not try this if you are not in a stable relationship - a sexually transmitted infection is a recipe for depression." Ya think? [The Sun]
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The Best Sex? Quick, Like A Bunny
Don't you just love quickies? A "random sample" of Canadian and U.S. sex therapists say that intercourse of seven to 13 minutes is most "desirable." The survey of North American experts, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, states that three- to seven-minute penetrative sex is "adequate" and 10- to 30-minute intercourse is "too long." Some studies show that Americans expect penetrative sex to last between 15 and 20 minutes, even though it is usually over in less than half that time. Meanwhile, as reported earlier, only 44% of people worldwide claim to be fully satisfied with their sex lives. Some experts blame couples for focusing on the "goal" of marriage and not on the relationship, according to CNN. But the other day, Laura Berman, a Chicago sex therapist/relationship expert, had some great advice for couples unsatisfied between the sheets: Ladies should just learn to be submissive! More »
Glove Love
According to a Durex "Sexual Wellbeing" survey, only 44% of people said they were satisfied with their sex lives. Durex says that 82% of those who are sexually satisfied feel respected by their partner during sex, but how can you feel satisfied and not respected? Being denigrated doesn't sound especially satisfying (you know, unless you're into that sort of thing). In addition to those stats, "31 percent would like more fun and better communication and intimacy with their partner, and 29 percent would like a higher sex drive." The survey polled 26,000 worldwide to come up with these results. [UPI]
According to a Durex "Sexual Wellbeing" survey, only 44% of people said they were satisfied with their sex lives. Durex says that 82% of those who are sexually satisfied feel respected by their partner during sex, but how can you feel satisfied and not respected? Being denigrated doesn't sound especially satisfying (you know, unless you're into that sort of thing). In addition to those stats, "31 percent would like more fun and better communication and intimacy with their partner, and 29 percent would like a higher sex drive." The survey polled 26,000 worldwide to come up with these results. [UPI]
Sex Ed
There's a new exhibit about sex in a Paris museum — designed for kids, tweens and teens. Based on a sex guide by popular cartoonist Zep, the display has a "pubermatic" that shows how bodies transform during puberty, a rubber penis that children can inflate with a pump and a pinball machine where tiny balls in the shape of sperm race for eggs. A conservative parents group has protested the "corrupting" exhibit, but one mom who brought her daughter to the show says, "The reality is I don't want to talk about [sex]... Here I know they've done a good job, and she won't be shocked." [LA Times, Zizi Sexuel L'Expo]
There's a new exhibit about sex in a Paris museum — designed for kids, tweens and teens. Based on a sex guide by popular cartoonist Zep, the display has a "pubermatic" that shows how bodies transform during puberty, a rubber penis that children can inflate with a pump and a pinball machine where tiny balls in the shape of sperm race for eggs. A conservative parents group has protested the "corrupting" exhibit, but one mom who brought her daughter to the show says, "The reality is I don't want to talk about [sex]... Here I know they've done a good job, and she won't be shocked." [LA Times, Zizi Sexuel L'Expo]
Modern Love
Valentine's Day may be over, but there's still romance in the air: Just read the interview with Coco, the buxom wife of rapper/actor Ice T, over on Playboy.com. Some revelations from the 28-year-old: Ice likes it when she wears heels while they're boning. "I actually keep a pair of shoes next to the bed," she says. "Just in case I don't have them on and we start gettin' busy, I can throw them on." The couple has sex in front of a wall of mirrors: "I'm not the kind of person who gets turned on by other people; he's the same way, too. We like watching ourselves." Coco's ample rear is real! "Ice will let women touch my butt, feel it, grab it, whatever they want to do, to prove that there's nothing in there." And lastly, Ice and Coco have pet names for each other: "I call him Baby Poo. He calls me, 'Bitch, get over here.'" [Playboy]
Valentine's Day may be over, but there's still romance in the air: Just read the interview with Coco, the buxom wife of rapper/actor Ice T, over on Playboy.com. Some revelations from the 28-year-old: Ice likes it when she wears heels while they're boning. "I actually keep a pair of shoes next to the bed," she says. "Just in case I don't have them on and we start gettin' busy, I can throw them on." The couple has sex in front of a wall of mirrors: "I'm not the kind of person who gets turned on by other people; he's the same way, too. We like watching ourselves." Coco's ample rear is real! "Ice will let women touch my butt, feel it, grab it, whatever they want to do, to prove that there's nothing in there." And lastly, Ice and Coco have pet names for each other: "I call him Baby Poo. He calls me, 'Bitch, get over here.'" [Playboy]
sex ed
Third Base Isn't What It Used To Be, And Other Stuff That Scares Us
A generation ago, third base meant some below-the-belt touching. These days, reports Newsweek, third base is (or can be) oral sex. That's according to sex educator Logan Levkoff (left), whose new book, Third Base Ain't What It Used to Be, urges moms and dads to discuss sexuality with their children. In addition, a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 70% of all network and cable TV included sexual content, averaging five sex scenes per hour. Though teen pregnancy rates are down slightly, more than 6% of high school students say they had sex before they turned 13. Levkoff insists that it's important for parents to talk to kids about sex. "I think we empower our teens by sharing some of those things with them. It means you care enough about them to show you trust them. " More »
Do you know Dr. Sandra Pertot? Because she knows you — she knows all about you and your lame-ass sex life. She says, "Just like some people will never be able to become a Hollywood actor, some people won't be able to have hot sex - so why do sex therapists say they can?" Oh, snap! She basically tells The Sun that all those stupid sex books are full of shit, which we agree with, and her book is different, which we don't know about yet. But we like her attitude. "Some books say things like: 'Send your partner a sexy email during the day'. For some people that might be sexy, for others that might be downright annoying or embarrassing," she says. Damn straight! She's identified 10 different types of libido. There's the sensual, compulsive, detached, disinterested, stressed, entitled, reactive, addictive, dependent, erotic, and sensual. She forgot grumpy, drunky and PMSy, but we like where she's going with this. [The Sun]
High schoolers are having less sex now than ever before (or, er, ever since someone started tracking these things in like '91) and the teenage birth rate is at an all-time low. Which makes us feel a little better about having been lonely virgins throughout high school. [MSNBC]
