Overrated: Sex on the Beach

But only if guys remember it's entertainment, not an educational tool

(NEWSER) - Porn’s been getting a bad rap of late for turning men into bad lovers. But it’s really the guys’ fault, not the porn, writes Cord Jefferson . A Nielsen survey reports that a third of visitors to XXX websites are women, so clearly porn itself isn’t a definitive turn-off. But women tend to favor lesbian porn, a female friend tells Jefferson, because “we'd rather watch footage of women actually enjoying themselves, not being sexually exploited by some hairless dude." More»

Officials rip 'vulgar' park

(NEWSER) - China's revolutionary sex theme park has been crushed before it could even get off the ground, reports the BBC. Just as the world press was touting "Love Land" and its giant plastic genitalia and sexual technique workshops, outraged Chinese officials were demolishing the park that had been slated to open in October. The owners were "interested only in profiting from sensationalism," a government official told the China Daily today. The park is "vulgar, ill-minded, and misleading." More»

Paulo Coehlo, John Updike make shortlist for Bad Sex in Fiction award

(NEWSER) - Ten authors have joined the distinguished ranks of such literary luminaries as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe—as nominees for the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award. The dubious honor singles out “otherwise sound literary” fiction that includes “unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature,” reports the Guardian. Among the candidates: John Updike, Russell Banks, and former Tony Blair Communications Director Alastair Campbell. More»

Nerve chooses 50 classics that still turn us on

(NEWSER) - From "Love Shack" to "Sexual Healing," sex and music videos have always gone hand in hand. Nerve lists its picks for the 50 sexiest videos of all time:

1. "Addicted to Love," Robert Palmer: The stone-faced models shimmying behind Palmer exude a cool '80s sexuality.

2. "Centerfold," J Geils Band: Cheesy? Yes. Cute "schoolgirls" with Farrah Fawcett hair? Absolutely.

Playboy founder green-lights a sex-filled biography

(NEWSER) - Hugh Hefner has signed off on a new biography that delves into the Playboy kingpin's sexual liberation, the New York Post reports. In "Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream," Steven Watts writes how the skin-mag magnate had a foursome with his first wife, his brother Keith and his sister-in-law, starred in a porno, and received oral sex from a man. More»