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sexuality stories: 38 news summaries

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Point of Vampire Craze:
No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

Bloodsuckers of today just want to fit in

Oct 14, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cultural obsession with vampires usually coincides with changing sexuality, writes Stephen Marche. The vampire is a realized sexual other—whether an aristocratic libertine or an AIDS victim—with the human characters representing the mainstream. Usually, the normals have killed the other, but our current vampire moment is different: Whether... More »

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entertainment • homosexuality • sexuality • sexual behavior • Twilight • vampires • True Blood

 Why Women Have Sex 

Psychologist discusses female sexuality, and what men can do to get ahead

Oct 6, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Psychologists Cindy Meston and David Buss, authors of the 2007 study “Why Humans Have Sex,” have completed a second go-round, this time focused on women only. They come up with 237 reasons, and though they're not enumerated in the article, Time asks Buss for some highlights:
  • Besides
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sex • psychology • sexuality • revenge • dating • female sexuality

Women Want Sex Just as Much as You

The Fox 'sexpert' debunks myths about the fairer sex

Sep 5, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men have a lot of screwy ideas about women and sex, but Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright, Fox News’ “sexpert” is here to set them straight. And she’ll use the whip if she has to. Here are some myths she’s debunking:
  • She needs an emotional connection,
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sex • sexuality • sex drive

 Sex Party 
 Enters Aussie 
 Political Fray 



Sex Party gains official recognition

Aug 9, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australia’s “Sex Party” has been certified as a political party after receiving approval from the Electoral Commission, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The commission’s approval is a victory for free speech and “democratic rights,” says the Sex Party’s convenor. The party hopes to “... More »

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Australia • free speech • political party • sexuality

 Men Spend a Full Year 
 Ogling Opposite Sex 

Males ogle women for a solid year of their lives, study finds

Aug 3, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men check out 10 women every day, spending an average of 43 minutes with their eyes fixated on a member of the opposite sex—adding up to a full year over a lifetime, researchers tell the Sun. A Kodak Lens Vision study found that the wandering eye is not unique... More »

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women • men • Kodak • sexuality • female sexuality • beautiful women • male sexuality

 Not Feeling Sexy? 'Just Do It.' 

New book reveals reasons behind lack of sex in marriage

Aug 3, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why does passion so often fizzle in a marriage? Prepare to be shocked: Bettina Arndt’s The Sex Diaries reveals the reasons aren’t what you think, the Daily Mail reports. Included in the nearly 100 couples who kept diaries for a year are many men who love... More »

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marriage • sex • sexuality • sexual behavior • book • sex drive • female sexuality • Bettina Arndt • male sexuality

Married 41 Years, Profs Turn Sex 101 Into an Institution

UC Santa Barbara profs

Aug 2, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - For more than 20 years, John and Janice Baldwin have instructed students at UC Santa Barbara about sex, love, and everything in between, while implicitly offering their own 41-year-old marriage as a positive example, the LA Times reports. Their “Sociology of Human Sexuality” is one of the most popular... More »

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education • sex education • college • sexuality • UC Santa Barbara

 Friend Tries to Unravel 
 Jacko's Complex Sexuality 

Lisa Marie said King of Pop was 'hot stuff in bed', into role-playing

Jun 30, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - When he was accused of sexual abuse in 1993, Michael Jackson’s complex sexuality changed forever. The "virgin" superstar that Tatum O'Neal once described as "so shy he hardly says two words" now had police bearing down on Neverland, and sent maids scurrying to hide pictures of undressed... More »

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pedophile • sexuality • Michael Jackson • Lisa Marie Presley • pedophilia

Dubai Woman Rattles Arab World With Sex Advice Book

Book of frank erotic advice rooted in religion shocks Arab world

Jun 6, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dubai marriage counselor is making waves in the Arab world with a frank book on sexuality, the New York Times reports. Wedad Lootah, a former Islamic scholar, grounds her book of erotic advice in the teachings of the Koran. She discusses taboo subjects such as homosexuality and urges readers... More »

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Islam • sex education • sexuality • United Arab Emirates • Koran • Arab

(Newser) - Facebook executives have again bungled rules banning breasts on the site, this time concerning cancer surgery. Facebook bans "sexual content" and bounced photos a cancer patient posted of her mastectomy scars to educate other women. After a torrent of complaints a Facebook spokeswoman admitted: "We made a mistake,... More »

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breast cancer • women • Facebook • pornography • sexuality • mastectomy • breast feeding • nursing • breasts • man boobs • double mastectomy

(Newser) - Don't look to Adam Lambert to put to rest the guessing game about his sexual preferences. At least not yet. "Calm down," said the American Idol runner-up. "Keep speculating." Asked if he'll address the matter at some point, he responded, "Maybe," reports People. In... More »

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American Idol • sexuality • gays • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

Top Gun Star Comes Out
After 39 Years

Twice-married McGillis says she's 'done with the man thing'

Apr 30, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top Gun and The L Word star Kelly McGillis has confirmed longstanding rumors that she's a lesbian, saying she's unequivocally "done with the man thing," SheWired reports. McGillis, 51, said she has wrestled with her sexuality since adolescence and believed God was punishing her for being gay. "... More »

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entertainment • lesbians • celebrity • sexuality • gays • Kelly McGillis • The L Word • Top Gun

 Porn Comes to Calif. Campus 

Free skin flick spices up discussion of gender issues

Apr 1, 09 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge—a hardcore porn film—will be shown for free at a seminar tomorrow on the campus of the University of California-Davis, KCRA-TV reports. The school’s Entertainment Council said it means to use the film as a lighthearted way to invite discussion of serious gender... More »

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gender • pornography • sexuality • University of California • porn star • UC-Davis

Want a Mind-Blowing Orgasm? Have a Kid 

Labor pains can be overwhelmed by pleasure, some say

Mar 18, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Going into labor, most women would agree, is not much fun. But for Amber Hartnell of Hawaii, childbirth offered "the most overwhelming pleasure I have ever felt in my life"—a 4-hour sexual climax. As the Guardian reports, she's one of the women in a recent documentary on... More »

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women • labor • sexuality • childbirth • pain

(Newser) - Guinness may be synonymous with Ireland, but Nigerians down more of the stuff than the Emerald Isle, GlobalPost reports. Nigerians also out-Guinness the US—their country is second only to the UK in its consumption of the beer and is home to the first Guinness brewery outside the British Isles.... More »

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Africa • advertising • Nigeria • beer • sex • sexuality • Ireland • Guinness • potency

 Michelle's 
 Muscles 
 Rock: Dowd 

First lady's biceps 'symbol of American strength'

Mar 8, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the economy in tatters and the war in Afghanistan looking grim, the “only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps,” Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Though some grumble about her revealing clothing, the first lady’... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • sexuality • arms • first lady • muscle strength

 Haggard Faces 
 New Gay Sex 
 Accusations 

Churchgoer says he had long relationship with anti-gay marriage preacher

Jan 24, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical preacher Ted Haggard had a long extra-marital affair with a male parishioner before his downfall, KRDO reports. The churchgoer says the New Life Church paid him hush money after the affair several years ago. The church confirmed the accusation after learning that the man possesses a recording of a... More »

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homosexuality • sexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor

OPINION

Time to Retire the Crotch Shots, Madge

'Trussed chicken'
poses reveal diva's pathetic desperation

Jan 22, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - More than gloves came off for Madonna during her divorce, and it seems no amount of pleading can stop the 50-year-old’s “forced erotica,” Jan Moir writes in the Daily Mail. Madge’s crotch shots for her new Hard Candy album are “the death rattle of a... More »

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music • aging • celebrity • sexuality • musician • Madonna • feminists • sex symbol

 Sex Can Cause Sneezing: Study 

Docs suspect faulty wiring, and that condition may be more common than realized

Dec 19, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Sexual thoughts cause some people to have fits of sneezing, the Guardian reports. Psychiatrists at a British hospital were turned on to the problem by a patient, and a survey of Internet chat rooms found others afflicted, including three people who sneezed after orgasm. More »

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sex • chat room • sexuality • digestion • nervous system • sneeze

 Haggard: I 
 Still Struggle 
 With Sexuality 

Disgraced evangelical speaks out in new doc

Dec 19, 08 11:45 AM CST
(AP) - Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says in a new documentary that he still struggles with his sexuality yet is committed to his marriage for the sake of his children. "The reason I kept my personal struggle a secret is because I feared that my friends would reject me, abandon... More »

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sexuality • drug abuse • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • prostitute • pastor

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