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sexuality stories: 39 news summaries

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 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

Duff: I Never Actually
Claimed I Was a Virgin

Tween star says she was misquoted in '06 report

Dec 16, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hilary Duff is growing up, but that doesn’t mean that she’s any less tight-lipped about her personal life, Fox News reports. “I was quoted saying I was a virgin” in 2006, “but I absolutely did not say that,” the starlet tells Maxim. So, she’s... More »

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celebrity • sexuality • Maxim • music videos • Mike Comrie • virginity • celebrity engagements • Hilary Duff

appreciation

 Bettie Page: 
 A Triumph 
 of Sexual 
 Spirit 

Biographer hails late model's refusal to let the spotlight tarnish her sexuality

Dec 13, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Bettie Page suffered more than her share of troubles, but the late pinup star never succumbed to victimhood, biographer Karen Essex writes in the Huffington Post. Essex tracked down the model in 1991 expecting the born-again Christian to denounce the men who "hijacked her beauty and sensuality for their... More »

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sexuality • model • nude photo • pinup • Bettie Page

 Oregon Man Pregnant Again 

Transgender male, with 4-month-old girl, expecting second child in June

Nov 13, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - “Pregnant man” Thomas Beatie has another bun in the oven, just four months after the transgender male gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Though he’s legally a male, Beatie kept his natural female sex organs and has stayed off testosterone pills since the birth so that he... More »

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pregnancy • Barbara Walters • baby • sexuality • transgender • Thomas Beatie • pregnant man

43% of Women Have Sex Issues, But Few Are Troubled

Experts caution that dysfunction is relative, say 12% bothered is lower than thought

Oct 31, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just under half of the female population suffers from sex problems, ABC News reports. A new study found that 43% of its 32,000-women sample reported problems with low desire, arousal or difficulty with orgasms, but only 12% of women said such problems cause them personal anguish. More »

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women • sex • sexuality • relationship • academic research • scientific research • sexual dysfunction

Chile's Frisky Teens Kiss Off Conservative Ways of Old

Parents, educators fret about sexual revolution

Sep 13, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chile's teenagers are going through a sexual rebellion unlike anything the once straight-laced Catholic country has ever seen before, the New York Times reports. Now parents and educators, who themselves grew up under the repressive Pinochet regime, are worried that sex education isn't keeping up with promiscuity fueled in part... More »

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Latin America • Chile • sexuality • youth • sexual behavior • teenager

China's Newest Fitness Trend: Pole Dancing

It's aerobic, not erotic, say the regimen's legions of fans

Jul 25, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest fitness craze among women in China is pole dancing, and it has nothing to do with strippers, reports the New York Times. Drawn for the exercise, camaraderie, and confidence boost, women are flocking to a growing number of gyms and dance classes offering it. Even without the seedy... More »

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China • sexuality • exercise • fitness • pole dancing

GLOSSIES

 Troubled, Gay, and Murdered
 in Junior High 

Teachers split over flamboyant student who was killed in Calif. class

Jul 21, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A flamboyant cross-dresser, 14-year-old Lawrence King was killed in his Los Angeles school by a boy he loved. The murder trial starts this week, but analysts are debating another question: Whether King's death could have been avoided. Newsweek goes behind the scenes, looking at King's troubled upbringing, the teachers who... More »

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hate crime • school shooting • homosexuality • sexuality • gays • Lawrence King • junior high • Brandon McInerney

Graphic Bod Novel Jars Germany

Female author delves way deep into sex
and femininity

Jun 6, 08 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A highly explicit novel that explores every body crevice of its teenage female narrator has scandalized Germany—and topped bestseller lists, the New York Times reports. The controversial novel, which mixes the anatomical and scatological with the erotic, is a feminist statement challenging a world that expects women to be... More »

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feminism • Germany • hygiene • sexuality • author • German • writer

OPINION

Let's Hang Up on the Female Booty Call

Aussie writer blasts trend after hubbie receives steamy text

May 24, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - When her husband got steamy text message from a drunk female colleague, Janine di Giovanni had had enough: "Go back to the male booty call, I say." Marshaling evidence from a big French study and anecdotes from friends, Giovanni writes in Australia's News Network that too many women... More »

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women • sex • sexuality • infidelity • text message • texting

Teens' Public Orgies Rattle Chilean Mores

Sexcapades reflect consumer-driven, apolitical youth culture

Mar 20, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can 100 teenagers performing oral sex on one another in a public park not be a political statement? That's one of the questions the sight of horny, apolitical, bisexual Chilean teenagers are prompting among their appalled, mostly Catholic compatriots, Newsweek reports from a country still haunted by General Pinochet's repressive... More »

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Latin America • Chile • homosexuality • sexuality • Catholicism • sexual behavior • Augusto Pinochet • consumerism • bisexual • heterosexual • teenager • Pokemones • ponceo

Women Reclaim Virginity
Through Faith, Surgery

Growing number seek to stake a new claim to innocence

Feb 28, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Efforts to reclaim lost virginity appear to be gaining steam across the country, MSNBC reports. More young women are declaring a sexual do-over, with some even opting for surgical replacement of the hymen, say doctors who’ve seen an increase in the procedures. “I felt really bad from a... More »

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women • marriage • religion • sex • sexuality • Virginity Rules • abstinence education • abstinence • virginity

Sex Appeal
and the Single Quarterback

How do Brady, Manning compare as loverboys?

Jan 27, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - As the Super Bowl nears, pundits are comparing rival quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning—right down to who they date and for how long, the New York Times reports. Brady, who escorts leggy Gisele Bundchen to chi chi clubs, descends from the Joe Namath tradition of playboy QB. Manning... More »

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Super Bowl • football • sexuality • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • Eli Manning • quarterback • Joe Namath • Roger Staubach • playboy

Twentysomething Virgins Risk Later Sex Problems

Starting sexual activity in 20s linked to dysfunction later

Nov 30, 07 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - People who wait to have sex until their 20s or beyond are more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction later in life, scientists say. In particular, men who lose their virginity in their 20s tend to experience later sex-related troubles, ABC News reports. The delay doesn't necessarily cause the difficulty,... More »

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health • public health • sex • sexual health • sexuality • health study

Sex, Please; We're Grandparents

Health problems can interfere with lusty drive

Aug 23, 07 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - US grandparents are enjoying sex nearly as often as younger generations, concludes a surprising new study. Even couples in the 75-to-85-year age range reported having sex at least twice a month, with a quarter enjoying sex at least once a week. When there is a drop off in activity, it's... More »

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health • elderly • sex • sexuality • sexual behavior • grandparents

Girl Talk from Transsexual Sports Columnist

Mike Penner returns
as Christine Daniels

Aug 16, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Penner is back in business as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times, but under a new byline: Christine Daniels. In an interview with NPR, Daniels talks about the decision to come out as a transsexual, the response she got after writing about it in her column in... More »

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sports • Mike Penner • transexualism • sexuality • transgender • gender politics • machismo • sex change • Christine Daniels

Macho Men Seen as Cheaters, Poor Dads

Beefcakes perceived as poor dad material more likely to cheat on spouses

Aug 8, 07 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Macho-looking men are perceived as poor parenting material and more likely to cheat on their mates, according to recent study on sex and masculinity. "When people look at masculine faces they see dominance, which is a good thing in evolution but less good in a long-term partner," said... More »

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evolution • parenting • women • men • parents • sex • sexuality

Teens Having Safer Sex, Fewer Babies

Record-low birth rate part of positive trends in kids' health

Jul 13, 07 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - High school students are having less sex than kids in the past, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate is at an all-time low, and the proportion of teens completing high school is up. A new federal report looks at the condition of Americans under 18 and finds... More »

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pregnancy • sexual health • sex education • condom • sexuality • reading • teenager

Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

Intrepid L.A. Times scribe describes his decision to change genders; promises he will still like football

Apr 26, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will... More »

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gender • Mike Penner • transexualism • sexuality • transgender

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