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NEWS ABOUT: sexual behavior

sexual behavior stories: 12 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

 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

From Now 'Til New Year's: Baby-Making on the Rise

Increased leisure time and resolutions the cause

Dec 28, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The gifts have been opened, but a special package may be arriving 9 months from now. The days between Christmas and the start of the New Year see more sex than usual, reports McClatchy Newspapers, which cite Trojan condom's pre-New Year's sales as proof.  The hanky panky results in... More »

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sex • conception • birth • sexual behavior • Christmas • New Year's Eve

STD? Slap Your Ex With Lawsuit

Courts move toward holding people liable for infecting partner — even unknowingly

Oct 16, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - California courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs... More »

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HPV • sex • sexual behavior • STD • relationship • civil lawsuits • HIV/AIDS

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

It's Official:
Bikinis Make
Men Stupid

Scientists say
sex drive trumps
common sense

Jun 20, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men make dumb decisions when ogling bikini-clad beauties—conventional wisdom, sure, but now there's some science behind it. Belgian researchers found that men bombarded with sexy images have a definite drop-off in cognitive skills when compared with those who gaze at landscapes, reports MSNBC. The experiment supports earlier findings that... More »

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science • economics • cognitive science • sexual behavior • male brain • bikini

 Quickies Are the Way to Go 

Study shows 3-13 minutes is gtoo long in bed

Apr 3, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Size may or may not matter when it comes to sex, but length (of time) definitely does, reports the AP. A recent survey of sex therapists reveals that 3-13 minutes is ideal. One researcher wanted to refute the notion that "more of something good is better, and if you... More »

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sex • sexual health • sexual behavior • sex drive • sexual chemistry • health study • Journal of Sexual Medicine • foreplay

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

Spanked Kids May Become Sex Aggressors: Study

Heavy corporal punishment increases likelihood of masochism, rape

Feb 29, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Though some 90% of American parents do it, spanking remains highly controversial, and research being released today will probably fan the flames, Newsweek reports. Heavily spanking kids has a major effect on their eventual sex lives, a new study finds, making them more likely to coerce a partner into having... More »

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parenting • sex • child abuse • sexual behavior • safe sex • spanking • sado-masochism

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

Sex Is Most Common Cause of HIV in China

Society struggles with openness as virus spreads beyond IV-drug users

Aug 20, 07 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unsafe sex has become the most common means of transmission of HIV in China, edging out IV-drug use and blood transfusions, the BBC reports. That points to the need to focus prevention efforts on mainstream sexual practices—not just those of high-risk groups—which poses a daunting challenge in a... More »

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China • AIDS • HIV • sex • sexual behavior • safe sex • prostitute

Camel Kills Owner in Apparent Mating Attempt

60-year-old woman had love for exotic animals

Aug 20, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pet camel killed its Australian owner—purportedly after trying to mate with her. The camel, 10 months old but already weighing in at about 330 pounds, knocked the 60-year-old woman to the ground and lay on top of her. “I’d say it’s probably been playing, or... More »

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pets • Australia • Queensland • sexual behavior • Brisbane • camel

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