NewsCloud.com Sexuality News http://www.newscloud.com/section/sexuality Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:53:50 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us South Dakota Abortion Ban in Dead Heat http://www.newscloud.com/read/South_Dakota_Abortion_Ban_in_Dead_Heat If the ban passes, it will present a challenge to Roe at the Supreme Court. In 2006, South Dakotans voted 56 to 44 percent against a law passed by the state legislature which would have outlawed all abortion in the state. But polling done by a South Dakota newspaper after the ban was defeated found that an abortion ban with exceptions would likely pass in the state.

]]> Newswise Medical Substantial Proportion of Female Veterans Report Military Sexual Trauma http://www.newscloud.com/read/Newswise_Medical_Substantial_Proportion_of_Female_Veterans_Report_Military_Sexual_Trauma According to preliminary research results from the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 15 percent of recently returned female veterans utilizing the VA health care system report experiencing sexual trauma during military service.

The cross-sectional study, presented at the American Public Health Association's 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, examined health care screening data of over 100,000 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) who utilized medical care at any Veterans Health Administration facility during a six-year period.

]]> Eco-Friendly Sex Toys: Why Your Pink Parts Should Go Green http://www.newscloud.com/read/EcoFriendly_Sex_Toys_Why_Your_Pink_Parts_Should_Go_Green Phthalates -- the scary chemicals found in most sex toys -- are really bad for your health. Here I sit in beautiful Southern California, land of the hybrid cars, cloth bags for groceries and recycled water bottles. So I knew it was only a matter of time before the collective consciousness started turning its attention towards the bedroom and people sought to become more environmentally friendly while being REALLY friendly with themselves.

]]> GOP VP candidate Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant http://www.newscloud.com/read/GOP_VP_candidate_Palin_s_17_year_old_daughter_is_pregnant The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

]]> Sex Without a Condom the New Engagement Ring? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Sex_Without_a_Condom_the_New_Engagement_Ring The comment thread on NPR is blowin' up! Listeners are ranting (and raving) about the new "What's the New What" segment on NPR in which Pendarvis Harshaw, an Oakland teen at Youth Radio, discusses how for his generation, sex without a condom is a sign of being in a committed relationship. Harshaw and his group of friends advocate getting tested for STD's and using birth control pills as a responsible way to have sex in a monogamous relationship. Listeners' comments are all over the place. Some are disgusted that NPR would even post this, while others are praising Harshaw and his friends for showing maturity and responsibility when it comes to sex.

]]> 'The Wisdom of Whores' http://www.newscloud.com/read/_The_Wisdom_of_Whores_ "Mother Theresa. She's a saint. Did she ever do anything to change the situation of people, to make it less likely that people were in need of rescuing? No. It's all over the Bible that you help people who are sick. But for some reason we do not translate that into it being compassionate to stop people from getting sick in the first place. "It's sin, retribution, redemption. It's associated with this deep-seated Judeo-Christian morality, but we also see it in the Muslim tradition. We don't see it in Buddhist countries, for example -- they've been extremely pragmatic for the most part in their response to HIV -- and we don't see it in Confucian societies.

]]> From a married lady to young, single sisters http://www.newscloud.com/read/From_a_married_lady_to_young_single_sisters It's funny the perspective that time gives. Occasionally I see a young sister made crazy by society's romantic expectations and I want to reach down from my lofty perch of 30+ years of life experience, grab her and say, "It will all work out...truly it will." I think of my early 20-something self, so worried about being paired up with someone. I admit that in some romantic entanglements back then, I forgave when I shouldn't have, overlooked what should have been obvious, gave up things that ought to have been sacred and a few times tried to make Mr. Right out of Mr. Wrong for Me.

]]> What Color is Your Orgasm? Sex-Positive Advice in Black and White http://www.newscloud.com/read/What_Color_is_Your_Orgasm_SexPositive_Advice_in_Black_and_White After the jump, AJ (The Cruel Secretary) takes us on an interesting and illuminating journey through the world of sex-positive advice. However, this post includes explicit language and graphic depictions of sexual acts. Reader discretion is advised.

]]> Spanish ads compare women with genital cutting to **** toys http://www.newscloud.com/read/Spanish_ads_compare_women_with_genital_cutting_to_fuck_toys There is great conflict among feminist activists over how to go about decreasing the prevalence of "female genital cutting," better known to most as "female genital mutilation." One of the reasons for this conflict is the tendency of "Western" feminists to impose their own worldview onto communities where we find cutting (mostly among some ethnic groups in Africa, but also found in the Middle East and Asia). For example, the importance of sexual pleasure derived from the clitoris, and the relationship between orgasm and women's liberation, is a central tenent of post-second wave feminism in the West.

]]> Sex Work vs. Trafficking: Understanding the Difference http://www.newscloud.com/read/Sex_Work_vs_Trafficking_Understanding_the_Difference Even those who mean well sometimes confuse the human rights abuse of trafficking in persons with the human occupation of prostitution, or sex work. It's understandable because of the history of the two fields, but it creates rather than solves problems. Let me try to sort it out here.

]]> China’s body image shifts from cultural revolution to sexual revolution http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chinas_body_image_shifts_from_cultural_revolution_to_sexual_revolution As the Olympic Games draw near, it is not ideology or collective yearning that asserts itself in the Middle Kingdom, but the physical self coming to full consciousness. The civilization known for Confucian morals, Taoist mysticism, acupuncture, tai chi, martial arts-radically different ways of looking at the self in relationship with the cosmos-has wholeheartedly embraced Western culture and mores. "Economic and educational opportunities, readily available telecommunications and the Internet have made the people of China highly mobile, and quite well informed," says Wang, but also "more individual-centered and therefore, less committed to traditional extended family and Confucian social ethics."

]]> The Science of Sexuality | Sex and Relationships http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Science_of_Sexuality_Sex_and_Relationships We should stop ignoring scientific findings that do not mesh with our political beliefs.

]]> What the Humble Fruit Fly Can Teach Us About Sex http://www.newscloud.com/read/What_the_Humble_Fruit_Fly_Can_Teach_Us_About_Sex Research that traces bisexuality in fruit flies to a genetic variation challenges assumptions about sexual attraction.

]]> Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Gay teen shot dead while dressed as woman in Fort Lauderdale http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Gay_teen_shot_dead_while_dressed_as_woman_in_Fort_Lauderdale Virgin or Slut: Pick One http://www.newscloud.com/read/Virgin_or_Slut_Pick_One