Sexuality
GOP VP candidate Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
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?
Posted by Shemuses
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'
Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
"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
Posted by Shemuses
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
Posted by Shemuses
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
Posted by Shemuses
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
Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
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.
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