Sexuality

Sarah Palin Is Making Powerful and Sexy a Potent Brew Without Emasculating Her Husband

Jill Brooke | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in Politics, Margaret Thatcher, Women's Issues, Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Golda Meir, Power, Drill Baby Drill, Femininity, Feminism, Sexuality, Living News
Jill Brooke

It sure doesn't look like Sarah Palin will be facing divorce. She may have difficulty explaining foreign policy, but she is clearly proud to assert femininity and sexuality along with power.

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A Walk on the Wilde Side

Victoria Rosner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Style

Read More: Transsexual, Transsexuals, Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Identity, Style News
Victoria Rosner

For those I-bankers seeking consolation in erotic adventure, take note: the sexual lexicon has moved far beyond the old-school "W4M" or "M4M."

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Transgender Professor at Yeshiva U. -- Mazel Tov!

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 09.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Religion, Yeshiva University, Orthodox Judaism, Gay, Transgender, Sexuality, Lesbian, Style News
Leora Tanenbaum

English professor Joy Ladin, formerly Jay Ladin, makes Yeshiva University the first religiously conservative university in the United States with a transgender faculty member.

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Sex Ed Begins at Birth, Seriously

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 09.18.2008 | Style

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Dr. Logan Levkoff

May I be so bold? Sex and sexuality are not dirty words. Sexuality is a part of our overall health and is an essential part of our identities from birth on.

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Am I a Slut or do I have a Sex Addiction?

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

Read More: Sex Addict, Sexuality, Sex, Sex Addiction, Sex Advice, Style News
Dr. Belisa Vranich

If you are in control, have no shame, and practice non-monogamy with honor, then you can proudly call yourself a slut, eschew the condemning "addict" label, and steer clear of the 12 steps.

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The Three Kinds of Sex

Dr. Sue Johnson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Good Sex Tips, Marriage, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Sex Tips, Sexuality, Sex, Marriage Sex, Living News
Dr. Sue Johnson

What really determines what kind of sex you are going to have is how safely attached you are to your partner. Emotional presence and trust are the biggest aphrodisiacs of all.

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Marlene Dumas: Eros and Thanatos

Peter Clothier | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Contemporary Art, Sexuality, Death, Living News
Peter Clothier

Who would have predicted, twenty years ago, when painting had been pronounced "dead" and figure painting deader still, that today's hottest-selling woman artist would be a painter -- and a figure painter, at that?

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Sex & the Single Mom

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Tom Leykis, Men, Relationships, Women's Issues, Single Parents, Sexuality, Sex, Dating, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Tom Leykis has great advice for single men -- prey on single moms. I wonder, how Mr. Leykis would have felt watching a man do the things he suggests and encourages to his mother.

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In Favor of Plan B, IUD's and the Freedom of Choice

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Plan B, Iud, Feminism, Canada, Healthcare, Sexuality, Education, Sex, News, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Why is it that Canadians have such an evolved take on sexuality and are so much less taboo driven and abstinence promoting?

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Honey, I Want to Sleep With Other People

Jenny Block | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Poly, Infidelity, Marriage, Wife, Polyamory, Fidelity, Open Marriage, Sex, Boyfriend, Lover, Husband, Girlfriend, Sexuality, Living News
Jenny Block

Some people believe that it isn't possible to be in love with more than one person at a time or to have sex with people outside of a primary, committed relationship. But it is possible.

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Polyamorous and Public: Why I Wrote a Book About My Open Marriage

Jenny Block | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Lifestyle, Polyamory, Bisexual, Sex, Open Marriage, Open, Bisexuality, Opening Up, Husband, Polyamorous, Girlfriend, Love, Sexuality, Living News
Jenny Block

I get a lot of questions about my open marriage. I also get a lot of questions about why I talk publicly about it online and in my new book, "Open: Lo...

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Put Some Clothes On!

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.24.2008 | Living

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Danielle Cavallucci

It's time we put our girls back in decent clothing, quit teaching them beauty is everything, and trained them to take responsibility for their bodies.

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Sex And The Forgotten Years

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Aging, Health, Sex, Sexuality, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

Signs of popular culture embracing the phenomenon of sex among Septuagenarians and beyond are cropping up in television shows, editorial coverage and magazine pop culture alike.

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More Than a Piece of Meat

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Marginalization, Third Wave Feminism, Women's Issues, Feminism and Society, Sex, Sexuality, Sexism, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

The saying goes: "Why buy the cow when you can have the milk for free?" Well, my milk and my love are always free. I can't be bought and will not bear my sexuality as a bartering item.

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Indoctrinate Your Children Before It's Too Late

Jenny Block | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Ignorance, Fear, Bible, Hate, Children, Race, Sexuality, Gender, Plastic Surgery, Religion, Education, Sex, Environment, Cosmetic Surgery, Love, Faith, Discourse, Family, Living News
Jenny Block

I think we should indoctrinate our children from the moment they are born. I think we should teach them that love is plentiful and that there are endless permutations that a family can take.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month: If We Want to Live Honest Lives, We Have to Tell the Truth

Jenny Block | Posted 04.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Sexually Abused, Open Marriage, Sexuality, Sex, Open: Love, Jenny Block, Incest, Polyamory, Carly Milne, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Rape, Jennifer Baumgardner, Sexography, Feminist, Life in an Open Marriage, Feminism, Living News
Jenny Block

Jennifer Baumgardner has created a t-shirt as part of a multimedia rape awareness project that is causing quite a stir. The graphic is of an open safe in which a small handwritten note sits. "I was raped," the note reads.

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Women Want Their Sexuality Back -- Now. And Opening Marriage Just Might Help.

Jenny Block | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

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Jenny Block

Once we girls refuse to think of ourselves as nothing more than receptacles for the male sex organ, then we are free to spend less time tossing our hair and more time tossing out the trash who are serving in office.

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Students of Christianity, Yes. Virginity, No.

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Rev. Astrid Storm

I'm no longer a student of virginity. It's not a divine mandate as far as I can tell. But I'm still a student of Christianity.

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Abstinence is the New Feminism (And Other Things I Learned at Harvard)

Shelby Knox | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Shelby Knox

The last thing anyone, male or female, needs on a college campus is a rancorous and harmful debate about the merits of sex or no sex.

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Trusting Teenage Girls: What America Can Learn from HBO's Dr. Paul Weston

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychotherapy, Therapy, Abstinence Only, Sex, Hbo, Teens, Abstinence-Only, Abstinence, HBO in Treatment, Abstinence Education, Teen Sex, Sexuality, In Treatment, Teenagers, Living News
Sarah Seltzer

In order to enable teens to gain knowledge, we first have to trust teens. And like the viewers who can't stand Sophie on In Treatment, there are far too many lawmakers who would rather push them out of view.

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"Indecency"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Telecoms John McCain, Books, Indiana Books Sex, Free Speech, Public Indecency, Gun Control, Bookstores, Sexuality, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Guns, Illegal Guns, Indiana Sexually Explicit Books, Fcc, Rupert Murdoch John McCain, FCC Public Indecency, Freedom of Expression, Rupert Murdoch, Sexually Explicit Books, Sex in Books, Censorship, Telecoms, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Where is the oversight of those who declare what is indecent? Indeed, where is the oversight of those who are providing oversight?

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A Gay Conservative Rabbi is Coming to a Synagogue Near You -- or Not

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

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Leora Tanenbaum

Why are we instructed to embrace the ger, the stranger, yet we are told to distance ourselves from someone who loves Judaism and lives a Jewish life but happens to be gay?

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The Self-Hating Man and the High-Priced Hooker

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 03.14.2008 | Living

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Oh, these poor neglected husbands whose rebellious wives have pushed them into being porn and sex addicts!

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Kids Today Don't Stand a Chance

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stds, Cdc, Teen Girls Stds, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Teenage Girls Stds, Sexuality, Sexually Active Teens, Stds Teenage Girls, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

If we really care about our children, we had better take a good look in the mirror. Our kids don't stand a chance unless we can shore up the family structure and teach them morality, values and respect.

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A&E Flashing Gene Simmons' Family Jewels in All the Wrong Ways

Lia LoBello | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stds, A&e, Family Jewels, Teen Girls Stds, Teenage Girls Stds, Sexuality, Stds Teenage Girls, Gene Simmons, Sex, Birth Control Sin, Safe Sex, Birth Control, A&E Television, Vatican, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Seven Deadly Sins, Entertainment News
Lia LoBello

The Gene Simmons' Family Jewels ads have nothing to do with the show, but instead ask viewers to decide whether Simmons has slept with 4,800 women.

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