Sex in the News
In this week's sex news roundup, Viagra is used for something other than an erection, eHarmony has to finally recognize, and fix, the fact that they don’t “do” gay dating, and "clitoris" is not a safe word.
Viagra for sport (and not sex as sport here). Yep, the little blue pill is here to help athletes stay play hard. Or is it? Research is being done to see if Viagra provides athletes with more than a stiffy. The NY Times reports.
eHarmony finally gets outed.
The clitoris makes it onto a list of Google’s banned words. Let the Comstocks enlighten you. Then, read Susie Bright. She takes the argument to the next level.
UC Santa Cruz’s City on a Hill Press snoops around to find out why female masturbation is still so hush-hush.
Long live long labia. Time.com does a story on the repackaging of female genitalia. Read even more about it at the New View Campaign.
Who knew that Kotex panty liners could teach you about kegel exercises? Christine Yu did.
Examiner suggests five naughty gift ideas for the nice gift giver in all of us, while Pleasurists #5 offers up a smorgasbord of gift ideas for giving and receiving.
Image: "One day" by Felixe on Flickr courtesy of Creative Commons Licensing.
- 12-1-08
- Jamye Waxman's blog
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Wherefore art thou, Romeo
The clitoris makes it onto a list of Google’s banned words.
Curious - amusing, but sad also. How will women manage if their partners can't google the clitoris? The issue would certainly have much more profound implications were it not a simple matter to turn off the "safe search" function. Still, that victorian veil over the clitoris evidently still exists...although it is surely the prevalence of pornography on the internet that has caused google to take this action - which is interesting in itself.
Thanks for posting the "Sex in the News" Jamye. Cultural attitudes to sexuality and desire are a very useful barometer.
yes it really does suck...
since most men have to search to find clitoris...;-)
I would so google some clitoris if I could find it safely.
Heck, I want progeny anyway so I'll just google dangerously and scan for viruses often...
Poor eHarmony
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