MetaFilter posts tagged with sex

OHHH Kelly Clarkson!

wayofthedodo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:42:46 -0800

Who is the real 40 year old virgin? The abstract.

Virgin is not a dirty word.

gman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:38 -0800

Fun STD Facts

pick_the_flowers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:49:30 -0800

More than two dozen bacterial, viral or parasitic infections are known to be transmitted largely or exclusively through sexual contact. U.S. public health authorities focus on a limited set of these STIs. Read more about it in "Facts on Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States" published by the Guttmacher Institute. Guttmacher Institute has also published the following recent reports on the state of abortion that are quite interesting: Abortion Worldwide: A decade of uneven progress (a 68 page pdf document) Unsafe Abortion Costs the Developing World Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Each Year Recession has dramatically reshaped women's childbearing desires

I Just Made Love here: (51.50092067633226, -0.14255404472351074)

nam3d — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:18 -0800

I Just Made Love shows on the map of the world places where people just made love.

That part felt awkward

blue_beetle — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:03:00 -0800

David Letterman confesses on national TV.

Sex, drinking, and how women see themselves

ocherdraco — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:43:27 -0800

Women write about sex and drinking:
Drunk on You: Alcohol Disinhibits, But At What Cost? by A.V. Flox
Being Drunk Makes Everything OK by Amanda Mosner
I've only had sex drunk: how do you have good sex sober? by Heather Corinna
Do you need to be drunk to have sex? by Julia Macmillan
Do women need to get drunk to have sex? by Mary Elizabeth Williams
Why women need a drink before sex by Liz Hoggard

Can a woman ball a man?

monospace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:38:34 -0800

It's never easy to talk about sex. It all depends on your definition.

Poland Approves Mandatory "Chemical Castration" Drug Treatment for Convicted Pedophiles

zarq — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:56:48 -0800

In response to an incest case in which a man imprisoned, raped and fathered two children with his own daughter, Poland's Lower House of Parliament has approved an amendment to their penal code which makes chemical castration of pedophiles mandatory in certain cases. The bill still needs final approval from the Upper House of Parliament and President Lech Kaczynski, but passage is considered inevitable. Poland would be the first nation in the EU to make such drug treatment obligatory. Similar, voluntary policies for convicted sex offenders currently exist in Sweden, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada, eight US states (pdf) and South Korea. The severity of the impending Polish law has sparked a debate in the EU as well as increased attention on whether the Czech Republic's voluntary chemical castration program is humane and effective.

What turns on a Kryptonian?

KokuRyu — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:51:26 -0800

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex But Superman's sex problems are strictly physiological, and quite real. By Larry Niven Here's a panel from the Penthouse comic adaptation (NSFW)

Size Matters (Sorta Kinda)

Effigy2000 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:05:34 -0800

If you want a vaginal orgasm, according to a new study size does matter. But is there a hidden agenda behind the study? Dr Vivienne Cass, a professor at Curtin University of Technology in Perth and author of The Elusive Orgasm, worries about the motivations of research that emphasises vaginal over clitoral orgasms, arguing that it is part of the increasing "medicalisation of sexuality". She argues that women who can't achieve vaginal orgasms are basically treated as sick and this, in turn, allows drug companies to sell them a pill. But Associate Professor Rosemary Coates, president of the World Association for Sexual Health, believes that such assumptions are "reverting back to Freudian assumptions about female sexual responses," saying that "some form of clitoral stimulation is almost always required to trigger orgasm." However the study authors dismiss this view as "clitorocentric" and blame it for the "destruction of human pleasure." Meanwhile, the studies central claim, that size matters shows that one-third of the women surveyed said that they were more likely to have an orgasm with a longer than average penis. "Given that the vagina [has a high nerve density] throughout… more thorough stimulation of the full length of the vagina… might result in a more fulfilling experience," the paper's authors write. They also found that sexual education which taught women the vagina was important for eliciting female orgasm was also of benefit. The message then is clear. If you're a man with a longer than average penis, don't go asking any frogs to marry you. [rimshot]

Politics 101: Don't Brag About Your Sexploits in Public

zarq — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:35:08 -0800

Conservative Republican California State Assemblyman Michael Duvall (Orange County) didn't realize his mic was live, moments before the start of a legislative hearing this past July. So when the 54-year-old married father of two began describing his ongoing affairs with two different women in very graphic detail for the benefit of a colleague seated next to him, he had no idea that he was being recorded. The story was picked up by KCAL, who cited unnamed sources that said Duvall was describing affairs with two married lobbyists. The problem: The KCAL report also tentatively identified one as a utility company representative. (The OC Weekly story says she works for Sempra Energy.) Duvall is the vice chairman of the California State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Duvall "announced his immediate resignation from the Assembly this afternoon."

Graphic Sexual Horror, a documentary

Stochastic Jack — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:01:26 -0800

A new documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Insex.com, one of the early websites. (NSFW) Co-directors Anna Lorentzon and Barbara Bell look at Insex, the people behind it, and the forces that ultimately brought it down. The stuff that Insex did tends to make even hardcore kinksters flinch a bit. However, as one reviewer points out, they at least put the activities into context, showing the performers both in the scenes (which include drowning and suffocation--some of this stuff may really hit some triggers for some people), as opposed to the notorious anti-porn documentary, The Price of Pleasure, which showed sex and kink without exploration of the performers' lives offscreen. One of the most interesting aspects of the film is that they ultimately were shut down not by obscenity laws, but by federal authorities who used the PATRIOT Act to claim that hardcore porn funded terrorism.

Good Evening. I'm Butthead.

not_on_display — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:38:23 -0800

FILM FORUM with Beavis and Butthead - The boys reappear after twelve years to shill for Mike Judge's new film, Extract, opening today. Is there a future for Beavis and Butthead? Mike Judge speculates.

Marching through the claims like Sherman through Georgia

cashman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:30:09 -0800

Neuroscientist Lise Eliot finds that claims of sex differences fall apart. In one study, scientists dressed newborns in gender-neutral clothes and misled adults about their sex. The adults described the "boys" (actually girls) as angry or distressed more often than did adults who thought they were observing girls, and described the "girls" (actually boys) as happy and socially engaged more than adults who knew the babies were boys. Dozens of such disguised-gender experiments have shown that adults perceive baby boys and girls differently, seeing identical behavior through a gender-tinted lens. "Eliot immersed herself in hundreds of scientific papers (her bibliography runs 46 pages). Marching through the claims like Sherman through Georgia, she explains that assertions of innate sex differences in the brain are either "blatantly false," "cherry-picked from single studies," or "extrapolated from rodent research" without being confirmed in people. For instance, the idea that the band of fibers connecting the right and left brain is larger in women, supposedly supporting their more "holistic" thinking, is based on a single 1982 study of only 14 brains. Fifty other studies, taken together, found no such sex difference—not in adults, not in newborns. Other baseless claims: that women are hard-wired to read faces and tone of voice, to defuse conflict, and to form deep friendships; and that "girls' brains are wired for communication and boys' for aggression." Eliot's inescapable conclusion: there is "little solid evidence of sex differences in children's brains.""

Caster Semenya and sex varification controversies

serazin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:23:59 -0800

South African runner Caster Semenya wins a gold in the 800 meter amid controversy and accusations about her sex. Analysis of Semenya's situation and more information on sex verification in sport.

Kevin Smith on strip clubs

reenum — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:16:38 -0800

Kevin Smith on patronizing a strip club This story is an apt description of the "stripper myth" and how a lot of guys who frequent strip clubs think about the dancers.

Get your schadenfreude here

reenum — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:53:08 -0800

Recently, there have been a host of websites that delight in exposing the inanity and stupidity of our society. There is the granddaddy, Overheard in New York, which recounts silly conversations heard in the Big Apple, as well as a host of similar sites. There are now a variety of such websites, dedicated to different aspects of our society. First, there are the ones targeted at different groups: STFU, Marrieds, STFU, Parents, STFU, Believers, and My Roommate is Such a Dick. Then, there are the ones that expose the silliness and inanity in our communications: Texts From Last Night, My Drunk Texts, Passive Aggressive Notes, and Lamebook. Relationships and sex loom large as well: Disgusting People I Have Made Out With, Why My Ex Sucks, and I Bang the Worst Dudes. Finally, there is just plain bad luck or failure: F My Life and FAIL Blog. Bonus: Awkward Family Photos and Hot Chicks With Douchebags

Tyler Cowen on why it's OK to pay for sex

reenum — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:18:25 -0800

Tyler Cowen on why it's OK to pay for sex The rest of the debate can be found here.

The Joy of Sex, Jr.

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:27:17 -0800

The NHS in the UK has released a pamphlet called Pleasure (pdf) to educate teens on the more enjoyable aspects of carnal relations. Some disagree with this development.

[your name] & [partner's name], Fighting Crime!

not_on_display — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:37:17 -0800

[NSFW] • Baseball usually provides Americans with their first roundabout ways of talking about "Visiting Busch Stadium"... but what if you prefer golf? Or the Olympics? What if you're Canadian? An academic? Or like plunderphonics? Can any phrase be turned into a euphemism for sex? Maybe; here are the can oni cal lists. [perviously] [AskMe thread about sex euphemisms 'around the world,' IYKWIM]

Type Tart Cards

carsonb — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32:02 -0800

Tart cards [NSFW] are the means by which many London prostitutes advertise their services. Step into almost any central London phone box and you can contemplate up to 80 cards inviting you to be tied, teased, spanked or massaged.... [Wallpaper Magazine] asked designers – from students to superstars – to find the tart hiding in every typeface and create their own graphic numbers.... all 450 cards can be viewed here. [NSFW]

In among this plethora of brilliant, witty graphic designs we would like to highlight the serious issue that lies at the heart of the world of tart cards – the plight of trafficked women in the sex industry. It is a subject touched eloquently on by Mike Dempsey of Studio Dempsey, who is a volunteer at the Helen Bamber Foundation which helps rebuild lives broken by human rights violations. While our exhibition is an ode to the graphic qualities of the tart card phenomena, Dempsey's design is a pertinent reminder of the sinister world that lies beneath every card.

Read Mike Dempsey's letter and design.

National Prison Rape Commission releases its final report

Non Prosequitur — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:32:11 -0800

A Prison Nightmare. On June 23, 2009, the National Prison Rape Commission released its final Report and proposed Standards to prevent, detect, respond to and monitor sexual abuse of incarcerated or detained individuals throughout the United States. More prisoners reported abuse by staff than abuse by other prisoners.

Savory seasonings stimulate the appetite.

bigmusic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:29:20 -0800

Gastrosexuals are masculine, upwardly mobile men, aged 25-44, who are passionate about cooking and the rewards that it might bring – pleasure, praise and potential seduction. A test for the gastrosexual. A gastrosexual on the sexiest food: Bread... bread making allows you to get stuff on you so it's fine to be touched. A woman gives herself permission to touch your flour "stains" and point them out to you (as if I don't know they're there). If flour is on your nose or cheek, all the better: innocent touches hold the promises of lost innocence to come...

Sex was the only answer. Total sex.

dgaicun — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:33:32 -0800

Has the mystery of sex been explained at last? Biologists have long struggled to explain why most creatures reproduce sexually when they could just clone themselves – now at last it's becoming clear not only why sex evolved, but when. - New Scientist

Tread On Me

digaman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:30:51 -0800

"Bartender, Make It a Stiletto." Meet Georgio, the human carpet.