From Sexual Intelligence Apparently, Massachusetts state representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein seems to think that adults over 60 and the disabled aren’t able to consent to pose nude or appear in a sexually explicit movie, regardless of their mental capacity. She’s introduced a bill that will make it illegal to take sexually explicit photos of elders, without […]

It turns out that the Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that same-sex couples can get married as of April 24. Not only that, but Iowa has no residency requirements for marriage so folks can travel there, get hitched and then go home. How cool is that? And as if that wasn’t enough, unlike California, […]

I just ran across a blog about “Why Sex-Positivity is Bad for Feminism” and I’m astounded. Here’s my favorite snippet: Of course, there are a lot of feminist issues involved in the porn industry, sex work, and in human sexuality; I just don’t think “sex positivity” is one of them. So you’re a feminist, and […]

Four different articles on related topics came across my inbox today. First, according to MSNBC.com, 3% of Washington DC residents are living with HIV or AIDS. As if that weren’t appalling enough, “almost 1 in 10 residents between ages 40 and 49 are living with HIV, and black men had the highest infection rate at […]

Here we go again. The Orange County Board of Supervisors has suspended Planned Parenthood’s funding, terminating a contract that PP had to provide health and sex education for thousands of teens because they also provide abortions. Never mind the fact that this funding was for education programs and none of it was ever spent on […]

From New Scientist A recent article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives takes a look at patterns in online porn and found some fascinating information. First off (but not too surprising), online porn use is higher among younger people and those who live in urban settings. On the other hand, a higher marriage rate […]

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been participating in some blog discussions about the nature of kinky sex and how it relates to issues of sexism. Some of those conversations have been on some radical feminist sites like this one and while I think that there’s some really great stuff that can be found […]