Sun and Sand II

Archive for October, 2008

In her blog, You’ve Got Mail! You’ve Got Herpes!, Meredith Small, LiveScience’s Human Nature Columnist, alerted us to this heartless reality:

Internet Sexuality Information Service of Oakland, Calif., has introduced another kind of embarrassing email — notification of exposure to a sexually transmitted disease — that just might be showing up in your email soon, depending where you’ve been lately. The program will allow you, if you have an STD such as syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia, or are HIV positive, to notify by email anyone you have had sex with, that is, if you have their email address.

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Sexologists Can Infer A Woman’s History of Orgasms By The Way She Walks

Amazing how “expert sexologist” Stuart Brody can inject so much subjective propaganda into a “scientific” article. His conclusions read like a man’s wistful yearning for the good old days when men controlled women’s sexuality. Read the rest of this entry »

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Double standard may exist for teacher-student sex cases

Yes, it does and not just in the way the criminal courts handle these cases.

“I think we still live in a chauvinistic society, where that young man is viewed almost as a hero, in getting himself an older, attractive woman. And it is that erroneous perception that fuels that disconnect,” said Robert N. Convissar, a criminal attorney and former executive assistant district attorney in Erie County. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hey, guys, your precious jewels are on the forefront of stem cell research. You may become your own best source of replacement parts.

WASHINGTON – Cells taken from men’s testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday… The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.

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It’s time to shed those gold rings. Yep, even in private places, lest you be accused of witchcraft:

Rumors of penis theft [are] circulating in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo’s sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.
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