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

This headline spread like wildfire through respected medical sites, not so respectable sex sites and blogs of the curious. Despite the sensationalism, few have bothered to investigate the validity of the research or the researcher. But there are reasons to doubt.

Sex Missionary Under Fire

Because of the difficulties of getting ethical approval in Britain for his research, Brody often uses European subjects….he is concerned about the tacit censorship of academics whose work does not fit the politically correct ideology of the left.

The immediate question would be: why do British professionals consider his research unethical? Read the rest of this entry »

Older couples who live in Western countries and who enjoy more equality between men and women are most likely to report being satisfied with their sex lives, according to a study on sexual well-being, aging and health that was conducted in 29 countries by a University of Chicago research team. In contrast, older people reported less satisfaction with the physical and emotional quality of their sex lives in countries where men have a dominant status over women.

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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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