Elsie Dominguez, a civilian engineer working aboard the U.S. Navy ship Carson City, alleged that she was raped by the ship’s captain, Sanchez Padilla, while unconscious in her stateroom in December 2021. She sued the U.S. government, arguing that institutional failures, which included inadequate protections and responses to her report, contributed to the assault and […]
Key Sandusky Accuser Recants
Ever since the publication of science writer Mark Pendergrast’s 2017 book The Most Hated Man in America, there have been serious doubts about the validity of the methods used to convict the Penn State football coach of molesting boys who participated in his Second Mile Program. The charges against Jerry Sandusky were largely set into […]
How’s That Abortion Ban Going?
After the Dobbs decision, near or total abortion bans were enacted in 13 states. It was generally expected that the abortion rate in those states would go down. However, the number of abortions has gone up in states that enacted bans. NPR looks at possible causes. One may be the MAHA and pro-natal movement spreading […]
Drag Show Ban Overturned, Again
The judicial system has reaffirmed to Texas that its Senate Bill 12 (SB 12) – which would restrict some public drag shows if enforced – is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Hittner initially struck down the law in 2023, but the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later revived it and sent the case back […]
Sexual Choking Death Provokes New Calls for Better Sex Education
The death of a 16-year old Australian girl after being choked during consensual intercourse has provoked new alarms over the pervasiveness of this risky practice among young people. Even non-lethal choking can lead to permanent brain injury, as a recent study establishes. A survey of 18-35 year old Australians revealed that well over half had […]
Nancy Mace’s Tattoos
Fresh off coming fifth in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary, Rep. Nancy Mace has decided to “bare arms” in her social media. Mace, who is a well-known Epsteinmaniac and opponent of LGBTQ rights, has never hesitated to flaunt her own body in public with bikini pics and now with close-up photos of her tattoo-covered arms. […]
Battered Sex Doll Stuffed in Suitcase Raises Questions
The recent discovery of a visibly abused sex doll stuffed into a suitcase and abandoned beside a country road, initially mistaken by police for a real woman, raises troubling questions about what men are doing with these expensive toys. These highly realistic, life-size dolls, often customized to the purchaser’s specifications and sometimes based on photos […]
New Study on Cannabis Use During Sex
Researchers conducted interviews with 27 young people aged 18-24 in Quebec about the effects of cannabis on their sexual experiences. Many, especially cis women, reported using it in advance of sex to reduce anxiety, inhibition, or recollection of past trauma. Many also reported that it enhanced pleasurable sensations during sex, creating feelings of greater intensity […]
Holy Hypocrites and Baptists
Just within the last month, yet more stories have emerged about church personnel exploiting children for sexual purposes. The onetime media director for a California mega-church was caught with a trove of child pornography, including videos of girls in his church to whom he gave computers on which he had installed spyware; the church hired […]
Detransition Recognized as a Valid Medical Condition
The CDC has only recently added medical codes for patients whose gender dysphoria is resolved or who wish to detransition after taking hormones or undergoing surgery. The previous lack of coding in the medical system was a big deal, because it has made it difficult to track the number of patients in these categories; estimates […]