Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation law banning AI “nudification” technology, which creates fake nude images of real people without their consent. While Musk and his company claim to support preventing the non-consensual distribution of AI-generated intimate images, they argue that the law is overly broad and unconstitutional because it […]
Trump’s Sex Ed Initiative and What Teens Really Want
Teen pregnancy can have a major negative effect on the health of the mother and baby in addition to the higher chance that the mother and child will live in poverty. To ”prevent” teen pregnancy, the Trump administration is funding organizations that promote an abstinence-only approach and the importance of marriage. The funding for the […]
Trans Dolls with Removable Genitals
Two professors from the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health at the University of Minnesota have developed paper cut-out dolls with interchangeable genitals, hair styles, clothing, and accessories to help gender diverse children aged 4-10 experiment with their options. They are to be marketed commercially as “MyGender Dolls” and promise to “make gender […]
New Data on Sexual Pleasure
The HUD App, a dating service, has published statistics from their “pleasure census,” a survey of 2,183 users in 63 countries, mostly young females, about a third of them identifying as something other than heterosexual. 88% of men and 76% of women report getting less sex than they desire; most cite inhibitions about communicating their […]
Violence Against Sex Workers
A report authored by Spanish anthropologist Irene Adán has just been released by the Organization of Sex Workers (Organización de Trabajadoras Sexuales). It surveyed 1068 sex workers in Madrid about their experiences with “sexual violence” broadly construed: over 70% of those surveyed had clients attempting to remove condoms without their consent, and over 40% encountered […]
No Decrease in Male Sperm Count from 1970 to 2018
Rumors of declining testosterone and sperm count in men have been a staple of Manosphere ideology and political concerns about lower birth-rates. A new meta-analysis of scholarly articles published since 1970 concludes that there is no evidence of diminished male fertility or sperm count during this period. This directly contradicts the findings of a 2023 […]
Hunting Unicorns
A new study published in Psychology and Sexualitysurveyed 80 members of a couple, at least one of whom is bi-sexual, who had sought or were seeking a “unicorn,” i.e. a third partner to share sex and/or romance with both of them. Females are more often sought than males, which is unsurprising inasmuch as women are […]
American Foreign Aid Cuts and Its Consequences
The funding cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by the Trump administration have led to the closure of more than 1,700 HIV clinics and service sites across 46 countries, according to a new study by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). The report found that at least 16,000 health workers lost […]
Is This Sex-For-Rent Ban a Slippery Slope?
In mid-July New legislation came into effect in Ireland that criminalizes “sex-for-rent” arrangements around the country. The ban – which spans beyond sexual acts to advertisements as well – is being touted as a step in the right direction toward combatting sexual violence and exploitation of marginalized populations, including migrants, students, and those escaping domestic […]
Threats to Gays in Central Europe
The hateful rhetoric being spewed by some politicians and public figures about the LGBTQ+ community is creating an environment that is putting a target on the backs of that community. This kind of rhetoric dehumanizes the community making it easier to roll back rights as well as emboldening disturbed individuals to act on their hatred […]