A recent study from the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships analyzed pornography use in the context of coupled relationality. Specifically, the study considered the motivations behind pornography use and assessed how different motivations affected “daily dynamics” between partners. The results linked pornography as a solo project (for things like stress reduction or as a […]
On Canada’s commitment to civility, tolerance, and diversity
Nations across the globe have had to contend with Donald Trump and his unorthodox (I’m being very generous here) ways of governing the most powerful (although declining) country. Canada, in particular, has been especially tested by the menace south of its border. Francesco MacAllister-Caruso, a PhD candidate at Concordia University, makes a very important point […]
It’s time parents grow up re: sex education
If you know the history of the development of sex education programs then its current failures are not all that surprising. Sex education in the U.S. was born out of the social hygiene movement in the early 1900s. Sex was often chastised as immoral and deviant, and was considered a fast track to disease. Not […]
Kinsey Study Suggests Camsite Interactions Can Be Educational
A large qualitative study by researchers affiliated with the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University suggests that as many as 12% of male clients who regularly use erotic webcam sites such as Livejasmin.com or Chaturbate feel they have learned things they did not previously know about obtaining sexual consent and/or respecting partners. Since the mechanics of […]
Conspiracy Theories Continue to Swirl around Jeffrey Epstein
The belief that there exists an extensive list of well-connected “clients” from the global elite who cavorted with teenage girls at late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in the Virgin Islands has long been a staple of right-wing conspiracy theorizing, including by current officials of the Trump administration. However, now that they are in office, they […]
Have you ever considered a sex sabbatical?
The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex was recently published in June. In it, Melissa Febos, a professor at the University of Iowa, chronicles her year of intentional abstinence. While sex can be extremely nourishing, it also can sap a subject of a great deal of emotional and physical energy. […]
Former Prosecutors Say Feds “Overreached” in Charging Diddy with Sex Trafficking
The stunning acquittal of Sean “Diddy” Combs on the most serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering surprised many, but not experienced federal prosecutors. Instead, he was merely convicted on two counts of violating the archaic 1910 Mann Act for transporting persons across state lines for purposes of sex work. The jury’s refusal to buy […]
That’s Prince Faggot to you!
Canadian writer and theatre maker Jordan Tannahill’s off-broadway production of Prince Faggot has been extended for a second time through to August 3rd at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York City. The show, directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, is a co-production of Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep. The provocative piece centers queerness within the monarchy and takes […]
China cracks down on gay fiction as “obscene”
Dozens of young Chinese women writing manga-style fiction about androgynous gay male characters have been arrested, fined, and in some cases imprisoned for obscenity, on the grounds that homosexuality is a “sexual perversion.” Once relatively tolerant of low-key gay sex when their concern was to limit the birth-rate, Chinese authorities have become increasingly hostile to […]
Sextortion schemes target young men
Sextortion scams where victims are blackmailed via threats to make public sexual photographs or other explicit/intimate content that involves them is on the rise as a criminal activity across the world. This trending style of being an asshole is an interesting case study of sexual subjects taking advantage of each other in a world where […]