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- May 1, 2026
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Sex Toy Fair Opens in Shanghai

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China produces over 70% of the world’s sex toys, so it is not surprising that the Adult Products International trade fair opened in Shanghai in April. Chinese firms are inventing new ways of integrating AI with sex toys, creating the new field of “teledildonics.” Vibrator pulses and suction pumps can adapt their intensity in response […]

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- May 1, 2026
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“Treat Me Like a Bitch!” Gay Men’s Misogynistic Rape Fantasies

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A study of profiles composed by middle-aged gay and bi-sexual men in Spain who used the hook-up app Scruff reveals that those who characterize themselves in feminine terms use rhetoric implying passivity and openness to degrading or even violent treatment. It correspondingly found that dominant partners express a desire to treat other men this way. […]

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- May 1, 2026
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Condoms Go Up Due to Iran War

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Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, has warned they will be raising prices by up to 30% because of supply chain disruptions caused by the chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The company blamed the war for the rising cost of the raw materials needed to produce condoms, including nitrile and synthetic […]

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- May 1, 2026
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Sex Please, We’re British

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Labour MP Sarah Niblett has won parliamentary debate time next Fall for her proposal to fund lifelong adult sex education, with the goal of fostering better understanding of consent, abuse, toxic masculinity, and how childbirth, menopause, and medical conditions can affect sexual pleasure. In anticipation of that debate, she has announced a campaign for a […]

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- April 15, 2026
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U.K. to Ban Stepfamily and Incest Fantasies in Porn

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Direct from an official press release from the country’s government website: “Building on the Government’s work to tackle violence against women and girls, pornography depicting illegal sexual conduct between family members and adults roleplaying as children will be criminalised.” This legislation is one of several recently proposed pornography bans by the government, including the criminalisation of material depicting choking that we’ve been following here at Hard […]

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- April 1, 2026
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I Love Every Byte of You

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AI seems to be taking up space everywhere these days. Hard Copy has reported on an AI dating café and now people are reporting “dating” AI companions. So, can it be the solution to the loneliness epidemic or does it isolate us more?  In a couples counselling session, celebrity therapist Ester Perel speaks with a […]

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- April 1, 2026
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The Pink Pill

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You’ve heard of the little blue pill, but have you heard of the little pink pill? Although there are currently 26 drugs approved to address sexual dysfunction in men, only one drug has been approved to address the issue in women. A new documentary, The Pink Pill, looks at the struggle to get the female […]

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- April 1, 2026
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Why Do Some Women Like Violent Pornography?

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It is surprising, but well established in previous research that women are more likely than men to access pornography that emphasizes themes of dominance, submission, bondage, gangbangs, and even rape scenarios. These themes also pervade many romance novels read by women. A recently published study of 561 German women tested their responses to sexually explicit […]

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- March 15, 2026
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3 in 10 College Students Have Sex While Driving

Sex in cars is no longer limited to back seat rumbles in a parked vehicle. A study recently published in the Journal of Sex Research surveyed 1,165 college students and found that 29% reported having sex (usually oral) in a moving vehicle. The practice is sometimes known as “roadhead.” The risk, novelty, spontaneity, taboo violation, […]

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- March 1, 2026
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The Big Kink Survey

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Popular sex blogger and activist Aella has released a valuable research tool based on her database of over 900,000 followers. This sample is not representative of the general population, but it does give valuable insight into those who are highly interested in sexual variations. The tool allows one to perform a variety of demographic correlations […]

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