sex and sexuality

Northern Territory Legislates Consensual Teen Sex

by Cara May 11, 2009

Via Queen Emily comes this story out of the Northern Territory, Australia.  The government has decided to enact a law that forces anyone — from doctors to parents — to report any any sexual activity taking place among those who are under the age of 16. Because that sex is always illegal.  Regardless of consent.  [...]

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Unfinished and Random Thoughts on the Politics of Female Anatomy

by Cara May 9, 2009

I don’t remember the first time I heard the word “clitoris,” but I do know that the first time I heard it and it registered with me was sometime when I was in my early teens.  I didn’t know what it was.  Once I figured out that it was a part on a woman that [...]

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In Which I Refuse to Put the “Sex Ed War” to Rest

by Cara April 10, 2009

A few weeks back, my friend KaeLyn sent me this article from Time called “How to Bring An End to the War Over Sex Ed,” and because I’m always behind on my emails, I just finally got around to reading it. Now, you all know that Time Magazine is not my friend.  But, this article [...]

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Missing the Point on Teen “Sexting” Cases

by Cara April 9, 2009

You’ve probably seen a lot of media coverage lately around the phenomenon of teenagers sending nude or otherwise sexual pictures of themselves to each other, and the fact that a lot of parents, and more notably law enforcement officials, are really freaking out about it. It wasn’t so long ago that I wrote about an [...]

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Because What’s the Point of a Woman You Can’t Fuck?

by Cara March 3, 2009

From contributing editor Mark Binelli’s otherwise decent Rolling Stone article Motor City Breakdown, about the dying automobile industry in Detroit: At the show, the traditional rituals are still taking place. If you’ve never been to an auto show, the main ritual involves adults climbing in and out of vehicles they will not be allowed to [...]

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Hundreds of Adult Sex Workers Arrested in “Child Prostitution” Stings

by Cara February 24, 2009

I love how this headline at CNN reads “Operation Frees Dozens of Child Prostitutes” rather than “Over 500 Prostitutes Arrested Under Guise of Saving Children.” In the three-day operation, which began Thursday night, the FBI, along with local and state law enforcement agencies, took the 46 girls and one boy — all of them U.S. [...]

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Science Says Men Are Sexist Pigs! Except . . . Not.

by Cara February 16, 2009

When I came across a headline this morning that read “Men really do see half-naked women as sex objects, scientists claim,” I felt that this had to be inherently untrue. Though I certainly do not doubt the findings in the study that some men react to images of scantily clad women the same way that [...]

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CVS Limits Condom Access For Some

by Cara February 12, 2009

CVS pharmacy apparently has a policy, in many places, of locking up condoms. This means that if you go to the store and want to buy condoms, you need to find someone who works there, ask them to unlock the case for you, and have them stand there and watch you while you choose the [...]

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Real Sex Education Gets a Chance

by Cara February 6, 2009

I could not have possibly been more excited when I saw this article about the handful of sex-positive sex education courses taking place around the country: The photos were a small piece of a yearlong sexuality education program called Our Whole Lives, or OWL. A joint effort by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United [...]

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Blog For Choice: Sexual Rights

by Cara January 22, 2009

Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, and that means it’s also Blog for Choice Day.  Unlike last year (and more like myself), I have little interest in the theme, pro-choice hopes for Barack Obama and the new Congress. I’ve decided that I want to write about something else.  I want to write [...]

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