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They Use Clowns to Teach Abstinence. That Really Says Something About Abstinence

By Kay Steiger - Jan 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Via the illustrious Pam Spaulding at Pandagon, a middle school in Ohio hired Derek Dye to dress up as a clown and teach messages of…

When is it Illegal to Sleep With a 18-Year-Old?

By L. Russell Allen - Jan 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Fox News is reporting that a Washington state court recently ruled that teachers can not be prosecuted for sleeping with their 18-year-old students. Default response:…

Damn You, Science!

By Jesse Singal - Jan 14th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

Let’s strip a little more mystery out of love, shall we?
Thanks, New Scientist!
Who needs children when a puppy can provide a similar emotional…

Sexually Repressed Societies Are Unsustainable

By Emily Rutherford - Jan 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

Via Telmah Parsa at The Daily Beast, the latest out of Iran is evidence of the impossibility of sustaining a culture in which sexual relations…

Teen Pregnancy Is Up For the First Time in Fifteen Years

By Nick Sifuentes - Jan 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

Mississippi takes top honors for the highest rate of teen pregnancies in 2006, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control. In…

I Hope William Donohue Reads This

By L. Russell Allen - Jan 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

The argument for the Catholic Church against other Christian denominations has always been the foundation of the Mother Church through the years. Just ask Louisiana…

OMG Hooking Up!

By Kay Steiger - Dec 15th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

So says the New York Times opinion column from this weekend by Charles Blow (heh, blow). Apparently Blow thinks that this strange thing known as…

Have More Sex, Pastor Says

By Lisha Arino - Nov 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

For once, a religious figure isn’t telling its congregation to abstain from sex.
According to The New York Times, the Reverend Ed Young, a pastor…

Why Do Evangelicals Have Sex So Early and Liberals So Late?

By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Margaret Talbot has a must-read piece in The New Yorker from earlier this month looking at differences in sexual behavior between culturally conservative Christians, especially…

Let’s Talk About (Realistic) Sex, Baby

By Kay Steiger - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm

Today the Washington Post wrote about a study released that shows a correlation between unintended pregnancies and watching television shows that portray “flirting, necking, discussion…

Watching Sexy TV Gets You Pregnant!

By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Or at least that’s what a study conducted by the RAND Institution claims. Here’s the Washington Post’s summary:
The study, which tracked more than 700…

We’re Still Scared of Sex Toys?

By Jesse Singal - Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pm

It’s easy to forget when you live in an enclave of liberal hedonism like Washington, D.C., but there are states in America that still have…

How to Build a Dating System That Isn’t Oppressive

By Jesse Singal - Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

Yesterday at Feministing, Samhita did a post on ten things she “absolutely hate[s] about heteronormative dating”:
1. You are expected to dress nice and act…

Campus Beat: Sex, Drugs, and Opening Plenary

By Emily Rutherford - Oct 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

In some weeks patterns develop in the reporting at far-flung campuses, and seemingly everyone will be turning out a story on the same subject. This…

Notre Dame Students Can Be Expelled for Having Sex

By Emily Rutherford - Sep 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Usually I give news items in college papers a couple sarcastic lines in my “Campus Beat” roundups, but I was too flabbergasted by this one…