Here is the video from my time on The Tyra Banks Show with my Wondrous Vulva Puppet - there was a lot more to the show, but this clip is a good introduction to women's bodies.
That's the title of a recent book that comes with the prediction that by 2050, humans and robots will have become increasingly intimate bedfellows. Read the full article here.
Though this report focuses on Kiwi men, it is not just men in New Zealand who have felt pressured to have sex with women. Given cultural norms that suggest men should always be ready for and interested in sex, many men - if asked - will say that they have felt pressured to have sex with women they didn't want to have sex with or else that they felt pressured to have sex with a woman they liked/loved but just didn't want to have sex with at the time. Ideally, women and men might both try to learn something from this - to have sex when they want to, when they feel it will be pleasurable (not necessarily orgasmic, but pleasurable) and when they're certain that their partner wants to as well. And also, of course, that no one should pressure or beg for sex which sounds much more like coercion that consent.
Not such a safe prospect, according to new reports. Read this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about how some sex-related herbal pills, particularly some targeted for men, may pose unique health risks.
In my opinion, one of the best things a man can do to enhance is sex life is to read a book like Dr. Bernie Zilbergeld's The New Male Sexuality which deals with everything from performance anxiety to communication about sex to dealing with erection and ejaculation issues and in very smart, cool, easy to understand ways.
Those of you who have travelled to the European Union (EU) will be familiar with the VAT tax which, like in the states, varies on a product depending on where you are. Apparently in the EU, in an effort to combat sexually transmissible infections (STI) such as HIV, they have been considered lowering the VAT tax on condoms. What impact, if any, do you think this will make on people's use of condoms? Would you increase your own condom use if they cost less? Read the full article here.
There are MANY reasons to breastfeed a baby, but is raising your baby's IQ one of them? Read this article for the latest on research related to the breastfeeding/IQ debate.
