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Exploring The New Sexual Norms
- The Kinsey Report on sexual behavior is 60 this year. Eyes were opened, myths debunked. What is "normal" now? more info
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Top 25 reasons to cheat on your partner
If you're in a loving, monogamous relationship where trust is the top priority, congratulations - your relationship is a rarity in the 21st century!
A recent survey in Germany revealed that 38.9 per cent of women and 37.1 per cent of men have cheated on their partner.
Loyalty and longevity are no longer top priorities in many modern relationships and sometimes the temptation to cheat is just too great. And to be honest, for some people it doesn't take all that much of an excuse to play away from home, does it?
From an impending mid-life crisis to the motto 'anything goes at Oktoberfest', BILD presents the top 25 reasons to cheat: If you're in a loving, monogamous relationship where trust is the top priority, congratulations - your relationship is a rarity i... more -
I Do......Not
We've got the marriage contract for the new millennium!!
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Ode to the Nice Guys...
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.
This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.
The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches.
So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming. This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining ... more -
Semen makes you happy?
Interesting article Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition....not sure if I believe it. ......
Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't.
The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.
"I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen."
His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed.
The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5.
What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms.
The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says. Interesting article Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition....not sure if I believe it. ...... ... more -
Holocaust survivors tell love story
In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.
He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence and she wondered what she could do for this handsome young man.
She was carrying apples, and decided to throw one over the fence. He caught it and ran away toward the barracks. And so it began.
As they tell it, they returned the following day and she tossed an apple again. And each day after that, for months, the routine continued. She threw, he caught, and both scurried away.
They never knew one another's name, never uttered a single word, so fearful they'd be spotted by a guard. Until one day he came to the fence and told her he wouldn't be back.
"I won't see you anymore," she said. "Right, right. Don't come around anymore," he answered.
And so their brief and innocent tryst came to an end. Or so they thought.
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Art of Body Painting
Abel Jimenez is a respected Mexican painter in the surrealistic tradition.
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Does the beauty engine really make us look better?
DollyMix tests the usefulness of the 'beauty engine' - which digitally corrects so-called imperfections in people's facial characteristics - on their obsession du jour, Michael Cera, as well as Woody Allen and Brigitte Bardot.
The consensus seems to be that having a big nose or a mole is better than looking scarily generic ... I wouldn't say no to looking 'perfect', but this may be yet another case of personal vanity clouding judgement. After all, Michael Cera looks muchos hottos in picture no. 1 only. What do you think? DollyMix tests the usefulness of the 'beauty engine' - which digitally corrects so-called imperfections in people's fac... more -
Peaches teams up with Simian Mobile Disco and Digitalism for fifth album
Electro musician Peaches has described her upcoming fifth album as "like a big variety show", splicing her trademark hard electronics with disco and ballads. In addition to collaborations with Digitalism and Simian Mobile Disco, she has written tracks with pianist and producer Gonzales.
The album is set for release early next year, and is as yet unnamed. Electro musician Peaches has described her upcoming fifth album as "like a big variety show", splicing her trademark hard el... more -
German ambassador of sex
Controversial German glamour model Tatjana Gsell has a hot new job – to be the face of this year’s Venus sex trade fair. And what a face!
The erotic ambassador’s mission is to spread sex and fun to make Berlin a hotter place during the event, from October 16-19.
And that mean four days of sex in the German capital!
For a month, Tatjana Gsell has appeared on 5,000 posters urging Berliners to make a ‘sexpedition’ to Venus 2008, which features 400 exhibitors in eight halls, a total of 30,000 square metres.
Tickets can be ordered online for €22, or on the door for €25.
Anyone who doesn’t find anything stimulating at Venus is probably beyond help! There will be sex toys, porno stars, hot parties, the latest from the fetish world – you’ll be left standing with your mouth open in astonishment. There will even be saucy sex which not everyone would find tasteful…
And of course, you can meet the lovely Tatjana Gsell yourself on the opening day. But if you don’t get the chance, then check out our hot picture gallery! Controversial German glamour model Tatjana Gsell has a hot new job – to be the face of this year’s Venus sex trade fair. And what a fa... more -
'Why are you Brits such DRUNKS?', asks one American writer
She’s got used to the endless cups of tea. But after settling here, American writer Sarah Lyall is still baffled by Britain’s need for booze. Your men, she says, can’t even woo a lady without one sherbert too many... She’s got used to the endless cups of tea. But after settling here, American writer Sarah Lyall is still baffled by Britain’s need fo... more
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Kids who photograph themselves naked are child pornographers and sex offenders
A fifteen year old girl in Newark, OH faces being labelled a "sex offender" for sending naked cellphone photos of herself (a minor) to other minors. If convicted, she'll spend the next ten years on public registries, classed as a producer of child pornography. No word on what compensation she (as the victim of the crime) will be able to get from herself (as the perp).
According to Ohio law, 2907.323(A)(3) states anyone possessing material that shows a minor in a state of nudity is guilty of a fifth-degree felony. The violation also might qualify the juvenile as a Tier I sexual offender, which requires annual registration for a decade.
The section of the law the girl, who is a foster child, was charged with allows parents or guardians to take photos of their unclothed children for a list of acceptable purposes but does not provide an exemption for the child themselves. A fifteen year old girl in Newark, OH faces being labelled a "sex offender" for sending naked cellphone photos of herself (a... more -
REMEMBERING THAT SPECIAL MOMENT WHICH VANISHED
24 HOUR ROMANCE
Saturday, August 30, 2008
24 HOUR ROMANCE
24 HOUR ROMANCE
24 HOUR ROMANCE IS A GLOBAL SEARCH FOR NUGGETS OF THE HUMAN SEXUAL EXPERIENCE AND THE MEMORIES THAT IT EVOKED IN YOUR LIFE. IT’S THAT ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE WHERE ALL THE PIECES OF HUMANKIND BETWEEN HETROSEXUAL OR SAME SEX COUPLES FALL IN PLACE DURING A 24 HOUR TIME SPAN.
CONCEPT: YOUR REFLECTIONS, MEMORIES, REMINISCENCE OF THE ACT OF HAVING SEX WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU JUST MET WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
GUIDELINES:
1)THE RELATIONSHIP MUST START AND END WITHIN 24 HOURS
2) DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE ENCOUNTER.
3)WHAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE ELEMENTS OF THIS BRIEF AFFAIR
Eg music, smell, colors, sensation, environment where the love making happened.
4) DID YOU MAKE LOVE OR JUST FUCK?
5) HAVE YOU EVER DUPLICATED THIS EXPERIENCE
6) TIME, DATE, LOCATION OF THIS ENCOUNTER
7)PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON YOU HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH
8) WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE 24 HOURS?
9) DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PERSON, REFLECTIONS OF WHO THE PERSON WAS. WHAT WAS MEMORABLE ABOUT THE MOMENT
DID YOU HAVE REGRETS OR IS THE MOMENT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE CHERISHING INTO ETERNITY.
10) HAVE YOU DUPLICATED THIS EXPERIENCE? HOW MANY TIME AND WAS IT AS SPECIAL AS THE FIRST?
ESSAY GUIDELINES:
1) TRUTHFUL
2) EACH ESSAY MUST BE UNDER 1,000 WORDS
3) USE OF PARTNERS NAME FORBIDDEN
4) YOU MOST USE YOUR INITIALS, CITY, STATE, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
5) MAILING ADDRESS FOR FREE COPY OF BOOK WHEN PUBLISHED
MUST SIGN AND DATE RELEASE FORM GIVING PERMISSION FOR 24 HOUR ROMANCE COMPANY TO PUBLISH THIS DATA.
YOU WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE WORK FREE OF CHARGE WHEN PUBLISHED 24 HOUR ROMANCE Saturday, August 30, 2008 24 HOUR ROMANCE 24 HOUR ROMANCE ... more -
It's porn, just without the sex
It started when three brothers joked about making pornography for fans of the genre who happen to be offended by on-screen sex. Out of that joke came an idea for a website, and they called it PG Porn.
In creating pornography that appeals to viewers who want their titillation toned down, brothers James, Sean and Brian Gunn are banking on web-surfers' growing acceptance of porn.
Sean starred in the television show Gilmore Girls and James wrote the screenplay for the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo. Their latest production, a short spoof called Nailing Your Wife, premiered on Wednesday at their site.
With pornography all over the internet and the video store, the Gunn brothers rely on viewers' familiarity with all its conventions - the goofy acting, the bad music, the lace-thin plots - to create movies that look like the real thing but skirt nudity. Comedy substitutes for hard-core sex.
The actor in Nailing Your Wife is Nathan Fillion, who appeared in the ABC show Desperate Housewives, and his cast mate is porn star Aria Giovanni. PG Porn will feature similar pairings in the future.
"This is a place where the porn and the mainstream film industries meet and get to have some understanding of each other," said James Gunn, a writer, director and producer.
"We like to pretend that we're miles and miles away from pornography, but we're not," he said.
Pornography's size as an industry is often overstated, but web-based porn generates at least $US2 billion a year, said Frederick Lane, the author of Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age.
"People are getting more blase about porn, I don't think there's any question about that," Lane said. "I think the Internet has played a huge role in that, it sort of lowers everybody's threshold."
PG Porn will also sell its content elsewhere under the direction of Disaster Movie producer Peter Safran.
The principals behind PG Porn take the name "PG" from the rating "Parental Guidance Suggested" given to movies largely free of objectionable content. But they do not expect viewers to watch their webisodes with their parents.
Instead, they said they expect men to visit the site in greater numbers than women - at least initially - and they assume most men see plenty of porn.
Their site features racy photos of porn stars Aria Giovanni, Belladonna and Sasha Gray. PG Porn's creators recruited them, asking porn fans about their favorite stars.
Bob Peters, president of New York-based Morality in Media, said PG Porn is not as bad as regular porn sites, but he worries viewers will move on to the real thing.
"In the real world of pornography, if you want to get your start in pornography you start in the gutter," he said. "So real people are abused in the production of pornography." It started when three brothers joked about making pornography for fans of the genre who happen to be offended by on-screen sex. Out of... more -
Man Convicted of Killing Girlfriend, Barbequing Her Dismembered Body
The mother of a 19-year-old college student told jurors Friday that she felt "numb and confused" after hearing the ghastly details of her daughter's death and the dismemberment and burning of her remains in two barbecue grills.
"I still did not believe it," Gail Shields said, crying as she recounted the death of her daughter, Tynesha Stewart.
Parents of Timothy Wayne Shepherd also testified, saying they still love their son.
Shepherd was convicted Thursday of murder in the disappearance of his former girlfriend, a Texas A&M University freshman whose body was not recovered.
Jurors must now decide whether to sentence him to a maximum of life in prison.
Shields broke down in tears on the witness stand and sobbed as she was walked out of the courtroom by prosecutors Marie Primm and Kebharu Smith.
Testifying about the destruction of her daughter's remains, Shields said that "some part of her has to be somewhere."
"I cannot accept the fact that all of her is gone," she said. "It's just not humanly possible."
Investigators say that Shepherd confessed to strangling Stewart, cutting up her body in his bathtub and burning her remains.
A piece of a tooth with Stewart's DNA was found in the garbage disposal in Shepherd's north Harris County apartment after his arrest in March 2007.
Shields said she is in therapy because she continues to have chest pains and has problems sleeping and controlling her diabetes.
As family members in the audience began to cry with her, Shields looked at Shepherd.
"It's unbelievable that something like this would happen," she said.
Asked whether she could forgive Shepherd, she said, "You can forgive people, but people still have to pay for what they've done."
Shields' testimony continued the prosecution's case in the trial's punishment phase, which resumes Monday.
Chip Lewis, Shepherd's attorney, paraded Shepherd's parents, family and friends to the witness stand to testify that they love Shepherd, despite the jury's verdict.
Lewis said he plans to present evidence about Stewart's death, but had not decided whether Shepherd will testify. The mother of a 19-year-old college student told jurors Friday that she felt "numb and confused" after hearing the ghastly d... more -
PG porn: nailing your wife
Just like real porn, you have to get through the cheesy dialogue before the real action starts. Don't advance the video -- there's a LOLz surprise ending! This is from the hillarious mind of James Gunn - writer/director "Dawn of the Dead," "The Specials," "Tromeo and Juliet" and "The Scooby-Doo movies."
Click link for more Just like real porn, you have to get through the cheesy dialogue before the real action starts. Don't advance the video -- there&... more -
Ashley and Zac: like sister and brother
"I've never been attracted to Zac, and he's never been attracted to me - which is even more amazing!" laughs Ashley in the November issue of Seventeen. "I've never been attracted to Zac, and he's never been attracted to me - which is even more amazing!" laughs Ashle... more
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Artist faces jail time for writing "Love" on his own mural
Artist Ed Stross prepares for jail time after Detroit municipality convicted him of violating "signage" variance by writing "LOVE" on his own mural. Artist Ed Stross prepares for jail time after Detroit municipality convicted him of violating "signage" variance by writing ... more
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Max: one young man's story about HIV and failed abstinence-only programs
Max Siegel is a 24-year-old gay man living with HIV. Max contracted HIV from his first sexual experience at 17 years old but his story starts even before that. Max Siegel is a 24-year-old gay man living with HIV. Max contracted HIV from his first sexual experience at 17 years old but his story... more
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Sex education for first graders leaves out clitoris
A new course on sex education in China involves what some might consider some pretty graphic literature - especially for 1st graders (primary). Funny cartoons, witty dialogues, testicles that talk to one another, and cool-looking Mr Condoms wearing shades (gallery of pics through link). I kinda wich my sex-ed classes were this open, though I was dissapointed to see the diagram of the vagina didn't include a label for the clitoris. Should kids not be taught how they can enjoy sex?
What d'you think? Too shocking for 1st grade? Or pretty good progress? A new course on sex education in China involves what some might consider some pretty graphic literature - especially for 1st graders (... more -
British teacher leaves home for life with African tribesman
A British teacher is giving up her life in Southampton to live in a hut in a remote African village, after falling in love with a tribal elder.
Carole Woolgar, 51, said she immediately fell for Amri Shimata, a Porgoro tribal elder, when she visited Tanzania in 2003.
Having visited Shimata regularly over the past five years, Woolgar is set to swap her comfortable home for a tin-roof hut and no electricity or running water. The village's only lavatory is a "long drop", which is nothing more than a hole in the ground, and all the cooking is done on an open fire or a charcoal stove.
She said: "Since meeting Amri for the first time I have been back to the village two or three times a year - and our romance just blossomed. It had just become harder and harder to say goodbye to Amri when I came to leave so I decided I had to do something. I have no kids to worry about so that made the decision easier."
Miss Woolgar, who has never been married, has been taking lessons in Swahili so she can fit in with the close-knit community, but says the hardest thing will be giving up her "creature comforts". She said: "The village is tiny but the people are so friendly. They have absolutely nothing - you go to a house and people are sleeping on an old mat with a few plastic plates and cups to eat and drink from. They get up as soon as it is light, work in the fields and then go to sleep when it gets dark - but they are so, so welcoming. The thing I'm going to miss the most is my washing machine. The women have to walk to fetch water in buckets and then wash everything by hand. I have been trying to learn Swahili but luckily Amri speaks very good English - he even beats me at Scrabble when we play. He's a very intelligent man." A British teacher is giving up her life in Southampton to live in a hut in a remote African village, after falling in love with a trib... more
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