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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Would You Use A Video Game To Teach Your Kids About Sex? http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/would-you-use-a-video-game-to-teach-your-kids http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/would-you-use-a-video-game-to-teach-your-kids

Adventures in Sex City, a cartoon-y Canadian video game designed to teach young people about safe sex, was introduced in February of 2010 and caused some controversy. But it was popular enough that Ontario's Middlesex-London Health Unit is rolling out a sequel, according to CNews.  (Parent Dish)

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Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:05:00 -0700 High-Tech Answer to Harassment on Egypt's Streets http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/high-tech-answer-to-harassment-on-egypts-stre http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/high-tech-answer-to-harassment-on-egypts-stre

File- An Egyptian girl is watched by tens of soldiers securing the site of Cairo New court in this Wednesday, April 28, 2010 file photo. It's a problem nearly every woman in the Egyptian capital has experienced _ leering, whistles, groping or other sexual harassment on Cairo's thoroughfares and backalleys. Soon they'll be able to instantly speak out on the Internet when it happens. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

 

It's a problem nearly every woman in the Egyptian capital has experienced - leering, whistles, groping or other sexual harassment on Cairo's thoroughfares and backalleys. Soon they'll be able to instantly speak out on the Internet when it happens.

A planned website, Harrasmap, will allow women to quickly report instances of harassment via text message or Twitter, to be loaded onto a digital map of Cairo to show hotspots and areas that might be dangerous for women to walk alone. The data will be shared with activists, media, and police. (Washington Post)

 

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Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:00:00 -0700 Porn Star Madison Young: Making "Safe" Sexy http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/porn-star-madison-young-making-safe-sexy http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/porn-star-madison-young-making-safe-sexy

Porn star Madison Young: Making

The self-described "sexual revolutionary" talks about how the industry should respond to the recent HIV outbreak.  (Salon)

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Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0700 1 in 10 NYC Teens Report Same-Sex Partner http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/1-in-10-nyc-teens-report-same-sex-partner http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/1-in-10-nyc-teens-report-same-sex-partner

Almost 10 percent of sexually active New York City teens report they had a same-sex partner, although many say they are straight, researchers say.  (United Press International)

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Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:49:00 -0700 Girls Want to Talk About Sex — With Dad? http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/girls-want-to-talk-about-sex-with-dad http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/girls-want-to-talk-about-sex-with-dad

 Mostly, the conversation that dare not speak its name, the most excruciating 25 minutes of either a parent or an offspring's life, The Talk, is left to Mom. Make lunch, do laundry, figure out where the thing is that goes on that other thing, tell kids about sex. But a new study from New York University suggests that young women could actually use a little more talk about intimate matters from their dads.  (TIME)

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Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:20:00 -0700 Eight Amazing Health Benefits of Regular Sex http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/eight-amazing-health-benefits-of-regular-sex http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/eight-amazing-health-benefits-of-regular-sex

Humans spend enormous amount of money on lotions, creams, botox treatments, doctors, beauty treatments and others to enjoy a healthy and yourthful life. However, regular sex can do just that providing you with numerous other physiological benefits.  (Socyberty)
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Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:03:00 -0700 How Sex Hormones Influence Right Heart Function http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/how-sex-hormones-influence-right-heart-functi http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/how-sex-hormones-influence-right-heart-functi

 Sex Hormones Influence Right Heart Function

In the largest human study to date on the topic, researchers have uncovered evidence of the possible influence of human sex hormones on the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart.  (Science Daily)

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Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:00 -0700 State Warns Cedarburg About Sex Ed Option http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/state-warns-cedarburg-about-sex-ed-option http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/state-warns-cedarburg-about-sex-ed-option

The state Department of Public Instruction has warned the Cedarburg School District that it could be sued over its optional sex education class. 

Cedarburg has a program that allows parents to decide by November whether their child should attend the sex ed classes, which include facts on contraception, abortion and homosexuality. (Chicago Tribune)

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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0700 Sex Workers Granted a Voice to Promote Safety: Asia http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/stigmata http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/stigmata

No matter your moral standing on sex work, I hope we can all agree that promoting safety within the industry is a worthwhile cause.  

A recent article from the Economist shares a breakthrough in efforts across Asia to involve sex-workers when brainstorming ways to make the industry more safe.  Sex workers have previously been excluded from these government meetings for several reasons as the Economist notes, "In the past they have tended to be excluded from such international gatherings, partly because of language difficulties (“We learned English from our clients,” as one Thai sex-worker, a man, complained), and partly out of an attitude of official condescension, which saw the sex-workers more as the problem than as an important part of the solution."  (The Economist) 

 

 

 

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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Flash Back: My Favorite Safe Sex Commercial http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/flash-back-my-favorite-safe-sex-commercial http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/flash-back-my-favorite-safe-sex-commercial

 

This originally posted in 2009 and is still one of my favorite safe sex commercials.  We cringe at the thought of eating something off the ground.  Why don't we cringe in the same way at the thought of unprotected sex?

 

Stay informed, Stay safe, Get tested. 

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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:00:00 -0700 Amen, Sister: Joycelyn Elders' Call for More Sexual Frankness http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/amen-sister-joycelyn-elders-call-for-more-sex http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/amen-sister-joycelyn-elders-call-for-more-sex

One lesson I've learned: When people feel repressed -- when they feel sex is shameful -- an underworld of sexual activity bubbles below the surface of society.

Many best remember Elders for how she lost her job: she was fired by President Clinton in 1994for voicing her politically explosive opinion that masturbation should be taught to children.
"Hiding from sexuality is not realistic when we know that humans are inherently sexual beings," Elders more recently wrote. "A sexually healthy society must be our new goal for the 21st century."

Amen, sister.

Elders is absolutely right when she says this country has a long way to go before it becomes honest about sexual topics, especially where politicians and politics are concerned.  (Politics Daily)

 

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:30:00 -0700 Vision: A Quick High for Sex May Damage Vision http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/vision-a-quick-high-for-sex-may-damage-vision http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/vision-a-quick-high-for-sex-may-damage-vision

Users call them poppers: a class of chemicals called alkyl nitrites that can be inhaled for a quick high, or to enhance sexual pleasure. Now doctors in France are warning that they can also cause eye damage and impaired vision.  (New York Times)

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0700 Between The Sheets http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/between-the-sheets http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/between-the-sheets

A new sex study indicates unmarried boomers behave more recklessly than teens.

As far as sexual behavior goes, we may be worrying about the wrong people. The kids, it turns out, may be all right. It's the boomers who are being all, like, irresponsible and stuff. At least that's the finding of the largest nationally representative survey of the sexual behavior of Americans ever undertaken, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine on Oct. 4.  (TIME)
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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Statement by Leslie Kantor, National Director of Education, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on New CDC Report Showing Disparity in Teen Birthrates by States http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/statement-by-leslie-kantor-national-director http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/statement-by-leslie-kantor-national-director

The full CDC report can be found HERE.

“This new CDC report makes it crystal clear that the teen birthrate is lower in states that provide students with comprehensive, evidence-based sex education.  The report demonstrates that the surest way to reduce teenage pregnancy is to provide young people with comprehensive, medically accurate sex education, and doing so is especially urgent for African-American and Latino teens, who are getting pregnant more frequently than other young people.  (Common Dreams)

 

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:30:00 -0700 Intercourse and Orgasm http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/intercourse-and-orgasm http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/intercourse-and-orgasm

Most women don’t have an orgasm from intercourse alone                       

You’ve heard me say it again and again… there is nothing “wrong” with you if you can’t have an orgasm from intercourse. It puts you squarely with 70% of women. And if you are someone who is able to have orgasms from a hand,  a mouth or a vibrator, you don’t have a problem with orgasm!  It just has to do with where your clitoris is positioned, the shape of his penis and how you initially learned how to have an orgasm.  (The Medical Center for Female Sexuality)

 

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:30:00 -0700 Girl Sold for Sex Wants to Sue State Government http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/girl-sold-for-sex-wants-to-sue-state-governme http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/girl-sold-for-sex-wants-to-sue-state-governme

A Hobart girl who was sold for sex last year when she was 12 years old and under state care is trying to sue the Tasmanian Government. 

The Government has admitted that key agencies including the child protection office and the police failed the girl.  (ABC News)

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:00 -0700 Americans are Branching Out Sexually, Survey finds http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/americans-are-branching-out-sexually-survey-f http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/americans-are-branching-out-sexually-survey-f

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Sexually speaking, Americans are mixing it up a good deal more than they have in the past.

The first comprehensive snapshot of Americans' sexual activity in almost two decades suggests a social landscape changed by HIV and AIDS and by an increasingly open national conversation about sexual acts other than plain old intercourse.

"The sexual repertoire of Americans has sort of expanded," said Michael Reece, director of Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion and a leading author of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, published in a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Though vaginal intercourse is hardly on its way out, the practice has declined as other sexual acts have gained ground.  (LA Times)

 

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0700 Oral Sex Cancer Risk to be Tackled by Documentary http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/oral-sex-cancer-risk-to-be-tackled-by-documen http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/oral-sex-cancer-risk-to-be-tackled-by-documen

Jaime Winstone Images

One of the last taboos in sexual health is to be tackled by the BBC in an hour-long film presented by the film star Jaime Winstone.

The investigation tackles the link between oral sex and rising numbers of mouth and throat cancer cases among young Britons – described this weekend as "an emerging epidemic" by a Cancer Research UK expert.  (The Guardian)

 

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:00:00 -0700 South Africa: Condoms Star in a Sex Film With a Message http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/south-africa-condoms-star-in-a-sex-film-with http://safe-is-sexy.posterous.com/south-africa-condoms-star-in-a-sex-film-with

With three goals in mind — to score a political point, to convey a safe-sex message and to make money — a South African producer has made that nation’s first all-black pornographic movie.

In a departure from the norm for such films, the male cast members wear condoms. Also, the entire cast was tested for H.I.V.  (New York Times)

 

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