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Readers respond to Clinton's call to repeal DOMA

The concept of women posing for sexy, but tasteful, boudoir photos has not only been around for ages... So it was just a matter of time before someone would seize this empowerment idea and capitalize on it for men.

While many people are forced to be remain closeted in a still often homophobic society, the closet nonetheless should never be seen as a healthy place. It suffocates its occupants and, when combined with power, has them victimizing many others.

Greetings once again, you filthy sex poodles! Did you know that Jesus is really concerned about that pagan you’ve been palling around with?

I believe in the empowerment of aesthetic response. I believe it’s just as important — perhaps even more so –to do with porn and erotic materials than it is with Art.

Understanding your reactions, positive and negative, makes you a more self-aware human being. A wiser human being. To me, this is the intellectual version of an opposable thumb because it separates us from the simple wankers. And when it comes to our relationships, it is just as important to be able to articulate our reactions so that we can share them with our partners. Having struggled to do this for ourselves, we become aware just how difficult the process is and therefore we have greater understanding when our partners share their struggled-to-arrive-at reactions. Simply put, talking about turn-ons, turn-offs, and why we have them means not only increased intimacy, becoming better lovers, but we can then select erotica materials for mutual enjoyment.

In the case of this photo, and those like them, my negative feelings are deeper than the words “tacky” and “silly”. Deeper and more painful.

Paddles is not another trendy table tennis emporium, but a “safe space” to live out erotic fantasies, specifically BDSM (bondage/discipline, domination/submission, sadism/masochism), OTK (over the knee; in other words, spanking), and an alphabet soup’s worth of other sexual practices that, until recently, have gone largely unnoticed and undiscussed by the mainstream world.

Philadelphia Inquirer
Gender identity not just body parts
CNN
Editor's note: Donna Rose is an author, educator and a former member of the Human Rights Campaign Business Council.

The National Gay Wedding Show is a celebration of marriage. We pride ourselves in supporting equality throughout the wedding experience and this show is here for anyone getting married, whether gay, lesbian or straight.

We understand all the things that this special day will bring and with over 200 hand selected exhibitors from every aspect of the wedding industry, we’re here to offer you a whirlwind experience that will not only blow your wedding shoes off, but will guide you through what is set to be one of the most important days of your life.

Much is written on the effects of porn and female body image. Some complain fearfully of men who will, upon viewing porn, expect all women to have those bodies; others that women themselves fall into this trap and try to emulate such unrealistic things with their own bodies. Of course, these accusations and reservations aren't only reserved for pornographic materials, but magazines, television, any media.

And while you may think that I'm going to rant about how stupid this is, how silly it is to believe that people will be so affected by these images that they'd let ~ no force ~ them to be their realities, I'm not.

Playboy, now private, in the past few years has outsourced much of its media operations and shed some of the seedier aspects of its business, like its cable-TV channels, to focus on fragrance licensing and other revenue streams.

Time Out London
Sex Secrets Of Married Couples Revealed In Survey
Huffington Post
iVillage released the results of its 2013 Married Sex Survey on Monday, and the findings may surprise you.

Let it be this one. This Is My Body makes me weep — with joy, sorrow, hope, and fear. If you like, Like.

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The Atlantic Study: How We Lose Our Virginity Shapes Our Entire Sexual Life The Atlantic PROBLEM: Common knowledge says that sex the first time is usually not-so-great; something to be endured more than enjoyed, as an initiation into sexual...