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Enjoy the pleasurable perks of a down
economy
The makers of LifeStyles Condoms report that condom sales have
gone up since the recession began. It makes sense to us: When
you’re out of work and your bank account’s dwindling, how
else are your going to spend your free time? Plus, a little bear
market bonking boosts dopamine
levels in your brain
, which may make the economic outlook seem a little less
dim.
If you do end up having recession sex, it’s worth shelling
out a few bucks to keep your goods wrapped up. Otherwise you may end
up with one of the six
most common STDs
or a bundle
of joy
that will continue to drain your bank account long after the
recession is over.
Is financial stress affecting your performance in the sack? Take
control with these nine
tips to make sure your wood stacks
up
and 10
ways to last longer in bed
.
If you’re out of work, or just have the day off, here are a
few other ways to pass your free time: our Sex
and Privates Trivia quiz
,
Best
Foods for Men
match game, and the latest workout
downloads
That is, if you decide to take a break from getting it on.
Source: www.menshealth.com/mhlists/understanding_sex_and_the_brain/index.php?cm_mmc=DailyDoseNL-_-2023_02_16-_-MainBlk-_-1
Women Want More Sex, Less Foreplay
Most nights you'd rather skip foreplay and start up the real action immediately. It's OK to admit—we won't tell her.
Well, rejoice guys: A new survey of 2,360 Czech women found that foreplay isn't all that important when it comes to her enjoyment of sex and likelihood of orgasm. What does matter: Length. Not that length, but the length of time intercourse lasts.
The researchers conclude that, "more attention should be given to improve the quality and duration of intercourse rather than foreplay."
While that's good advice, our own surveys repeatedly find that women want more foreplay, not less. Not surprising—giving her time to warm up helps her forget the stress of the day, increases her chances of climaxing, and makes her wet. Plus, treat her well, and she'll return the favor.Your best bet: Ask her what she likes and discuss your fantasies together. You could be making mistakes without realizing it. But don't back down from your desire for more quickies—as long as you promise to balance them with long nights of intimate love making, she'll likely agree.
And if that doesn't work, move to the Czech Republic.
Source: MHNews@rodalenews.com
Ask the Therapist: Am I a
Middle-Aged Sex Addict?
Which Sex Enjoys Lovemaking More?
How Much Do You Really Know About STD
Symptoms?
Animal swingers play the mating
game
In some human societies, sexual behavior akin to these animals would be shunned. Do these animals just not care what "society" thinks about their promiscuous behavior? Even the most domestic of animals, dogs, don't bat an eye before sniffing a fellow canine's butt or humping an owner's leg.
"Just about every animal is quite promiscuous," said Diana Fisher, a behavioral ecologist at the Australian National University.
Though such free animal love might appear lighthearted, survival and passing on genes are serious business in the animal world.
Animal "personal ads" would reveal a conflict between males and females. Males want to mate with as many females as possible with the goal of fertilizing the most eggs. Females are a little more selective, preferring to hook up with the best males to fertilize their eggs.
One end result is polygyny — the most common mating strategy in the animal kingdom — in which males compete for access to a harem of breeding females. Sexual selection tends to favor adaptations that enhance reproductive success, including a large body size to boost success in pre-mating combat between males, and high sperm counts to up the chances of successful fertilization.
Rather than investing limited resources in inflating their bodies, females typically have a more conservative growth strategy and allocate more into the production and provisioning of offspring. By waiting on the sidelines during male-male jousting, the female can mate with the strongest male.
"Males fight it out and the best fighters get large harems of females," Tim Clutton-Brock, an animal ecologist at the University of Cambridge, told LiveScience. "If you just take the winner, you've got the best male. You don't need to sit back and choose carefully between males."
Human males must decide how much energy to put into weightlifting, for instance, to woo women, and how much they should focus on a career, which would benefit a family.
For polygynous horned beetles, the same trade-off exists between allocating resources to developing mate-winning weaponry in the form of horns and having more sperm to increase fertilization. In one study, when researchers cut off the beetles' horns, the pupa reacted by developing larger testes, supporting a theory known as resource allocation trade-off.
Females in charge
For females, the drawbacks of sex with lots of partners include an increased probability of inbreeding, higher chances of predation, more risk of catching disease and physical injury or exhaustion from the frequent sex.
Even so, in some species, females "wear the pants." Called polyandry, by mating with multiple males, a mom can produce healthier offspring, and in some species, ensure devotion and help in child-raising by many fathers.
In a study of a mouselike marsupial, scientists found that by sleeping around, females had a better chance of finding males with good-quality sperm and high sperm counts. "So that means that females that mate with lots of males get more of their offspring sired by the good-quality males that increase the baby survival," Fisher said, referring to the mouselike marsupials.
In a lab study, researchers found that female guppies mating with four different males gave birth to 73 percent more young than their monogamous sisters. Plus, the young were more skilled at swimming in tandem with another fish and jetting out of trouble.
But strict polyandry, where one female guards a group of male mates, is rare. "The benefit for the female is quite clear, because if you have four husbands and you lay them each a clutch of eggs and they sit on it, you're doing much better than if you have one husband and you lay one clutch of eggs," Clutton-Brock said. "What's harder to explain is what the benefit to the male is."
Deciding factors
As with humans, animal mating often relies on a careful dance in which males and females develop ways of getting what they want without going too far and ending up empty handed.
The female Australian hanging fly will allow males that provide larger nuptial gifts to copulate longer, and in turn transfer more sperm, skewing paternity. Males providing insufficient gifts get flung off by the female before insemination is complete.
A study of 14 water-strider species found that species in which males had flat stomachs and powerful forelimbs for clutching lovers mated more frequently than species where females were in charge — those with spines protruding from their back ends. When the females had the upper hand, mating occurred about twice a day compared with 20 times a day in the male-dominating species.
Find out how 10 animals have developed polygamous behaviors, many of which will cause a blush or two, in this LiveScience special: Top 10 Swingers of the Animal Kingdom.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15739418/
Straight Woman, Straight Answer
High Blood Pressure and Your Sex Life
E-Mail Used To Alert Of STD Exposure
Eat, Exercise, and Relax Your Way to
Better Sex
Erectile Trouble May Signal Heart Disease
Fertile February Love, Sex, and Making
Babies
In honor of this month of hearts and flowers, we bring you a quiz
that's a little out of the ordinary. Answer this: Do you know the 10
steps to great sex? See if you can guess -- or learn!
Source: boards.webmd.com/message.asp?message_id=6058238
Sperm-Saving Has Little Value
Little good is gained when couples abstain from sex.
Source: www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=1502322
Can Songs with the Word
"Sex" in Them be Played on Radio
'N SYNC's JC CHASEZ says radio stations are shunning his new
single "All Day Long I Dream About Sex" because they are "terrified"
of FCC repercussions. Twelve commercial stations dropped the song
last week, leaving only fourteen that are playing it. "It's getting
out of hand if you can't even talk about sex," Chasez told Rolling
Stone. "I mean, Marvin Gaye's 'Sexual Healing' is considered a
classic. In my song there are no four-letter words and I don't talk
about hurting anyone." Editor's Note: Sounds like we've
regressed to the time, a few years ago, when Congress outlawed
USA based web sites from having the word "breast" on their web
sites.
Source: Rolling Stone e-mail, 5/24/04
Russian Abortion Rate Declines
All too often, by the time a patient reached Patimat Abakarova's
clinic it was too late: She was pregnant and seeking an urgent way
out. Nowadays the women come seeking advice on how not to get
pregnant.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC276/333/22002/367315.html?d=dmtICNNews
Doctors: Pedophile "Cured" After
Surgery
There was something wrong with the schoolteacher with the
headache -- doctors could see that from the start. Though charming
and intelligent, the 40-year-old man couldn't stop leering at female
nurses. He had been in trouble with the law for sexual advances
toward his stepdaughter, and now he was talking about raping his
landlady.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC276/333/22002/367311.html?d=dmtICNNews
She Can't Get Pregnant If...
Sex Mythinterpreted answers you questions and dispells myths that
could get you in trouble. Here's five sure ways to become a dad or a
mom.
"She can't get pregnant if I don't ejaculate inside her."
"She can't get pregnant if we have sex standing up."
"She can't get pregnant having sex in water."
"She won't get pregnant if she drink ice water."
“The rhythm method works.”
Source: http://drdrew.com/article.asp?id=1307
All About Female Sexual Problems
The sexual response cycle has four phases: excitement, plateau,
orgasm, and resolution. Ladies, if you're having trouble with any of
these phases, it's time to figure out what's going on and get some
help. You shouldn't be missing out on the fun!
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2953_509
Sexual Problems in Men
While research suggests that sexual dysfunction is common (43% of
women and 31% of men report some degree of difficulty), it is a topic
that many people are hesitant to discuss. Fortunately, most cases of
sexual dysfunction are treatable, so it is important to share your
concerns with your partner and doctor.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/10/2953_510?z=2953_00509_6501_00_18
The New Playboy Centerfold
The figures of Playboy centerfolds have changed
considerably since the 1950s, according to a recent review. So, what
does sexy look like now? And why the shape-shifting? Read on for the
naked truth.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/57/66047.htm
What's Going on With Your
Protection?
Condoms are supposed to stop STDs and prevent pregnancy, but
according to a recent study, these safer-sex tools don't always do
their job ---- and for a very good reason. Nearly half of condom
users do it wrong. This may be your most important bedtime reading of
the year!Especially if you're not ready to have children or to get an
STD.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/57/66064.htm
Increase Your Penis Size?
Exercise for your penis? You bet! A "willy workout" program
called jelqing is the hot topic in online men's groups devoted to
penis enlargement. On the one hand, a lot of guys swear by this
ancient Arab technique -- but on the other hand are those who not
only question its effectiveness but also its safety. Decide for
yourself: Here's the basic routine -- and the pros and cons of
following it.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/Article/57/66024.htm?pagenumber=1
Understanding Family Planning
Family planning is sometimes used interchangeably with birth
control or contraception, but there is much more to family planning
than avoiding or timing a pregnancy.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC276/23436/29359/362162.html?d=dmtContent
More: Family Planning
Important Points To Consider
When Choosing Birth Control
Choosing birth control involves more than examining methods.
There are a number of lifestyle factors that need to be considered as
well.
Source:/www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC276/23436/29405/362148.html?d=dmtContent
British Teachers Must Provide Better Sex
Education, Government Inspectors Say
Teachers must do more to counter a false message given by popular
teen magazines that all teen-agers are sexually active, government
inspectors said.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/349415.html
Twins Said More Identical Than Clones
Identical twins are strikingly similar in many ways, but research
shows that even they aren't completely alike. And scientists who
study how genes shape us say that's an important lesson for trying to
predict how much a human clone will resemble its progenitor.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/359623.html
Sexual Response Cycle
The sexual response cycle refers to the sequence of physical and
emotional changes that occur as a person becomes sexually aroused and
participates in sexually stimulating activities, including
intercourse and masturbation. Knowing how your body responds during
each phase of the cycle can enhance your relationship and help you
pinpoint the cause of any sexual problems.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2953_486?z=2953_00510_6501_00_12
Blueprint For Life: Never Mind Human
Cloning, "Designer Baby" Technology Could Be The Next Big Thing
Had enough human cloning nonsense? If you want something genuine
to fret about, experts suggest considering what already is occurring
at the local in vitro fertilization clinic.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/360478.html
Snow on the Roof Doesn't Douse Fire Below
People are sexually active through old age, but problems are
widespread
Source: www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=512964
Sexual activity and mens' health
918 men, aged 45 to 59 at the start of the study were followed. Researchers found that the risk of death in men with high orgasmic frequency (defined as twice a week or more) was 50 percent lower than in men with a low orgasmic frequency (less than once a month.) Authors conclude that sexual activity seems to have a protective effect on men's health. This study's findings are consistent with most other studies to date.
Source: Deb Donovan, British Medical Journal,
www.parentsplace.com/features/heart/articles/0,,258712_111800,00.html
Teen Dies After Taking Abortion Pill
Brothel debuts on Aussie stock market
Alabama legislature votes against
legalizing sex toys
Condoms Not Popular Among Unmarried U.S.
Adults
Participate in a Sex Survey
The homepage is www.sexpositiveuniverse.com/
There's a survey at www.sexpositiveuniverse.com/Genital.Herpes.Sex.Profile.htm
The Sweet Smell of Sweat
Odorless chemicals in male sweat can have a dramatic effect on a
woman's mind and body, say researchers! So should you be finding ways
to make your guy hot -- or ways to keep him cool and dry? 
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/62/71658.htm
Sponge Contraceptive On Sale Again
The Today Sponge contraceptive is back on the market, eight years
after it disappeared from U.S. drug store shelves in an alarming turn
famously depicted on a "Seinfeld" episode.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361884.html
Science Peers Behind Veil Of The Unborn:
Today's Testing Carries Power And Responsibility
Last week scientists celebrated the 50th anniversary of the
discovery of DNA's structure. But others outside the realm of
researchers have long reaped the benefits of that genetic revolution:
new parents.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361884.html
U.N. Reduces Global Population Estimate
For 2050 By 400 Million Because Of AIDS And Lower Birth Rates
The United Nations on Wednesday reduced its estimate of the
global population in 2050 by 400 million, primarily because of the
prolonged and worsening impact of the AIDS epidemic and lower than
expected birth rates.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361884.html
A Look At The Tuskegee Syphilis
Study
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study has become a symbol of medical
research gone awry.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361630.html
Researchers Tout New Form Of
Natural Birth Control
Women can choose from a wide selection of effective birth control
methods these days, but a new natural mode of family planning uses
the simplest of non-invasive devices yet promises highly effective
results: Color-coded beads.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361608.html
Supreme Court Denies Abortion Law
Appeal
The Supreme Court turned down an appeal over a requirement that
women get in-person counseling before they can have an abortion, a
case that could have reopened the emotional question of when
restrictions on abortion become unconstitutional.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361548.html
Clinical Trials Of Herpes Drug
Suspended
Eli Lilly and Co. and 3M Co. have suspended clinical trials of
their genital herpes treatment, resiquimod, because preliminary data
showed the drug wasn't as effective as expected.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361550.html
CDC Reports Pregnancy-Related
Deaths Still Higher In Black Women Than White Women
Black women have three to four times the risk of a
pregnancy-related death when compared with white women, says a report
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Pregnancy-Related Mortality Surveillance-United States,
1991-1999.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/361462.html
Viagra Challenger On The Way
The head of drug and chemical giant Bayer AG said he expects his
company's anti-impotence drug will be available as a competitor for
Viagra in the United States by the fourth quarter of 2003, a
newspaper reported.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351667.html
Experts See Dangerous Trend In Use Of
Viagra With "Party Pills"
People who use Viagra to offset the impotence effect of "party
drugs" such as ecstasy and crystal methamphetamine also acknowledge
having unprotected sex with more partners - which can breed disease.
And Viagra can be deadly if used with amyl nitrite, commonly called
"poppers," which some gay men take to facilitate sex..
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351666.html
Widespread Prenatal Scans Aid Chinese
Couples To Abort Unwanted Girls
In greater numbers than ever, China's villagers are using
inexpensive prenatal scans and then abortion to prevent the birth of
unwanted daughters and to ensure that they will bear a son, recent
studies and census data show.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351587.html
Kentucky Board Retains Health Program
By the slimmest of margins, a federal program that funds
reproductive health care services to thousands of poor women was
retained despite a push by anti-abortion activists.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351529.html
Iran's Clerics Tout Vasectomies To Curb Baby
Boom
Having promoted a baby boom, Iran's religious leaders are now
trying to curb it by discreetly touting vasectomies.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351519.html
Sperm Donor Women Fear Time
More than two-thirds of single women who choose to have a baby
using donated sperm do so because they fear they are running out of
time to find a man they would want to have a child with, new research
indicates.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/351954.html
Second Cloned Human Has Been
Born
Clonaid, the company that claims to have produced the first human
clone last week, said a second cloned baby has been born to a Dutch
lesbian couple.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/359775.html
Taiwan rules oral sex isn't adultery
A group of Taiwanese judges and lawyers say oral sex isn't
intercourse and so isn't adultery. Judges are not bound by the
decision but it can be used as a reference in future cases.
Forty-nine of 60 judges and lawyers support the view that intercourse means genital-to-genital contact. The opposing camp at the law-making forum says sexual intercourse should refer to any form of genital contact.
But a spokesman for Taiwan's High Court says there is no law stating whether oral sex is a form of intercourse and so judges are left to make their own decisions.
The spokesman added: "Whatever decision these participants came up with during the meeting will only be a reference for judges when they handle similar cases in the future."
An unnamed Taipei judge who opposed the decision told the Taipei
Times the conclusion could influence decisions in future trials. He
suggests the country's Criminal Code be amended to state clearly that
oral sex constitutes sexual intercourse.
Source: www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_709336.html?menu=news.quirkies
Editor's note: The Oxford Dictionary states
"adultry voluntary sexzual intercourse between a married
person and a person (married or not) other than his or her
spouse.: "spouse husband or wife." "sexual
intercourse insertion of a man's erect penis into a woman's
vagina, usu. followed by the ejaculation of semen."
HHS Won't Support Pregnancy Bill
The Bush administration says it no longer supports legislation
adding pregnant women to a government health care program. It's no
longer needed, administration officials say, because they've
accomplished the same thing by providing health coverage directly to
the fetus.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/356560.html
Contraceptive Being Recalled
A type of contraceptive injected once a month is being recalled
because some doses may not be potent enough, the manufacturer
announced. Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/356562.html
Nasal Spray Treats Low Sexual Desire
Better than Viagra? That's what some researchers are saying about
a nasal spray that causes both men and women to become sexually
aroused.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/356379.html
Safe Sex Should Be Promoted On TV Soaps,
Doctors Say
TV dramas and soaps should feature young people who have
contracted sexual diseases to warn of the dangers of infection, the
British Medical Association said.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/346423.html
More Older Women Having Babies In
Britain
Pop icon Madonna and Cherie Blair, the high-flying lawyer wife of
Britain's prime minister, are role models for the increasing number
of women having children later in life, the Family Planning
Association said.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/346582.html
Researchers Study Healthy Sperm
Researchers have determined the genetic fingerprint of healthy
human sperm - an advance that could be a major step forward in
understanding male infertility. The discovery could also lead to new
types of male contraceptives.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/enews?354809
Politics Hold Up Health-Center Bill
Community health centers do not perform abortions, but abortion
politics are holding up legislation renewing federal support for
their work.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/enews?354860
Catholic Colleges Debate Sex Policy
With sexually active students on their campuses and the Vatican
unswervingly opposed to premarital sex, America's Roman Catholic
colleges face difficult choices on such sensitive matters as condom
use and unwanted pregnancies.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/353538.html
Alcohol Use, Thrill-Seeking Prove Bad
Mix For HIV-Positive Men
HIV-positive men who seek new experiences and think
alcohol improves sex are more likely to have unprotected sex,
according to a new study.
Source: Center for the Advancement of Health,
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/353869.html
No Link Between Epidurals And Backache
Epidural pain relief during labour is not associated with long
term backache, find researchers in the BMJ.
Source: British Medical Journal, www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/353833.html
Medicalising Sex Damages
Relationships
Overly medical approaches to sex ignore the social and
interpersonal dynamics of relationships, argue researchers in this
week's BMJ.
Source: British Medical Journal, www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348542.html
DNA Tests Confirm Quadruplets Born In
Kansas Are Two Sets Of Identical Twins
Genetic testing confirmed that quadruplets born to a Kansas
mother were two sets of identical twins - an event likely to occur
without fertility drugs in just 1 in 25 million births, her doctor
said.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348453.html
Live From The Womb, A 3-D
Performance
For expectant parents, the first glimpse of the baby in the womb
with an ultrasound machine is among life's most thrilling moments.
Until a few years ago, however, even the best ultrasound images left
something to the imagination. They were two-dimensional, grainy and
black-and-white.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348496.html
Woman In Clone Program Said Pregnant
A newspaper report quoting an Italian doctor who said a woman in
his human cloning program is pregnant was met with criticism and
skepticism from scientists and ethicists.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348302.html
Editor: Is the doctor going to have to pay child
support?
NYC To Require Abortion Training
Obstetrics and gynecology residents in New York city's public
hospitals will be routinely trained to perform abortions under a
program backed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348262.html
Unable To Say "Condom," Iran Grapples With
AIDS
How to teach teen-agers about safe sex without even whispering
the word condom is one of the delicate questions facing the Islamic
Republic as it grapples with a surge in AIDS cases.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348191.html
Birth Defect Risk Lower Than Expected For
Cousins Who Have A Child
Children born to couples who are first or second cousins have a
lower risk of birth defects than is commonly believed, but it can
still be nearly twice as high as usual, according to a study.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/348154.html
Stress: What's Sex Got to Do With It?
Men and women react to stressful situations in very different
ways. But it's not always because of personal choices. Learn about
the fascinating role that hormones and brain chemistry play in human
reactions.Gender differences extend to nearly every aspect of human
behavior, including how we handle stress. While men face troubles
head on or ignore them completely, women in stressful situations
focus on bonding with friends and nurturing family. Researchers may
now understand why.
Source: my.webmd.com/content/article/1689.53703
Women Tout Contraception Bill
Some women's advocates urged Congress Thursday to pass a bill
that would require hospitals receiving federal funds to ensure that
sexual assault victims are told about emergency contraception.
Source:
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8799/22002/347569.html
The Pill May Increase The Risk Of Breast
Cancer According To A Large Study Of Younger Women
Women who have ever used the Pill face a slightly increased risk
of developing breast cancer, according to one of the largest studies
on oral contraceptive use, the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference
heard.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/347618.html
Men's Reproductive Health Care Gets New
Emphasis
When it comes to family planning and sexual health, men have been
largely left out of the health care system, according to a recently
released report.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8799/22002/347291.html
Interim Report Says Abstinence Programs
Are 'Changing The Local Landscape' In Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Efforts
Abstinence education programs have been implemented in
communities nationwide, and federal abstinence funding is 'changing
the local landscape of approaches to teenage pregnancy and youth risk
avoidance,' according to an independent evaluation report released
today.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/349095.html
Report Finds No Evidence That
Abstinence-Only Counseling Prevents Teen Sex, Pregnancy,
Disease
There still is no evidence whether programs that push sexual
abstinence prevent teen sex, pregnancy or disease, the government
reported, as Congress debates whether to renew an abstinence-only
initiative.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23414/22002/349130.html
Panel Votes On Sexual Abstinence
Anyway
A House committee voted to renew a contentious sexual abstinence
program Wednesday after rejecting a Democratic attempt to let states
decide whether to include discussion of birth control
methods.(Editor: A government run by Porkbellies not facts.
An education isn't required to be a Senator or Representative. So, if
we don't help kids understand pregnancy and what to do if you do get
pregnant, who wins?)
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/349190.html
Cloning Doctor Claims Three Clone
Pregnancies Under Way But Offers No Details
An Italian fertility doctor said on a TV talk show Wednesday that
three cloned babies are already in the womb, but offered no evidence
of his startling claim.
Source: www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/22002/349134.html
Strange Signals From Breastfeeding
How you smell really can change the way people around you
behave-and it has nothing to do with bad BO. Breastfeeding women and
newborns give off odours that boost the sexual desire of other
women.
Source: New Scientist, www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/349181.html
Medicalising Sex Damages
Relationships
Overly medical approaches to sex ignore the social and
interpersonal dynamics of relationships, argue researchers in this
week's BMJ.
Source: British Medical Journal www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/22002/348542.html
Homosexuality is Not a Mental
Illness
In 1954, American Psychological Association (APA) meeting and a
1956 Western Psychological Association meeting, Dr. Evelyn Hooker
presented what were then ground-breaking results from her study,
which indicated that gay men were as well adjusted as heterosexual
men. Overturning its 100-year-old position, the American Psychiatric
Association announces that homosexuality is not a psychological
disorder in 1974.
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
When it comes to tackling tough issues, like homophobia and
coming out, don't underestimate the power of humor. "Humor certainly
saved me in my early years of being gay and not knowing exactly how
to fit into the world," Max Mutchnick, the openly gay co-creator and
executive producer of Will & Grace, NBC's gay-themed sitcom, told
GayHealth.com "You end up being
able to discuss a lot when you are light about it. More families
could benefit from a lighter touch."
Homophobia, said Mutchnick, "is a generational thing, and it's
taught. There aren't enough families sitting down to dinners and
saying, 'You can't have these prejudices against gays and lesbians,'"
Mutchnick explained. He said that gay stereotypes exist on television
for a reason. "I do believe that we're very sensitive in the gay
community, and we get very uppity when we see a stereotype pop up.
The truth is, the stereotypes are what they are because those people
very much exist," he explained. When it comes to the season finale,
Mutchnick promised fans "a very big surprise ending."
Is sex good exercise?
Researchers are saying sex is good for your health. Is it just
the exercise? We've seen evidence that even walking briskly for
20 minutes three times a week can help heart health, so that
explanation may be adequate - but there may be something else at work
too.
Source: www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/PharmFullText.cfm?ID=46466&src=n45
Have sex to reduce disease
risk
Men can halve the risk of a major heart attack or stroke by
having sex three or four times a week, a specialist in cardiovascular
disease said on Tuesday.
Men who see themselves as athletic in bed will be also heartened by University of Bristol research which says doctors now believe that sex is as legitimate a form of exercise as a game of squash or a long run.
The British university's Professor Shah Ebrahim said a study of 2,400 men in the Welsh town of Caerphilly had forced cardiovascular specialists to redefine the relationship between exercise and the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
"In the past we thought it had to be activity at least three times a week and lasting 20 minutes or longer, causing sweatiness or being out of breath," Ebrahim told Reuters.
"That's quite vigorous activity. Most men of course think it's sex, which most women think lasts only a few minutes and isn't nearly as sustained as that," he said.
In the groundbreaking Caerphilly study, men with no history of major diseases were asked a wide range of questions, including whether they had sex once, twice or three or more times a week.
"What was found when the men were followed up over the next 10 years was that those who'd had three or more orgasms a week were half as likely to have had a heart attack or a stroke," Ebrahim said by telephone from the fourth World Stroke Congress in Melbourne.
"We're now moving to a situation where we would say that even mild to moderate levels of physical activity are likely to have some cardiovascular protective effect," he said.
The World Stroke Congress was told on Monday of Japanese research into a possible link between strokes and infidelity.
Tokyo-based cardiovascular researcher Dr Izumi Toyoda said he had found in a study of 42 people who had suffered fatal cerebral strokes while having sex that almost half were being unfaithful.
Of the 42 fatal strokes, 19 "resulted from sexual relations that were extramarital or with prostitutes," Toyoda said.
Other researchers cautioned that factors such as high alcohol intake could also have been a factor among those 19 cases. Toyoda's speech notes said more study was needed in these cases.
The congress also heard on Tuesday that extreme snoring was also a
serious risk factor for strokes and could be made worse by alcohol
consumption. www.healthcentral.com/news/TopStoryFullText.cfm?ID=45025&storytype=ReutersNews
The Secret to a Long
Life: Have lots of sex!
Men can halve the risk of a major heart attack or stroke byhaving
sex three or four times a week, a specialist in cardiovascular
disease said yesterday.
Men who see themselves as athletic in bed will also be heartened by University of Bristol research which says doctors now believe that sex is as legitimate a form of exercise as a game of squash or a long run.
The British university's Professor Shah Ebrahim said a study of 2,400 men in the Welsh town of Caerphilly had forced cardiovascular specialists to redefine the relationship between exercise and the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
"In the past we thought it had to be activity at least three times a week and lasting 20 minutes or longer, causing sweatiness or being out of breath," Ebrahim said.
"That's quite vigorous activity. Most men of course think it's sex, which most women think lasts only a few minutes and isn't nearly as sustained as that," he said.
In the groundbreaking Caerphilly study, men with no history of major diseases were asked a wide range of questions, including whether they had sex once, twice or three or more times a week.
"What was found when the men were followed up over the next 10 years was that those who'd had three or more orgasms a week were half as likely to have had a heart attack or a stroke," Ebrahim said.
It's also been said but not substantiated the having sex and/or
masturbating at least 3 times a week is good for the prostate. It can
sure be fun keeping fit.
U.S. Trial of Supplement to
Optimize Sperm Quality
Larry Lipshultz, M.D., head of the Division of Male Reproductive
Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, announced today
that he is participating in a multicenter clinical trial to test the
effectiveness of Proxeed™, a dietary
supplement specifically formulated to optimize the quality of sperm.
Sigma-Tau Consumer Products will sponsor the double-blind,
placebo-controlled clinical study of Proxeed on subjects with
idiopathic low sperm count or weak sperm and a history of
subfertility, or difficulty conceiving.
Sperm quality is a key component of male reproductive health and directly correlated to higher rates of conception. A man's ability to produce quality sperm varies from month to month, and can be affected by his lifestyle, diet, hormone levels and age.
"In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of Proxeed, we hope this trial helps increase the public's awareness of male infertility as a treatable cause of conception failure," said Dr. Lipshultz.
A second site for the trial is located at The Jones Institute of Reproductive Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, where the first successful in vitro fertilization procedure in the U.S. took place. The multicenter trial, the first sponsored by Sigma-Tau Consumer Products in the United States with the current formulation of Proxeed, will enroll approximately 300 participants. Announcements of additional trial centers will be made soon.
"We are excited to give Proxeed a trial in a well-designed study," said Sergio Oehninger, M.D., Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at The Jones Institute. "This may prove to be very relevant in the absence of other more rigorously scrutinized medical therapies in male infertility."
Proxeed contains the active ingredients L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine. In earlier European studies, these ingredients have been shown to promote optimum sperm motility and speed, as well as maturation - all key factors in the process of sperm development.
"Proxeed's ingredients have been the subject of more than 30 years
of study and have been safely used by thousands of men in Europe and
the United States in an effort to optimize their sperm quality," said
David Barshis, vice president of Sigma-Tau Consumer Products. "We are
very excited about this new clinical trial and believe that the data
will help us add to our understanding of the role of Proxeed in
promoting sperm quality. " Between 20 to 30 percent of all couples
experience what is known as subfertility at least once in their
lives. Subfertile couples are healthy couples that take longer than
expected to conceive and studies show that sperm quality may be a
factor in as many as 50 percent of these couples. Consumers or
healthcare providers interested in learning more about the clinical
trial or about Proxeed can call 877.PROXEED (776.9333) or visit
www.proxeed.com.
DMassachusettts,
Pennsylvania & Alaska Legislate Sex Discrimination
,
Alaska, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania legislatures have voted to
protect single-sex clubs (translate women only clubs). Some of the
reasons for such clubs is that, while some women enjoy the attention
from men, others feel self-conscious exercising in a coed
environment. I personally resigned my membership at the Amador Health
Club in Dublin, CA for that very reason and haven't returned to any
health club since. I would if I didn't have to show my flab to women,
but that doesn't look like a possibility because I'm a man.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) actually lobbied hard against single-sex registration in Massachusetts but more from a political stance not wanting to take the chance we might return to segregating golf clubs and other sports venues. "Our objection is to passing a law that permits discrimination," said their president Andrea Mullin. But, alas, discrimination continues in the north, and it's been specifically legalized in Alaska, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. So, we as a society can continue to teach our children that discrimination is okay, as in so many other legal situations, if it's against men.
Fox Broadcasting Expands Sexuality Beyond
Male and Female
I recently filled-out a "reply card" for a Fox Broadcasting video
I had purchased. It asked alot of questions but the most
intriguing was "Are you male or female? __Yes,
__No." I wrote "Yes. What are the other options?" I
haven't heard back yet but maybe the executives at Fox read one of
John Money's books describing 23 different sexual types.
The cover of Elle should tell you something. It's not about anything in the bedroom. It's about being in public. The subhead reads "When sheer tops expose bare breasts and short shorts leave little to the imagination, the question begs asking: What kind of women wear these clothes?" (3/00) If men expose themselves this way, we're locked up as pervs. Now, before I go on, I would like to say that I am not against sex. I am not against bare breasts in public. I supported Annie Sprinkle year's ago to liberate the beaches in Santa Cruz, CA. If I remember correctly, Santa Cruz had a law that men and women had to cover the bottom and top parts of their bodies up until 1932. The law was changed to allow men to go topless. It wasn't until year's of protest, that the law was changed to allow women to go topless. Great. This fasination/seduction with clothing is all part of a game of not being honest because of the overly puritanical country we live in. Uncovered breasts in public are nothing in many parts of Euope and Scandanavia. Many indiginois people's around the world go or at least went topless (and many bottomless) until the missionaries shamed them about their bodies. And, we've had decades of boys grow up sneaking The National Geographic into the bathroom. The young boys in these other countries don't have this affliction. And yet, it continues to get perpetrated in the U.S. If our daughters are checking out publications like Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and there's even a Cosmo Girl now, to get an idea of adult fashion without being given a bit of sex education around responsibility on what they wear, how they flirt, and what meaning it may have to boys who have been enticed into an unhealth facination with breasts, and without talking with our sons about responsibility, often the innocence of the girls actions, that only "Yes" means yes, we will continue to have acting out by both sexes that will continue to get 2,000,000 teen girls pregnant each year, increase infections of STDS (12,000,000 total new cases each year) and possibly AIDS, and, more importantly, an unhealthy view and experience around intimacy, love and sex. All of the pictures above are out of the 3/00 issue of Elle. And, you can say it's only fashion, but I have been exposed to breasts, nipples, and vulvas in public before. Why do women get the privilege of enjoying the titilation of exposing themselves (that's what several women's articles have claimed), when men must endure, no look (or somehow we're objectifying women when who is the one really setting their body up to be objectified), and think of the woman for her mind and abilities on the job. If I were in France where I had been exposed to sexuality in a healthy way, and had grown up seeing breasts in advertising on television, and my son had the same experience, it would be different. But I didn't grow up in a healthy culture around sexuality. I grew up and live in the U.S. Just think, if our sons get wind of this, they may give up The National Geographic for the lastest issue of Elle. Moms might have to start hiding there copies under the mattress next to dads Playboy. Wouldn't it be great if the mystery could be removed from sexuality, the magazines pulled out from under the mattress, and honest discussions about sexuality start happening in the home! It is said that, possibly because of the hormones added to beef, our girls our beginning mensus a couple of years earlier now. In many foreign countries, girls are treated as women on their first mensus and often married shortly after that time to start families. When will we realize that our little girls have become women, whether we like it or not, and it's our responsibility to teach them that and what goes along with being a woman. There are a number of books pulications like New Moon Networker, on how to talk to your kids about sex. One of the all-around bests books for teaching adults and kids is The Guide to Getting It On! We recommend that all parents get a copy, and all non-parents get a copy unless you are celebate or a solosexual (see the next newsbyte). Fewer than 20% of parents have taken responsibility to talk with their kids about sex. It's sad that often times, the first time many parents mention sex to children is around warnings about sexual abuse. What a way to start anyone on the road to a healthy, happy sex life is to be warned, shamed, and made to feel guilty about sex. Talking about bad kinds of touch and forgetting to include good kinds of touch. After all, virtually all children know the feelings of good touch because they have played with themselves at very early age. But not to get a clear picture of good touch from adults, thwarts their sexual development. In the recovery movement it is said that one area of sexual abuse is the passing on of inapropriate or lack of appropriate informatoin about sex. I had one bright, intellegnet mother of a teen daughter tell me that the girls are just innocently flirting and don't know any better. She was stumpled when I asked her, "If you know this, why haven't you taught her to know better?" Would we rather take individual parental responsibility to teach our children about healthy sex or risk the chance, instead, of teaching them about abortion, or being a teen mother or father? I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to be a grand father while my child was still a child. It's tough enough raising a child with two secure, fully developed adults. It's your responsibility! Think about it.
Solosexuals
FHM,
one of the many British men's magazine to grace US newsstands, did an
article on Harold Litten, who publishes a magazine in the U.S. called
Celebrate The
Self. It was titled "I was great last night. When pleasing
someone else gets to be too much hassle, why not just please
yourself?" The basic purpose for the magazine is to
provide positive images for masturbation. Defined, a true solosexual
prefers himself as a sex object and partner. He may have had
relationships with others, but he has found sex with himself to be
more exjoyable. A very interesting magazine. Combine it with the
video Evolutionary
Masturbation: An intimate guide to male orgasm and you might
make yourself a very happy man. Just another alternative in the many
options that men and women have if we choose to explore them.
First Time
Blackman Magazine reports: Data from a six-person research team
from the University of Texas and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention that studied when teens first have sex strongly indicates
that not having a parent who grauduated from college increases the
likelihood of earlier first intercourse.
Alabama shop owner challenges sex toy
ban
The owner of adult stores in Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Monday to throw out a state ban on selling sex toys, calling it an unconstitutional intrusion into the bedroom.
If the court declines to take the case — as it did in 2005 — Alabama residents shopping for sexual novelties could soon have to look outside the state’s borders.
“A person should have the right to make their own decision to explore their sexual boundaries outside what some government official says is moral,” Sherri Williams said outside the Supreme Court before filing the appeal.
Williams has waged a mostly losing battle against the law since the state legislature passed it in 1998.
The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt her the latest setback on Valentine’s Day, upholding the ban as constitutional and saying “the state’s interest in preserving and promoting public morality provides a rational basis for the challenged statute.”
The state has held off on enforcing the law as the case winds through the appeals process.
Alabama is one of a handful of states, including Texas and
Georgia, with laws restricting sales of sex toys. The Alabama
“anti-obscenity” law bans the sale of sex toys but not
their possession.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18663903/
Note: An internet story on AOL Health 12/11/08
stated "Alabama and Mississippi outlaw any sales of sex toys, whereas
several other states have restrictions on how such items can be
advertised and distributed."
Tupperware parties with a twist
On the evening I visit Julie Bunton’s new house in this small farming town that seems to grow more tract homes than crops, family is gathered inside the living room — mothers, daughters, cousins, in-laws — along with a few friends. There is diced fruit, vegetable crudités and a tray with marshmallows ready for dipping into a chocolate fountain.
Brooke Reinertsen, a saleswoman for one of those multi-level marketing home-party outfits, is giving a sales presentation. But it sounds nothing like a Tupperware or Mary Kay event.
“OK ladies, now rub, lick, blow. Rub, lick, blow. Feel that? You can just about breathe your partner to orgasm with this!”
Reinertsen, a no-nonsense 30-year-old suburban mom from Shawnee, Kan., goes on to demonstrate “Gigi,” a male masturbation sleeve, by squeezing a generous amount of lubricant into it, then sliding and twisting it up and down the penis-shaped lube bottle.
“This is going to make your job so much easier!” she says, sounding a lot like a vacuum salesman who’s just spread topsoil on the carpet.
At that, 15 women turn to look at me, as if to say, “Well?” It's then I realize that being the only man at a Passion Party can be uncomfortable.
But in this room, I'm the only one blushing, which is saying something because Cathy Pearson, 44, is here with her two daughters, 18 and 24. Not only is she not embarrassed, she regards the sex toy party as a chance for some mother-daughter bonding, a deliberate effort to change the sexual conversation she heard as a girl.
“I was so sheltered … I was very naïve,” she tells me. Like many in the area, she grew up Southern Baptist, got married out of high school and “all I knew was this little world. When I got divorced 10 years ago, I felt so stupid.” She doesn’t want her daughters to feel the same way.
Sizzling market
This is exactly what Pat Davis, the president of Passion Parties, the Las Vegas-based company that supplies Reinertsen with her products and training, calls the company’s mission. “We are really helping educate women, helping them have better relationships,” she says.
If my three nights of Passion Partying in small-town Missouri are any indication, Davis has tapped into a very receptive audience, and one quite willing to pay for vibrators, dildos, lubricants and other products that boost their sexual pleasure.
Reinertsen’s sales network, which includes herself and those she has brought into the fold, made more than $1.2 million in sales in 2005. She took home more than $100,000 in personal income. She’ll do better in 2006, and most of those sales will come from small towns and rural locations in eastern Kansas and western Missouri.
Nationwide, the company does more than 128,000 parties a year, reaching more than 1.2 million women.
“This year we will have 38 women whose organizations will do over $1 million,” Davis says. “At least three women will do over $5 million.”
Davis won't give out the private company’s gross sales, but I did some math and suggested to Joanne Harvie, the vice-president of finance, that the corporation sells something like $100 million dollars worth of sex-related products per year.
“You could say that, rest comfortably, and sleep very well at night,” she says. Sales are growing at a double-digit pace.
Competitors like Pure Romance, based near Cincinnati, are also seeing big gains, so much so that adult industry veterans like mail-order giant Adam & Eve are getting into the home-party act, too.
Sex and the suburbs
While the adult home-party industry exists everywhere, the bulk of the sales occur in small towns and suburbs. “We do well in the small communities,” Reinertsen says. “Having a Passion Party is like a night out.”
Most women I meet don’t fit the convenient boxes into which the noisiest combatants in our culture wars would place them. Viewed through the prism of a Passion Party, stereotypes like “red state” and “Bible belt” become meaningless. They want the same excitement, orgasms and variation as the women they see on "Sex and the City" and they are surprisingly tolerant of the ways others might seek the same.
During my stay, I hear:
She hadn’t let her own husband see her completely naked for the first two years of her marriage, she says. But while she described herself as “very conservative,” and not especially sexually experimental, “I don’t care what anybody else does. Bondage, threesomes, I would not look down on anybody else for it. Don’t pressure me, I won’t pressure you.”
She, along with every other woman in the room, had watched porn, usually with their husbands. Several had shopped at an adult store, though they drove to another town to do it so neighbors wouldn’t see their cars in the parking lot.
That’s why they like these parties so much — and they clearly do like them. Once the front door closes, they don’t have to worry about what anybody else is going to think.
On my last night with Reinertsen, I see how powerful the lure of these parties can be. We drive down a country road looking for Tanya and Matt Willoughby’s place. When she spots a couple of balloons tied to a mail box and a pickup truck for sale in the yard, we turn into the gravel driveway.
Inside the small house, two photo portraits of Tanya Willoughby’s brothers sit on a bookcase; one brother is in his National Guard uniform, the other in his Marine Corps dress blues. A copy of "The Open Bible," a popular study Bible, sits on the coffee table, and baking dishes of sweet butter cake and other snacks are spread on the kitchen counter.
Once again, this party turns out to be multi-generational. When I tell 48-year-old Peggy Frizell, whose daughter is one of the hostesses, that I’m surprised by the sight of mothers and daughters talking sex toys, she laughs at me.
“We’ve had these parties before and they are usually multi-generational,” she explains. “People are going, ‘That’s your mom? That’s your aunt? Your cousin?’ My sister would be here but she’s working … There’s a joke in our family, ‘Who gets the toys when we die?’”
Reinertsen begins her presentation but, unlike the other parties, about half the women here are weirdly subdued. A young woman in a John Deere T-shirt (“Been there. Cut that.”) eyes me nervously. Reinertsen sweats like a stand-up comic working a tough room.
After a few minutes, I ask for an explanation and they tell me it’s my fault. They have no desire to be exposed attending a Passion Party. They may be eager to expand their sexual menus, but they don’t want the rest of their community to know.
But they do loosen up a little, and begin cracking a few jokes about vibrators and talking about where to go for a bachelorette outing the next weekend.
Somebody suggests Shaft, a gay nightclub in St. Joseph. “I like it there. The gay guys know how to dance, they’re fun, and they don’t try to pick you up.”
Her first time
After her presentation, Reinertsen and I sit in a tiny back bedroom with a half-finished Winnie the Pooh wallpaper border — Willoughby is expecting — and wait for orders. (In what seems like a quaint practice, given the freewheeling talk at most parties, all ordering is done in private.)
After a few minutes her first customer, a 26-year-old single woman, walks in.
“I come from a small town,” she says by way of explanation for why she won’t give me her name. “My graduating class was 18 people.”
She’s reluctant to buy, or more precisely, to be seen buying. It would be her first sex toy, “so this is a big deal," she tells me.
“I want the Pulsating Orbiter,” she decides.
Source: Brian Alexander, a California-based
freelance writer and MSNBC.com's Sexploration columnist, is traveling
around the country to find out how Americans get sexual satisfaction.
Alexander, also a Glamour contributing editor, is chronicling
his work in the MSNBC.com special report "America Unzipped" and in an
upcoming book for Harmony, an imprint of Crown Publishing. In the
next installment in this series, he attends a fetish convention.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14061667/
"Be All You Can Be - Join the Army"
In one astonishing moment, a military officer testifying at the 1993 Senate hearings says, in all seriousness, "If you want to be in the military, serve quietly. Give up your right to be who you are." If that's true, they need to change their slogan to "Be Only Part of What Your Can Be".
According to a recent study, about 20% of men and 6% of women sleep naked.
It only seems kinky the first time.
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