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Size Matters…When It Comes to a Man’s Index Finger

It seems like every few years scientists come up with some new way to get us all talking about penis size again — and to freak out men, convincing them that women will be able to guess at their penis size just by looking at their hands. The latest research comes out of Korea, where […]

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Naked News: Why We Sext

photo via Flickr Why teens and adults are compelled to send X-rated texts. Gender-based femicide is still prominent in India. More scientific support for the idea that people are born this gay. Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered

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The Museum of Broken Relationships Will Take Your Crap

Donated exhibit at the Museum of Broken Relationships The Museum of Broken Relationships sounds like a catchy name for a blog or something Carrie Bradshaw might muse about in one of her deep, metaphor-heavy voice-overs. But it’s way more awesome than that: It’s an actual museum. In Croatia. See? Totally awesome. We wrote about the […]

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Naked News: Sex Gets Better for Women…After 15 Years!

photo by collectmoments Study finds that sex keeps getting better in a relationship…though for women it takes 15 years. Michele Bachmann signs pledge for ban on porn and same sex marriage. Supreme Court continues to go easy on violence, less so on sex. Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered

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Give Us an I! Give us a U! Give us a D!

illus. of Paraguard IUD via Med.unc.edu Move over, Pill! According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the IUD is a whole lot more effective — and safer than was traditionally thought. For a long time IUDs have been recommended only for women in long-term monogamous relationships who’d already had children — this was […]

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Happy Independence Weekend!

photo by foxypar4 We’re off for the long holiday weekend (and hope you are too!). We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled regimen of sex, love and everything in between on Tuesday, July 5th. Until then, go make some fireworks. Happy Fourth!

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Study Shows Infidelity Gender Gap May Be Closing

photo via flickr Studies have long shown than men cheat more than women — and not just in politics, either. As recently as the ’90s, research showed that 10-15% of women reported being unfaithful. But new research out of Indiana University in Bloomington (home to the esteemed Kinsey Institute) finds that this gender gap may […]

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Naked News: Botox Makes It Hard to Feel for Others

photo via flickr A study finds that Botox may rob you of the ability to empathize. (Then again, perhaps people most likely to get Botox are the least empathetic among us…) How the same-sex marriage deal in New York nearly collapsed. Sex with people from the future may be hazardous to your health. Just in […]

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We Heart NY, Gay Marriage & The Empire State Building

One state at a time! Last Friday evening New York passed a marriage equality bill, allowing gay couples to finally legally marry in the state. Within hours the Empire State building was lit up in a rainbow of colors — woohoo! The pics of the building went Twitterrific all weekend. The most plausible explanation we’ve […]

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Survey Shows Philly Residents Do It the Least, Enjoy It the Most

We’re often asked what’s “normal” when it comes to sex frequency, and we always decline to answer — we hate to use the word “normal” when it comes to sex, period. That’s something that you’ve got to figure out on your own time, and we refuse to judge you (unless you like to do it […]

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Top 10 Reasons Why Wednesdays Are the Best Night to Get Laid

photo via flickr In a recent article for the New York Times, statistician Nate Silver hooked up with OkCupid’s Nate Rudder to determine which day of the week is best to meet someone at a bar. They came up with something called the “sexual availability index,” and found that you’re most likely to get laid […]

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How Sexually Adventurous Are You?

If you answer, there’s a free sex book in it for you! GoodInBed.com next’s survey is on sexual adventure (Would you like to try something new in the bedroom? What have you done, and what are you up for? What turns you on with your partner?). Take the survey between now and June 22, 2011, and […]

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The First Cut Is the Deepest: The Circumcision Debate

photo via Flickr Thanks to San Francisco’s proposed circumcision ban on the ballot this coming November, there’s been a lot of turtleneck debate of late. Many have been crying antisemitism, which seems a bit ludicrous if you think of male bodily integrity as a human rights issue (i.e. no one would call fighting against female […]

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Naked News: Declining Sperm Count Just a Nasty Rumor After All

photo via flickr The myth is debunked – humankind’s sperm count is a-okay! Alabama passes “fetal pain” anti-abortion bill, with no exceptions for rape and incest. Miami high school elects transgender senior as prom queen. Tracy Morgan says gay is something kids learn from the media. Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered

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Abortion Foes Seek to Redefine Personhood

photo via Flickr If anti-abortion activists thought that redefining the laws of gravity would help their cause, they wouldn’t let a little scientific evidence get in their way. And the latest campaign is almost as far-fetched: A group called Personhood USA is trying to redefine when life begins. It starts “exactly at creation,” according to […]

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Naked News: San Francisco Puts Circumcision Ban on the Ballot

photo via Flickr Circumcision ban to appear on November ballot in San Francisco. New Utah law bans “lewd acts” like fondling your own breasts. Further East, things are a little more sane: A sex ed contraception requirement passes the Illinois Senate. Gawker unveils American Apparel founder’s penis. Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered