Thursday, November 13, 2008
The latest Bond Girl may be seen in a new sex tape. An ex-boyfriend of Olga Kurylenko, who stars in the new Quantum of Solace, is reportedly auctioning an explicit home movie of the starlet “romping naked and uncensored on board a luxury yacht,” Radar Online reports.
Couples in their 30s and 40s are more likely to have unprotected sex with a new partner than teenagers are, according to new research. A study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology shows that “nearly 70 percent of people ages 16 to 19 used a condom with a new partner, compared to 38 percent of men and 29 percent of women between the ages of 35 and 44,” the Telegraph reports.
Sacha Baron Cohen has enlisted two gay porn stars for his next film. The actor, who plays a flamboyant Austrian fashion journalist in Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male, hired triple-X stars Paul Barba (usually billed as “Tony Capucci”) and John Martel (known to fans as “Tyler Saint”) for a scenario requiring full-frontal nudity, the New York Daily News reports.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Java-scented condoms are now available in Ethiopia. To combat the aversion Ethiopians have to the smell of latex, U.S. charitable organization DKT is distributing the dark-brown condoms, which “smell like Ethiopia’s popular macchiato, an espresso with a generous amount of cream and sugar,” Fox News reports.
A British couple was arrested for having sexual relations on a crowded Virgin commuter train. “She supposedly performed a sex act on him right there in the carriage,” one source told U.K.”s Metro. “Being typically British, the other passengers said nothing and hid behind their papers.”
An Australian man nearly bled to death after a botched penis surgery. After going in to have a wart removed, “the internal bleeding caused his penis and testicles to turn black—and his testicles swelled to more than three times their normal size.” The hospital is currently investigating the incident, Northern Territory News reports.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Erotic sculptures and ancient sexual iconography are finding their way into modern kitsch. Most of the sexy items are fashion accessories, such as necklace pendants featuring silhouettes of intertwined lovers and resin-figurine sex scenes embedded in plastic rings. Our favorite? Kama Sutra cookie-cutters.
A member of the U.S. Secret Service was arrested after soliciting an undercover cop dressed as a prostitute. The agent "banter[ed] about prices and services" before the two settled on $20 for oral sex, the Washington Post reports. The Secret Service has placed the agent on administrative leave.
Nude photos of Disney sweetheart Adrienne Bailon have surfaced. Pics of the Cheetah Girls singer shocked fans when they popped up on internet news services and gossip blogs this week. Bailon gave a statement saying that the photos were personal—they were on her laptop, which she had lost at an New York airport a week ago.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Porn director Cezar Capone has offered Sarah Palin $2 million to star in a porn called SuperMILF. According to AVN.com, Capone wrote Palin, “We have taken into consideration that there may be some hesitation to star in an adult production with male talent other than your husband so we are also prepared to kick in an extra $100,000 for your husband Todd to star in the movie with you, along with a brand new Arctic Cat snowmobile for him to sweeten the deal.”
A movie about prostitution and gigolos has stirred up controversy in France. The main character of Cliente, played by Nathalie Baye, “is not a pathetic rich woman of a certain age with nothing to do,” Scotland on Sunday reports. “Rather, she is a hard-working, 51-year-old shopping-channel anchor and director who, after her marriage falls apart, wants good sex without strings and is willing to pay handsomely for it.”
A line of condoms is being re-introduced in England with an energetic ad campaign. TV commercials for Mates “introduce Pleasureland, a highly stylized multimedia world of hedonistic sexual pleasure. The 40-second spot presents a real couple enjoying a series of thrilling rides against an evocative, edgy animated backdrop,” CreativeMatch reports.
November 07-09, 2008
A sex-themed off-campus party at Oxford University has sparked a police investigation. The event, billed as “one of the naughtiest nights of the year,” featured naked female wrestlers slathered in KY Jelly, a topless woman carrying a 12-foot-long snake and topless fire-eating performances, according to Oxford’s student paper the Cherwell.
No federal charges will be filed against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned last March because of his involvement with a prostitution ring. Spitzer was in danger of federal charges because he paid for companion Ashley Dupre to travel across state lines with government money. “After a thorough investigation, this Office has uncovered no evidence of misuse of public or campaign funds,” the U.S. attorney for New York said in a statement, according to the New York Times.
Craigslist said Thursday that it is taking measures to prevent prostitution. The website network said it will also work to prevent other illegal activities after reaching a pact with more than 40 states and U.S. territories. The measures mainly affect the “Erotic Services” section, which now requires people to provide a real phone number and pay a small fee, “which will be donated to charities that combat child exploitation and human trafficking,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
A “First Timer’s Kit” has hit the market. The $15 gag gift includes 10 “Sexual Position Study Cards,” ranked in difficulty from beginner to advanced to Cirque du Soleil; 10 “Heroes of Intercourse” trading cards (including a rare one of Dr. Ruth); a suitable-for-framing “Certificate of Copulation”; and a 96-page “Lose Your Virginity” text book.
An Italian man raised hell after finding his wife in bed with their priest. When the husband stormed into the local bishop’s office to complain, he caused such a ruckus that police had to be called in to calm him down. The adulterous priest has since been sent to another parish for “reeducation,” the Daily Telegraph reports.
A man in Wales who dumped a blow-up doll and sex toys at the side of the road was tracked down by officials and slapped with a fine. A local environmental officer told the BBC that he hoped the £75 penalty, which the man agreed to pay, “would act as a deterrent to others.”
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Porn stars are increasingly going legit in movies and on TV. Perhaps the most significant evidence of the trend is Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh’s decision to cast adult actress Sasha Grey (left) in his upcoming film The Girlfriend Experience. “She’s really good, totally fearless, very smart,” Soderbergh told the Los Angeles Times. “It certainly didn’t seem like there was anything I could suggest that she couldn’t handle.”
Overweight women have more sex. Researchers at the University of Hawaii studied 7,000 women and found that 92 percent of heavy women had slept with a man compared to 87 percent of “normal”-sized women. The study’s findings contradict previous results suggesting that large women had lower libidos and that thin ones are more sexually active. “These results were unexpected and we don’t really know why this is the case,” one researcher told the U.K.’s Telegraph.
Teens exposed to large amounts of sexual content on TV have double the chances of unplanned pregnancy before they turn 20. “Those who saw the most necking, flirting, touching, sexual conversation and sex scenes on TV [between the ages of 12 and 17] were twice as likely to become pregnant or make their partner pregnant than those who saw the least,” according to a new study reported in the New York Times.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
A dildo shaped in the image of Barack Obama is now available. The “Head O State” dildo comes in “Democratic Blue” or “Presidential Gold” colors, stands seven-and-a-half inches tall and sells for $30. “You love your candidate,” says the sex toy’s website. “Let him love you back.”
An Egyptian TV commercial for erectile dysfunction medicine has been yanked off the air because it featured a rousing national ballad. The song, “Keep the Weapon Awake,” was penned in 1973 by Egyptian poet Ahmed Shafiq Kamel to inspire patriotism as the country fought against Israel. The humorous connotation was lost on Egyptian viewers, who quickly called for the ad’s removal, Egypt’s Daily Star reports.
A new line of lingerie from Brazil comes fitted with a GPS tracking device. Controversy has erupted over whether this is a “modern-day chastity belt” with which men can track the whereabouts of their lovers. Creator Lucia Lorio maintains that is not the case, as the GPS device can be turned off by the woman wearing it. “In London, New York, Rio de Janiero—wherever there is danger, the underwear may prove to be a lifesaver,” she told the Daily Mail.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Illegal herbal products for male sexual enhancement have killed 10 men so far in Singapore. “They had taken pills containing overly high levels of a diabetes drug, which lowered their blood sugar levels and caused symptoms such as dizziness, drowsiness and weakness,” the Straits Times reports.
Only 12 percent of women say a low sex drive causes them distress. According to Canada’s National Post, “There’s a big difference between just saying, ‘I have low libido,’ and, ‘Wow, I have low libido and it’s associated with distress,’” said Dr. Jan Shifren, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School.
Cheating spouses can still face prison terms in South Korea. “South Korea’s highest court upheld Thursday a decades-old adultery law that can send people to jail for having an extramarital affair that critics say is anachronistic and infringes on personal freedom,” Reuters reports.
Friday, October 31, 2008
James Bond proves to have a way with the ladies—both on and off the screen. Bond Girl Gemma Arterton told U.K.’s Metro that she was very pleased filming her sex scenes with Quantum of Solace star Daniel Craig. Despite some “nerve-racking” moments on the set, the 22-year-old bombshell admitted it was “fantastic.”
Researchers working on new liquid patch Libigel say there’s still hope for the estimated 40 million women affected by sexual dysfunction. “Libigel is one of the first therapies geared toward women with low libidos,” San Diego’s NBC news station reports. The gel is said to increases testosterone in the bloodstream and helps to “pump-up a woman’s sex drive.”
After putting her “Naughty Knicks” on eBay, a British nurse is in danger of losing her job at the hospital. Using the name Sheena66c, the 24-year-old nurse “tried to sell her clean panties for £20 and worn underwear for £23.” A representative of the Nursing and Midwifery Council said, “a number of eBay users negotiating for the sale of those items,” and that the nurse received numerous “inappropriate messages” through her work e-mail.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
In Brazil, where prostitution is legal, a government website gives prostitutes tips on how to be successful. Advice includes learning a foreign language, showing “an ability to perform erotic fantasies” and using “affectionate nicknames” to entice johns. After receiving many complaints about the site’s explicit content, Forbes reports that the site will “be toned down” by 2009.
A 21-year-old British man prefers wearing a gorilla suit during sex. After admitting the fetish to his girlfriend, she told More magazine, “I usually have a few drinks to get me in the mood before the gorilla outfit comes out,” adding, “if my man is happy, then so am I.”
A recent study claims almost half of British women fantasize about sleeping with men “other than their husband or boyfriend,” U.K.’s Metro reports. Who do they want to cheat with? Firemen and musicians were the most popular professions, while Gordon Ramsay and Simon Cowell led the celebs category.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Color plays a role in the perceived beauty of women. A study by psychologists at the University of Rochester finds that women who wore red clothing were given higher ratings of attractiveness by men than females who wore other colors. Not only does it make “men feel more amorous towards women” but surveys also found “when wearing red, women were also more likely to be treated to a more expensive outing,” LiveScience reports.
Designed to “improve your riding comfort and up your sperm count,” new crescent-shaped bicycle seats may decrease the possibility of erectile dysfunction. A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health doctor claims that typical bike seats “create ‘nerve entrapment and vascular occlusion’ and significantly reduce penile blood flow and sensation,” Wired reports.
Twenty-seven percent of British men say they have been with a prostitute or would consider it, according to The 2008 Observer Sex Poll. The comprehensive “undercover survey” also finds: “One in five have had sex at work. A third of us lose our virginity before the age of consent. Half of us have had one-night stands. Almost all men are happy with their ‘size’. One in four of us think we are very good in bed. Men are more likely to be unfaithful than women. ”
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sweden’s future king made a habit of drawing penises in his diary. When King Karl XIII was still a duke in the late 1700s, he doodled the penises in entries "that appeared to coincide with sexually productive moments in [his] life," The Local reports. For example, a couple of penises were drawn the night following a sensuous oyster dinner with his wife.
After his sexual advances toward a roommate were rebuffed, a Florida man then peed on her dog. Reportedly intoxicated during the revenge leak, the man was charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, according to Tallahassee’s WCTV. No word if the man will get his comeuppance, fire-hydrant style.
A professional hockey game in Stockholm was delayed when fans inflated a giant blow-up penis and hurled dozens of dildos onto the ice, hoping to throw an opposing player off his game. Leksands Idrottsförening defenseman Jan Huokko has been involved in a local sex scandal involving a leaked internet sex video. The club chief stated, "We decided it would only be worse if we went out and told the fans they were absolutely not allowed to throw dildos on the ice," reports the Metro UK.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Werewolf love and puppet sex made Zoo magazine’s list of the weirdest sex scenes ever. “Are there any really strange ones we’ve [left] off? More eyebrow-raising than the mental sadomasochism in Secretary? More grimace-inducing than the “squeal like a pig!” scene in Deliverance?” Weigh in at Zootoday.com.
A contest that would require an engaged couple to abstain from sex has gotten no entries so far. “Organizer Philippia Faust hasn’t gotten any entries” for her contest, which pays $10,000, according to Yahoo! news. “She said, ‘In our society it’s going to be hard to find a couple that hasn’t had premarital sex.’”
A man acquitted of sexual assault got a new trial after a Canadian court ruled that “sleep sex” is a mental disorder. “The Ontario Court of Appeal has concluded that the condition known as ‘sexsomnia’ is a mental disorder under the law,” the National Post reports.
October 24-26, 2008
The blogosphere is astir over a new sexually themed pro-Obama poster, Jezebel reports. The image, which recreates the iconic 1960s anti-war poster featuring Joan Baez that said “Girls say yes to boys who say no,” tweaks the theme to say “Girls say yes to boys who say Obama” with the subhead “Sarah Palin is not a woman’s choice.”
A web site allows STD spreaders to send an e-card to break the news. inSpot.org offers a variety of e-cards that range from somber to flirty and feature taglines like “It’s not what you bring to the party, it’s what you left with.” CNN reports that 50,000 cards have been sent since the site launched.
Sunshine may be able to reverse male infertility, an Australian study suggests. “While previous research has shown vitamin D, produced from natural light and found in oily fish and eggs, is important for a healthy pregnancy, this latest research shows a deficiency may also affect sperm,” News-Medical.net reports.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
A new site called Hookup Maps uses Google Maps and Craigslist Casual Encounters to create a map of where the hookups are happening. The site, which currently is mapping New York, San Francisco, San Diego, L.A. and Washington, D.C., “makes it easy to see who’s looking for a fun night in your neighborhood,” Boinkology reports.
Madonna’s soon-to-be-ex Guy Ritchie is reportedly spilling secrets about their sex life. The Daily Mail reports that Ritchie told friends the couple’s marital relations were rare as a result of her obsession with exercise, and described the act as “cuddling up to a piece of gristle.”
German scientists say that testicles can now provide an “ethical” form of stem cells. Researchers say that routine biopsies of men’s genitals “could be as good as embryonic stem cells for researching and developing treatments for a range of serious diseases, but without the ethical and legal problems of embryonic stem cells,” Expatica.com reports.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
A study at Mercyhurst College uses Playmates of the Year to see how economic conditions affect beauty standards for women. Using photos from 1960 to 2000, the study compares their age and physical measurements to social economic data from each year. “When...conditions were difficult, older, heavier, taller Playboy Playmates of the Year with larger waists, smaller eyes, larger waist-to-hip ratios, smaller bust-to-waist ratios, and smaller body mass index values were selected,” the study found.
Vice magazine profiles a sperm donor who has 46 kids. Ed Houben, who frequently posts on Dutch donation websites offering his services, recently had a reunion with 30 of the mothers and their children. “People sometimes think I’m a weird guy for having so many kids, but I see it as helping others out,” he explains.
Mother Jones reports that John McCain has picked John Lehman, who played a role in the Tailhook sexual harassment scandal, to oversee his transition team if elected. According to the book The Mother of All Hooks: The Story of the U.S. Navy’s Tailhook Scandal the former Navy secretary under Reagan “ate whipped cream out of [a] stripper’s crotch,” among other indiscretions.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Several “body spreads” had to be pulled from the shelves of British sex shops because they were tainted with poisonous industrial compounds. Melamine, the same compound that killed four Chinese children and caused widespread recalls on several food products, was discovered in chocolate-flavored penis and nipple spreads made in China and sold at Ann Summers sex shops. “This is a first. We’ve never had to put out an alert before on ‘willy spread,’” one member of the British Food Standards Agency told Reuters U.K.
A blow-up sex doll in the likeness of Sarah Palin is now available. The packaging, which notes in large letters that “This is Not Sarah Palin,” urges you to “cross party lines with your own inflatable running mate.”
A German study has found that snoring and erectile dysfunction are closely related. “The same blood flow mechanism that creates an erection also ensures that the airway remains clear during sleep,” one sleep doctor in the study noted. The Local reports that regulating snoring with a special oxygen mask would help keep the airway open, which would reduce the blood flow problem.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Java can cause women’s breasts to get smaller. According to a recent Swedish study, “a regular brew appears to have a somewhat deflationary aspect, [but] there is also one very positive effect in that coffee reduces the risk of breast cancer,” the Local reports.
A rough economy means bad sex for Wall Street’s so-called Masters of the Universe. “[C]linical psychologist Stephen Josephson...says sexual performance and the stock market are often closely related. He recently saw a man who ran a trading desk and complained of ‘inconsistent erectile difficulties,’” according to the Daily Beast.
A sex tape of Christie Brinkley’s ex-husband Peter Cook and Diana Bianchi has surfaced, according to the New York Post. “Bianchi, through her lawyers, said she was horrified to learn from Page Six that she was secretly taped with a camera set up in Cook’s architectural offices in Southampton,” the Post reports.
October 17-19, 2008
A new musical chronicles the rise of Deep Throat porn star Linda Lovelace. Lovelace: A Rock Opera, which debuts in Los Angeles this weekend, takes a serious look at Lovelace (real name: Linda Boreman) and how the legendary film affected her life. “We wanted to know Linda as a person, beyond the controversy,” co-creator Anna Waronker told the Los Angeles Times.
A penis-shaped rock in Utah is making the web rounds. It may not be as cool as the previously buzzed-about "penis iceberg" but...well...we’ll put a stop to the bad jokes right here.
Kanye West hired 40 nude women as entertainment during his album listening party this week. The women stood and posed in silhouette against a wall of bright colored light in a performance designed by artist Vanessa Beecroft as West unveiled his forthcoming 808s & Heartbreak album, MTV U.K. reports.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A group in the Ukraine has been passing out fake Euro bills with prostitutes hidden in the design. The altered banknotes, which also contain printed warnings, “are being used to discourage Ukrainian women from getting caught up in the sex trade,” the Telegraph reports.
A patron is suing a Pompano Beach strip club for $15,000 alleging “a performer’s shoe flew off during a pole dance, shattered the mirrored ceiling and caused glass and the shoe to hit him,” according to Florida’s Sun-Sentinel. The suit claims, “ The Booby Trap breached ‘its duty when its employee failed to perform her routine in (a) reasonably safe safe manner.’”
Richard Branson will not allow a porn to be filmed on the first Virgin Galactic space flight. American adult film producers were turned down when they approached Virgin about booking space on the ship’s maiden voyage in 2010. “We’re true to our name,” a rep for the company told the Mirror.
Australians renting out apartments overlooking the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 race are being forced to sign agreements not to flash passersby. The competition, which takes place on Australia’s Gold Coast, draws high-profile drivers such as Michael Andretti and Danica Patrick. “The document was drawn up following raunchy scenes on balconies, including nudity, at last year’s race,” the Daily Telegraph reports.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The trend of “celesbians” may be causing real gays and lesbians emotional damage. Gay social commentator Tim Duggan is concerned that high-profile women like Lindsay Lohan will alienate young people who are confused about their sexuality. “Women who pretend to be lesbians do it to titillate men,” he tells National Nine News.
Men with high IQs have better sperm counts, one researcher claims. An evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico who studied the relationship thinks that brainpower may be a marker of a man’s good health to women. “I’m thinking of intelligence as being quite closely related to individual fitness,” he told NewKerala.
The Florida congressman who replaced Rep. Mark Foley after his 2006 House pages scandal now has a sex scandal of his own. According to ABC News, Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) allegedly paid a mistress who worked on his staff $120,000 in hush money after firing her. “You work at my pleasure; do you understand what that means?” Mahoney reportedly told the woman in a taped conversation.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hustler Video is working on a porno called Nailin’ Paylin. In the political flick, porn star Lisa Ann spoofs Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin and, according to reports, screws “Russians who come knocking on her back-door,” a professor who explains the Big Bang theory—and Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
A Canadian shoe store chain is catching flack for its sexy fall catalog. The National Coalition against Sexist Advertising denounces the catalog photos as too risqué. The group’s president says “the images approach Playboy territory with leather and lace and extremely short skirts.”, CJAD Newstalk Radio reports.
More than a third of engaged women don’t fantasize about their soon-to-be husbands. A Brides.com survey found that 37 percent of women fantasize “‘about another man’ when in bed with their fiancé,” MarketWatch reports. Even though half of those polled said they expected their sex lives to get better after marriage, 76 percent said “their sex life has either simply stayed the same or worsened since they got engaged.”
Monday, October 13, 2008
The promotional website for the upcoming Kevin Smith comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno has a porn I.D. generator. Type in your first pet’s name, the street you grew up on, your kink of choice and other basic information, and the generator spits out a McLovin’ style I.D. card crediting you as the star of adult films such as Bend Over Beckham.
Lost star Michelle Rodriguez reportedly got into an argument at a hotel and threatened not to return the other party’s sex toy. “She banged on her hotel room door, screaming to her female, er…roomie, ‘If you don’t open up, you’re not getting your [pleasure toy] back!’” BuzzFeed reports.
Swedish singles spend less money in trying to find a mate than people from almost every other country. According to a recent survey, Swedes spend approximately $140 a year on looking for love. The average single person in Ireland spends more than five times that, according to Sweden’s the Local. Only the Dutch paid less per year in trying to find a match.
October 10-12, 2008
A new web series called PG Porn pairs up Hollywood actors with adult film stars for spoofs on skin flicks. The first video in the series stars Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) alongside sex siren Aria Giovanni for Nailing Your Wife, a naughty repairman video where...they don’t have sex.
A moose in Hampton, Maine shocked passersby when he decided to hump a pickup truck. “It kind of circled the truck. It put one leg up and then a second front leg,” one witness told SeacoastOnline.com. “After a few minutes, it became obvious what was going on.” Despite heavy scratches on the front, the truck’s owner says he may not report the incident: “He wondered how he’d even explain it.”
Phone sex calls from Americans overseas were intercepted and listened to by the government, two former National Security Agency officers have revealed. NSA officers at Fort Condon, Georgia would share recorded cuts of ”salacious or tantalizing phone calls” that Americans in the Middle East would be making back home. “I feel that it was something that the people should not have done. Including me,” one officer told ABC News.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
A group in San Francisco has organized O’s for Obama, a sexy fundraiser for the Democratic presidential candidate. According to their site, “O’s is an online global tantric movement that helps us all focus the breath of orgasm collectively towards getting Obama elected.” On October 24 there will be a rally and fundraiser that includes “sensual/political performances,” and people outside San Francisco can participate online.
A naughty online ad campaign for Levi’s 501 Jeans is drawing criticism. “Consumers can visit Unbuttonyourbeast.com where they will be greeted by a large pair of jeans that asks them to create, customize and send their own ‘beast,’” Brandweek reports. Characters you can “unleash” include “Sir Reginald Mighty Pants,” “Donkey Ramon” and “Trout Troutman.”
Premature ejaculation may be caused by a man’s genes, new research suggests. “A study of nearly 200 Dutch men found those who climaxed too soon during intercourse had a version of a gene that controls the hormone serotonin,” the London Times reports, also noting that “men with this version ejaculated twice as quickly as other men in the study.”
October 08, 2008
The latest weird penis accessory is an artificial foreskin, BoingBoing reports. According to the makers of SenSlip, a protective cover for your naughty bits, “There is now conclusive medical evidence that a circumcised penis with the glans exposed has less nerve receptors and is less effective than a naturally covered penis.” SenSlip’s website also notes that your new vinyl turtleneck is “not to be used for penetration” and is “not a sex toy...a man puts it on in the morning and takes it off at night, just like his shirt.”
Men prefer natural breasts of any size over fake ones, a new survey has found. The poll in Heat magazine also discovered that “47 percent of men have felt a fake pair (of breasts) and 87 percent think bigger isn’t always better,” adding that “29 percent said they thought padded bras were ‘false advertising,’” NewsLite.tv reports.
Lip-to-lip kissing may be replacing air kissing as a greeting. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the trend, which was first spotted at London’s Fashion Week last month, may come off to some as more than friendly. “The primary purpose these days of kissing on the lips is to stimulate the genitals,” an expert on body language tells the paper. “Lip kissers might deny it, but it has to be sexual.”
October 07, 2008
The scent of a particular mushroom found in Hawaii may be able to make women orgasm. The new fungus species aroused all 16 women in one study, enough to bring six of those women to climax. The report in the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms also noted that “All of the men (in the study) found the smell disgusting.”
Dutch prostitutes are being offered incentives to switch careers. With red-light districts in Holland due to close in 2011, the “Street Miles” program for sex workers is the government’s attempt to transition prostitutes out of the industry. “For every step they take to get out of their trade, they’ll get vouchers that they can cash in to go shopping,” one official tells the Telegraph.
A statue in a Utah state park has been moved because of its prominent phallus. Depicting a male Hopi Indian playing a flute, the work had welcomed visitors to the Cedars State Park for 19 years before a group of conservative residents nearby complained about its large penis. The park compromised by placing the statue behind a museum, where its genitals can’t be seen from the street.
October 06, 2008
An armed robber made off with thousands of dollars from the set of a bukkake film. Director Jim Powers told Xbiz.com he “thinks one of the bukkake participants was involved in the robbery. ‘It was an inside job, because he came at the perfect time.’”
Britney Spears’s parents have banned the pop star from having sex for six months. According to Entertainmentwise.com, “[f]iercely protective Jamie and Lynne Spears feel that Britney’s downfall was linked to the men in her life and want their daughter to refrain from any male contact for a while.”
Getting action outside of marriage causes brain damage in men. Italian neurologist Lorenzo Pinessi contends the “pressure of living two lives can lead to intense migraines that can eventually cause blood vessels to burst in the brain, which can be fatal,” the Daily Star reports. Pinessi did not see the same effect in women.
October 03-05, 2008
A British hospital has banned its staff from using social networking sites after two nurses posted a topless photo on Facebook. Officials at the Northhampton General Hospital were concerned because “the picture showed two nurses in uniform and on night duty baring their breasts to the mobile phone camera with patients accidentally caught in the background,” the Northhampton Chronicle & Echo reports.
South Africans, Spaniards, Mexicans and Italians are the world leaders in orgasms, a new study shows. “In all, 66 percent [in these countries] orgasmed almost every time they had sex,” Health24.com reports. At the other end of the list were Hong Kong and China (24 percent) alongside Japan (27 percent).
A libido-boosting drug for women will hit the market in two years, experts say. Researchers at Nova Southeastern University have been testing the effects of the compound flibanserin, which works on the parts of the brain that help control arousal. This different approach seems to be working, since women don’t respond to drugs like Viagra that boost blood flow to the genitals, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel reports.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
A new multimedia cookbook focuses on preparing testicles. The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With Balls includes recipes for testicle pizza, battered testicles and barbecued testicles with giblets, among others. “All testicles can be eaten—except human, of course,” Serbian chef and author Ljubomir Erovic tells the Daily Mail.
A giant sculpture of a sperm has been unveiled in New Zealand. The 25-meter fiberglass piece, titled Darwin, was conceived by Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout and is “aimed at making people think about issues such as evolution, natural selection and genetic manipulation,” the New Zealand Herald reports.
An Arizona pastor was discovered allegedly running a brothel under the guise of a church-sponsored day spa. John LaVoie of the Church of Liberty in Tucson ran a spa where he claims his female “angel” staff was merely practicing the “laying on of hands”—a traditional Christian healing method—on patrons. Authorities say that employees at the Angel’s Heaven Relaxation Spa weren’t exactly doing religious work, the Arizona Star reports.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
A Florida man claims he was robbed by a gang of braless thieves. The 18-year-old was riding his bicycle when he was allegedly accosted “by five buxom women clad in overalls—with no shirts or bras underneath,” Fox News reports.
A British artist has created two elaborate collages of Paris Hilton and President Bush out of porn magazine clippings. British artist Jonathan Yeo, whose works are currently on display in a New York art gallery, is also selling posters of the Hilton portrait for $20. “Yeo is offering Paris 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the posters because she never received any money from her infamous 2004 sex video with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon,” Popcrunch reports.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
A four-foot-tall oil painting depicting a nude Sarah Palin is currently on display at a Chicago dive bar. Bruce Elliott, proprietor of the Old Town Ale House, is also the painter of the piece, which features a naked Palin holding a huge machine gun and standing in red high heels atop a polar bear rug. “I’d like to offend somebody,” Elliott told WindyCitizen.com. “I would love it if the Secret Service called me up.”
Web MD reports that the Chinese herb “horny goat weed” (or epimedium) has promise as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. Research from the University of Milan has found that icariin, the main compound in the plant, produces similar results as Viagra. Horny goat weed has been used as a natural supplement for ED for years in China.
A Japanese techno-blogger has invented an iPhone app that simulates a woman’s breast when touched. “PaiTouch” has the breast react to the touch as if it was real, indenting and bouncing on the screen. Even though users are only copping a virtual feel, the real-life sales of the app are expected to boom.
Monday, September 29, 2008
The daughter of a radical Islamic cleric dances topless in gentleman’s clubs. Blonde 26-year-old Yasmin Fostok “has been displaying her ample charms cavorting in cages in pole dancing clubs in London’s West End, and touring as a ‘podium dancer’ with a troupe called Ibiza Untouched,” according to the Daily Mail.
Researchers at the University of Kansas are working to develop birth control for men. According to the university’s student paper, the drug “targets the creation of sperm cells. Rather than making it difficult for sperm to reach the egg, it simply takes sperm out of the equation.”
The latest fashion trend: nipples. At least based on the sheer quantity of exposed cleavage at a London fashion show recently. “Almost every designer sent out see-through looks that made us blush, from the transparent tops at Ossie Clark to the near-naked dress at Osman Yousefzada,” reports New York magazine, which included a slideshow.
September 26-28, 2008
The University of Kansas is garnering controversy because of its student newspaper’s sex issue. While the KU paper publishes a sex issue annually, this year’s edition includes nude photos taken at the campus World War II memorial, something that many university members find offensive, MyFox Kansas City reports.
A Kentucky man is suing his doctors after they amputated his penis. The 61-year-old had gone in to have a circumcision for medical reasons and woke up from the procedure to find his member gone. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, the doctors found cancer in the organ and made an immediate decision to perform a penectomy, even though they only had permission to remove the foreskin. “The victim has suffered mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life, according to the lawsuit,” WKLY News reports.
A former Oklahoma judge who masturbated on the bench has been disbarred. The judge was convicted of four counts of indecent exposure in June 2006 and was released this year after serving 20 months in prison. Prior to his jail time, “prosecutors had accused the judge of exposing himself and using a penis pump to masturbate” during four trials, UPI reports. The judge’s lawyer added that “the disbarment did not come as a surprise.”
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