Sex and the city across the pond Toby Melville / ReutersLadies who launch: (L-R) Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive for the world premiere of ''Sex And The City: The Movie'' at Leicester Square in London May 12, 2008.
January 9, 2008 Teacher's Pet
Most cases of sexual misconduct in the classroom--between teachers and students--go undisclosed and unreported. Victims are silenced by guilt and shame and school authorities are simply reluctant to believe the worst, especially when it comes to sexual misconduct by female teachers. Experts say the few cases we read about in the newspaper are just the tip of the iceberg. In Teacher's Pet, Hana Gartner and a fifth estate team tell the stories of just two cases.
Thursday Aug 7, 2008 Judge rejects Selwyn settlement
As more details about alleged sex abuse at the prestigious Westmount boys school Selwyn House came to... Bryan McPhadden, a lawyer for about 30 plaintiffs who allege they were molested by teachers in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, noted the current proposal defines different types of plaintiffs and what they might get financially.
Ted Claxton, chairperson of the board at Selwyn House, said clarifying the proposal should "be fairly straightforward."
Thursday Jul 31, 2008 Winnipeg is sexiest
If you're wondering where all the sexy people are, try hanging out at Portage and Main in Winnipeg. That's what online speed-dating service FastLife.ca claims in a study that crowns Winnipeg Canada's sexiest city - narrowly edging out Vancouver. FastLife.ca based its results on the popularity of its clientele using their postal codes.
Thursday Jul 24, 2008 Soy foods may lower sperm count: study
Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to significantly lower a man's sperm count, U.S. researchers said yesterday.
Tuesday Jul 8, 2008Designer stubble: it's back! Homer Simpson, sex symbol? That's the implication of a new study that reveals women overwhelmingly prefer men with facial stubble when seeking a partner for love, sex or marriage.
Monday Jun 23, 2008 Ads use sex to sell to girls
Walking down some stretches of Ste. Catherine St., you might have trouble telling a strip club and a...
Cole will be seen on the new series of X Factor which starts later this year
Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has been named as the new judge on The X Factor.
The pop star will fill the gap left by long-standing judge Sharon Osbourne, who announced last week she was quitting the show.
Cole will join Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue on the popular ITV talent show.
Friday 30 May 2008 THE LAST DROP: For those who do not consider themselves to be among the Sex and the City faithful, the movie is a painful experience, perhaps the longest 148 minutes likely to be spent in a theatre this year. Watching grass grow is more dramatically satisfying. – ReelViews’ James Berardinelli more hot air | crap video
Friday May 16, 2008 Plan B pills still behind the counter
The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, was approved yesterday... Since 2005, 638,000 units of Plan B have been sold in Canada, according to IMS Health Canada, which tracks drug sales in the country.
Plan B is already available without a prescription or medical consultation in Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and India.
Wednesday 14 May 2008 Freud work sets new world record video
A Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman sells for $33.6m (£17.2m) in New York, a new record.
Sunday 11 May 2008 MONTREAL: PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
American police in the State of Virginia have arrested a teacher at a respected private school in Montreal who allegedly solicited a minor for sex. Richard Doucet was also alleged to possess child pornography. He was caught in a police sting operation when he tried to solicit an undercover police officer posing on the Internet as a 13-year-old boy. Mr. Doucet's colleagues at Selwyn House elementary school have expressed shock. He has no criminal record. The school in the tony Westmount section of Montreal was the centre of an earlier sex-related controversy. Several former students allege that they were sexually abused by three ex-teachers dating back as far as the 1960s. A lawsuit was launched and an offer of about CDN$5 million was made to all claimants. The suit has yet to be finalized in court. [only a big deal because little people say it is!]
Men 'not interested in sex'
Increasing numbers of middle-aged men are going off sex, according to relationship experts.
Friday 02 May 2008 'DC Madam' found dead in Florida
The recently-convicted head of a Washington DC escort service used by politicians commits suicide, police say. [what a pitty!]
Thursday 01 May 2008 OTTAWA: AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT CHANGED
Starting Thursday, the age of sexual consent changes from 14 to 16 years of age. The change is not intended to criminalize teenage sex but rather to crack down on adults who prey on youth, and is aimed in particular at adult predators who use the Internet to locate their prey. When the legislation was presented in the House, it had the support of all four political parties.
Saturday 05 April 2008 Seven-minute sex just fine dear A survey of sex therapists concluded that "optimum sex" lasts between three and 13 minutes. Hold on there, that doesn't include foreplay. Another study said the average was 7.3 minutes. “Most people’s sex lives are not as exciting as other people think they are,” said Maryland clinical psychologist Marianne Brandon. Dually noted.
Friday Mar 28, 2008 Where the rich and single mingle
Only problem -- cracking the guest list If you want to mingle with the rich and single you have to know where they are -- and when they're there. As the seasons change, so do their hangouts -- and, like the economy, this party is global.
Common-law unions called 'prostitution'
The Gazette
The Greek Orthodox Church labelled common-law marriage "prostitution" yesterday as it expressed its bitter opposition to government plans to give such couples more rights. The church's governing synod said in a statement that it considers all common-law unions to be "prostitution" and said the reforms would be a "destructive bomb for the cornerstone of society."
[prostitution is great]
WINDSOR: SPREADER OF HIV CONVICTED
A Canadian court has sentenced a man convicted of knowingly spreading the AIDS virus to 18 years in prison. Carl Leone pleaded guilty last year to 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault after failing to inform his sexual partners that he was HIV-positive. Five of the 15 women are now HIV-positive.
Sunday Mar 16, 2008 Life isn't fair - just ask Eliot Spitzer or Hillary Clinton
A lot of things must go right for Clinton if she is to win the nomination
The Spitzer bombshell must be both anguishing and oddly exhilarating for Hillary Clinton. Anguishing, because it recalls so luridly the nadir of her partnership with husband Bill - the revelation of his White House dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. Exhilarating, because it reaffirms the truism that, in politics, it ain't over till it's over - and that, right up to that final moment, almost anything can happen to alter the outcome.
Saturday Mar 15, 2008 Decriminalize prostitution
Paying for sex is common. The U.S. should follow Mexico's lead and accept that. Eliot Spitzer paid a woman for sex. And got caught. Depending on whose statistics you choose to believe, more than one in every 10 American adult males have paid for sex at some point in their lives. What's more, in 2005, about 84,000 people were arrested across the nation for prostitution-related offenses.
The prostitute at the centre of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's sex scandal has been named by US media.
The woman, named in court papers as Kristen, is Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the New York Times reported.
Ms Dupre, 22, told the Times she did not want "to be thought of as a monster", but gave no comments on her alleged relationship with Mr Spitzer.
Wednesday 12 March 2008 Foes of Sex Trade Are Stung by the Fall of an Ally As New York’s attorney general, Eliot Spitzer had broken up prostitution rings before, but this 2004 case took on a special urgency for him. Prosecuting an international sex tourism business based in Queens, he listened to the entreaties of women’s advocates long frustrated by state laws that fell short of dealing with a sex trade expanding rapidly across borders.
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Rates are particularly high among young African-Americans, according to new federal data. The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday. Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study — human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite.
Italy's highest appeal court has ruled that married Italian women who commit adultery are entitled to lie about it to protect their honour.
The court gave its landmark ruling after hearing the case of a 48-year-old woman, convicted of giving false testimony to police by denying she had lent her mobile phone to her lover.
He added to Us Weekly magazine: "The fact that the photographer Bert Stern who did Marilyn Monroe's pictures would ask Lindsay to re-create them - that's an amazing thing."
Michael also hopes Lindsay doesn't fully follow in Marilyn's footsteps, because the blonde iconic star died of a drugs overdose aged 36.
Friday Feb 22, 2008 Once-a-day drug means 'spontaneous' sex
Repackaged in lower-dose version. But some critics are uncomfortable with idea of erectile enhancers in perpetuity
Tuesday Feb 19, 2008 Ottawa sex workers plan Montreal-style association
Ottawa's sex trade workers are trying to form an association to represent exotic dancers, escorts, masseuses..
Friday Feb 15, 2008 Most common-law couples don't know their rights
Quebec couples may celebrate love around Valentine's Day but many of those who live in common-law arrangements are unaware...
Friday 15 February 2008 Reinventing Date Night for Long-Married Couples
Rather than visiting the same familiar haunts and dining with the same old friends, couples need to tailor their date nights around new and different activities that they both enjoy, says Arthur Aron, a professor of social psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The goal is to find ways to keep injecting novelty into the relationship. The activity can be as simple as trying a new restaurant or something a little more unusual or thrilling — like taking an art class or going to an amusement park.SOME relationships run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or religion.
Thursday Feb 7, 2008 Today's feminists could learn from the extinction of the Neanderthals
No one knows exactly why Neanderthals became extinct 30,000 years ago, but a new theory recently reported in the Boston Globe suggests that once able-bodied women, the "reproductive core" of their small population, began hunting with the men, it was game over.
Wearing higher heels - although perhaps not stilettos - may improve your pelvic floor muscles and in doing so boost your sex life, a study suggests.
An Italian urologist and self-professed lover of the sexy shoe set out to prove that high heels were not as bad for women's health as some suggest.
The shoe has been linked to a range of problems - from corns to schizophrenia.
But in a letter to European Urology, Dr Maria Cerruto said her research showed it was time to stand up for the heel.
Monday Feb 4, 2008 Sex workers should be able to ply their trade in safety
There was a time when I wouldn't have questioned columnist Janet Bagnall's declaration that 90 per cent of prostitutes have been forced into the work ("Legal brothels for Vancouver Games are a bad idea," Jan. 30). ....Why do women work as prostitutes? For the money. It's a job, and a legal one in Canada, employing tens of thousands nationwide. But our prudish inability to come to grips with that reality is exactly what has made some aspects of the industry so dangerous. ...But it's our laws and attitudes that have created those working conditions. Women are dying and suffering out there because we've chased them into the shadows with our anti-solicitation laws, criminalized their incomes and denied them a legal indoor workplace.
We categorize them as victims, but treat them like lepers. Pushed into places where we don't have to look at them, the shunned women who end up working Canada's outdoor strolls end up as easy pickings for predators.>br>...But for the adults who choose to work in the industry, what could possibly be a valid rationale for continuing to deny them a proper workplace? Like it or not, sex sells, and the real crime is that we'd rather leave women to be beaten and murdered on the streets than acknowledge that.
How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart?
When she starts a sentence with "A man once told me..."
Economists let some light in on the shady market for paid sex
IT IS all too easy to become a lost soul in New Orleans. The annual meeting of the American Economic Association this month was part of a huge gathering of social scientists sprawled across the city. Each venue itself was a warren of meeting rooms. Take a wrong turning and a delegate seeking an earnest symposium on minimum wages might innocently end up in the conference session devoted to the market for paid sex.
The star attraction there was Steven Levitt, an economics professor at the University of Chicago and co-author of “Freakonomics”, a best-selling book. Mr Levitt presented preliminary findings* from a study conducted with Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist at Columbia University. Their research on the economics of street prostitution combines official arrest records with data on 2,200 “tricks” (transactions), collected by Mr Venkatesh in co-operation with sex workers in three Chicago districts.
Monday 14 January 2008 TORONTO: STUDY RELEASED ON STUDENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY
A new study of university students shows that nearly one-third of women who reported having had only one male sexual partner were infected with human papillomavirus within a year of starting that sexual relationship. Three years into those partnerships, nearly 50 per cent of the women had been infected at least once. Lead author Dr. Rachel Winer of the University of Washington in Seattle says HPV is different from other sexually transmitted diseases in that it's very common among everyone who's sexually active. Dr. Monika Naus, director of the immunization program at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, says the findings underscore the wisdom of offering HPV vaccine to girls before they have begun to have sex. Dr. Naus, who was not involved in the study, notes that data from BC suggests that by age 12, four per cent of boys and 3.1 per cent of girls have had sexual intercourse. By age 16, the rate rises to 28.3 per cent of males and 33.4 per cent of females. The study will be published this week in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Monday 24 December 2007 Little Love Among Matchmakers Chemistry.com, an offshoot of Match.com, both of which are owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, follows eHarmony’s practice of putting users through an in-depth personality test to generate potential matches. Other online dating sites, like Match.com and Yahoo Personals, allow users to post pictures and profiles of themselves to make connections.
Tuesday Dec 18, 2007 Marchers speak up for sex-trade workers About 100 sex-trade workers and their supporters held red umbrellas last night as they stopped at symbolic locations - here, in front of an east-end strip club - to mark International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
Saturday Dec 15, 2007 Porn more acceptable for college women
A few decades ago, it would have made their mothers or grandmothers blush, but pornography is now more...
The art of seduction: sex through the ages, from every possible angle
According to co-curator Martin Kemp: "We are not setting out to shock, but it is certainly provoking." Marina Wallace, another of the curators, added: "We want London to be thinking about nothing but sex for three months."
Tuesday Sep 25, 2007
Canadian doctors back HPV vaccine for young girls
The Canadian Paediatric Society yesterday said all girls between the ages of nine and 13 should receive the controversial vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus... ...Pediatricians administer other childhood vaccines, and so are in a good position to influence parents with regard to the HPV vaccine, said Dr. Lefebvre, adding that children should be given Gardasil along with age-appropriate sex education. Canadian pediatricians and gynecologists are not alone in their enthusiasm for Gardasil, which clinical trials have found to be 98% effective against pre-cancerous lesions caused by the two high-risk strains of HPV responsible for 70% of cases of cervical cancer. ..In a letter to Catholic school boards in Ontario earlier this month, the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops said abstinence is the best protection against sexually transmitted disease. However, Dr. Samson says "There were no safety concerns that were raised in this age group" during clinical trials. And the vaccine must be given early because, while no one wants children having sex too young, the reality is that about 20% have had intercourse by Grade 9, she said.
There are more than 100 types of the virus but HPV-16 and HPV-18--both covered by Gardasil -- are associated with 70% of cases of cervical cancer.
Friday 21 September 2007
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SEXUAL HARRASSMENT: AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROBLEM? The
Post goes inside with the results of a study that suggest that men are
“almost as likely” as women to be coerced into sexual
activity. In a study of 518 students at the University of Guelph, 48
percent of female subjects described having been pressured into sexual
activities ranging from kissing to cuddling to intercourse, while 39
percent of male participants also reported having succumbed to carnal
bullying. According to Cailey Hartwick, the study’s lead author, the
traditional conception of the insatiable male libido makes both men and
women more susceptible to sexual pressure—men because they believe
refusing sex entails a sort of emasculation and women because they feel,
in the creepy words of the study, that “resistance may be somewhat
futile against a man’s indomitable desire for sex.” The Post
appears both incredulous and excited at the subversive implications of the
findings, while MediaScout sympathizes with the former attitude. According
to the article, the researchers defined sexual coercion as anything from
“mild cajoling to full-blown sexual assault”—a spectrum
so broad that one has to question whether it constitutes a unified
phenomenon to be studied, and whether a narrower definition might not
reveal fundamental differences between the experiences of men and
women.
Tuesday 11 September 2007 MARRIAGE UPRATED
A poll by the Decima firm shows that Canadians attribute a growing importance to the institution of marriage, although those polled also think that it has lost importance for most of the population. The survey also indicates that a majority thinks that it's necessary to make a bigger personal investment in making a marriage succeed, as well as that it's important for children to belong to a family having two parents.
trailer The launching pad for Billy Wilder's comedy classic was a rusty old German farce, Fanfares of Love, whose two main characters were male musicians so desperate to get a job that they disguise themselves as women and play with an all-girl band in gangster-dominated 1929 Chicago. In this version, musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) lose their jobs when a speakeasy owned by mob boss Spats Columbo (George Raft) is raided by prohibition agent Mulligan (Pat O'Brien). Several weeks later, on February 14th, Joe and Jerry get a job perfroming in Urbana and end up witnessing a gangland massacre in a parking garage. Fearing that they will be next on the mobsters' hit lists, Joe devises an ingenious plan for disguising their identities. Soon they are all dolled up and performing as Josephine and Daphne in Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra. En route to Florida by train with Sweet Sue's band, the boys (girls?) make the acquaintance of Sue's lead singer Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, in what may be her best performance). Joe and Jerry immediately fall in love, though of course their new feminine identities prevent them from acting on their desires. Still, they are determined to woo her, and they enact an elaborate series of gender-bending ruses complicated by the fact that flirtatious millionaire Osgood Fielding (Joe E. Brown) has fallen in love with "Daphne." The plot gets even thicker when Spats Columbo and his boys show up in Florida. Nominated for several Oscars, Some Like It Hot ended up the biggest moneymaking comedy up to 1959. Full of hilarious set pieces and movie in-jokes, it has not tarnished with time and in fact seems to get better with each passing year, as its cross-dressing humor keeps it only more and more up-to-date. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Tuesday 12 June 2007 nyt Day of Split Outcomes in Teenage Sex Case A judge has ordered the release of a man who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
Wednesday 23 May 2007
NO MORE MONTHLY VISITOR? CTV
News, the
Globe and the Citizen (not available online) go inside with the
approval in the United States of a birth control pill that stops
women’s monthly periods. Although women have known for some time
that traditional birth control pills can be taken each day, rather than
three weeks a month, to prevent periods from occurring, this is the first
drug approved by the US’s Food and Drug Administration that is
specifically designed to eliminate symptoms of the menstrual cycle.
Lybrel, as the drug is known, may not be for everyone. According to the
FDA, about half of the women involved in testing the drug dropped out
because of irregular bleeding that replaced the scheduled monthly
menstrual cycle. Though the new drug, manufactured by Wyeth, can be
beneficial to women who suffer from particularly acute menstrual symptoms,
it has stirred up a debate about the appropriateness of removing a natural
bodily function. “I certainly can understand the benefits of taking
these kinds of medications, but for most women menstruation is a normal
life event—not a medical condition,” CTV’s website
quotes Jean Elson of the University of New Hampshire as saying. “Why
medicate away a normal life event if we’re not sure of the long-term
effects?”
Thursday May 17, 2007 NP
Strippers to be stopped at border
OTTAWA - The federal government proposes to ban immigrants who want to come to Canada as exotic dancers, Diane Finley, the Minister of Immigration, said.
Thursday 17 May 2007 MySpace won't give names of sex offenders
Social network cites U.S. privacy law saying it can only provide information when proper legal processes are followed
Thursday May 17, 2007 Teen pregnancies at all-time low
The rate of teen pregnancies in Canada has hit an all-time low and has fallen more dramatically than the US...
The falling teen pregnancy rate has been accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the rate of abortions, especially since 1994. ...The decline comes despite studies showing the average age at which Canadian teens have their a first sexual encounter is steady at 16.5 years old for boys and girls. But Statistics Canada data from 2005 suggests 12 per cent of boys and 13 per cent of girls have sex earlier - by age 14 or 15.
Saturday 05 May 2007
Age of consent bill moves to final debate Canada's age of sexual consent, which has been 14 years old since 1892, is one step closer to being raised to 16 after a bill passed in the House of Commons on Friday and is headed to the Senate for final consideration.
Disappearing bees threaten agricultural production The dead bees under a microscope at a Pennsylvania lab last fall had been sicker than sick. All bees catch viruses from time to time, but these carried every infection going: deformed wing virus, sacbrood virus, Kashmir bee virus, blackened queen cell virus, cloudy wing virus and chalkbrood, among others.
Wednesday 02 May 2007
Our final contribution to stimulate your thoughts has to be the delicious scandal coming out of Washington about Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Black Book, reported to include a Bush administration economics official and the head of a conservative research group.
Friday 20 April 2007
Mother donates eggs to infertile daughter In what is considered a world first, Melanie Boivin has donated her eggs to her daughter who is sterile because of a genetic condition called Turner’s syndrome.
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Thu. Oct. 26 2006 bbc Pompeii's erotic past revealed
Hundreds of tourists have been queuing in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, to gain entry to one of the city's most extravagant brothels.
The 2,000-year-old building, featuring erotic fresco paintings, has been re-opened after a costly restoration.
August 2, 2006 nyt New Day for Morning-After Pill?
Andrew von Eschenbach, the acting commissioner of the F.D.A., seems ready to approve nonprescription use of the morning-after pill after unconscionable delays by his predecessors.
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American Dream Calendar Girls 35 beautiful models from around the country compete for the coveted American Dream Calendar Crown and a place in next year's
: May 7, 2006 nyt Contra-Contraception
A growing number of conservatives see birth control as part of an ailing culture that overemphasizes sex and devalues human life. Is this the beginning of the next culture war?
Sunday Jun 4, 2006
Sexual consent changes will exclude teen trysts The federal government's imminent plans to raise the age of sexual consent to 16 from the current 14 will include exceptions to allow young teens to have sex with others who are no more than five years older.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2006 nyt Analyze These Sigmund Freud's drawings chart the evolution of his thinking, from his early devotion to marine anatomy to his psychological theories.
Victoria's Secret Gisele Bundchen
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2006 ts Sex-trade workers give DNA EDMONTON—More than 400 women linked to Edmonton's sex trade have volunteered their DNA to police in order to spare their families the anguish of uncertainty should they go missing.
Sunday Mar 19, 2006 nyt Wanted: A Few Good Sperm By JENNIFER EGAN Tired of waiting for the right guy to come along, more and more women are just looking for the right sperm. But for a woman trying to have a child alone, choosing a donor is only the beginning.
Saturday Mar 4, 2006 globe Short-message sex It's no longer the telephone companies' dirty little secret: Cellphones are the newest sex toys.
Thursday Feb 23, 2006 de maisonneuve.orgLONGING FOR INFORMATION The
National and the
Star go inside with, while la
Presse and the Citizen (not available online) brief, the results of a
recent survey of Canadian teens and their attitudes toward sex. The study
showed many adolescents are ignorant about the risks of sexually
transmitted infections, particularly as they relate to oral sex.
While the majority were aware of such risks,
researchers were concerned about the sizable minority (approximately one in
five) that weren’t. A somewhat surprising result which emerged from
the study was that teens—though uncomfortable with the idea of
talking to their parents about sex—dOWN to get information on
sexual activity from their parents. The study was conducted by Ipsos-Reid
on behalf of the Canadian Association for Adolescent Health and was funded
by Merck—a pharmaceutical company currently developing a vaccine
against the commonly transmitted human papilloma virus. The Star notes
that Merck’s funding took the form of an unrestricted educational
grant, but MediaScout is troubled that la Presse and the Citizen cut the
funding detail from their briefs. While there’s no reason to doubt
the sincerity of Merck’s grant, or the veracity of the survey, due
diligence on such stories should require full disclosure of the
study’s potential for bias. The Canadian Association for Adolescent
Health recognized that—the Citizen and la Presse should have as
well.
Cellphone makers have embraced what they call the 'textual revolution,' selling their short-message service (SMS) as a sex aid, Jack Kapica writes
Wednesday Feb 1, 2006 nyt Trial Opens in Challenge to Law Over Teenage Sex By JODI RUDOREN In debate: Whether a Kansas law prohibiting virtually all sexual activity by people under age 16 means health care professionals must report such behavior to state authorities.
nyt Rethinking Hormones, Again By RONI RABIN Despite the wealth of information about the risks and benefits of hormone therapy, women face difficult choices when contemplating treatment.
Friday Jan 27, 2006 SEX.com fetches $12 million The new Sex.com offers the hottest adult entertainment, the most extensive adult dating opportunities, professional sex and relationship advice, erotica, toys, multimedia, adult e-commerce, communities of like minded interests and the most beautiful LIVE girls from all over the world for FREE hot personal video chat - 24 hours a day. All in a safe, professional environment.
Saturday Jan 14, 2006 ts Scrap polygamy ban: Study
A new study for the federal justice department says Canada should get rid of its law banning polygamy, and change other legislation to help women and children living in such relationships.
Vintage French Nude Postcards Set One contains 70 different reproductions.
These are only sold as a complete set, priced at $65.00 CDN.
Tuesday Jan 3, 2006 ts Windsor super for sin, U.S. fans told
Windsor's mayor is upset at a Detroit newspaper that gives Super Bowl fans the impression his city is great for Cuban cigars and sex for money. Nicolaas van Rijn reports.
Friday Dec 23, 2005 ts Sex club ruling redefines 'indecency'
It might not transform Canada into a top sex tourism destination, but a Supreme Court ruling yesterday to legalize swingers clubs has broad implications for sexual culture and rights. Jessica Leeder reports.
A truce in war over $30 M jackpot
Lottery winner Raymond Sobeski and his ex-wife reached a deal yesterday in which she will receive an undisclosed amount from his $30 million lottery winnings, reports Dale Brazao.
Friday Dec 2, 2005 ts Morning-after pill privacy concerns raised
Canadian pharmacists are being advised to collect sensitive details about a woman's sexual activity before dispensing the so-called morning-after pill, reports Elaine Carey.
Friday Nov 25, 2005 nyt A Party Girl Leads China's Online Revolution By HOWARD W. FRENCH Chinese Web logs are giving flesh to the kind of free-spoken civil society the government is determined to prevent.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2005 nyt Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill By GARDINER HARRIS Congressional investigators found irregularities in the decision against over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill.
Sunday Oct 30, 2005 nyt What's a Modern Girl to Do? Burning your bra or padding it. Demanding "Ms." or flaunting "Mrs." Splitting the check or letting him pay. Playing it straight or playing hard to get.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2005 nyt The Lap of Luxury By ELISABETH EAVES There's no such thing as "overcharging" in the strip club industry.
Sunday Oct 23, 2005 ts A Picture and A Thousand WordsKenneth Kidd on why Einstein was such a babe magnet
The tongue is out there, but it's not pointing directly at us, telling us where we all can go. This is not a tongue wagged in anger. It's playful, almost joyous, a little exclamation mark on a man celebrating his 72nd birthday in 1951.
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Monday Aug 29, 2005 nyt Morning-After Pill: Politics and the F.D.A. By GARDINER HARRIS Federal drug officials have insisted that repeated delays in deciding whether to approve over-the-counter sales of Plan B have nothing to do with abortion politics.
Saturday Jul 30, 2005 rci Health Canada is advising men who take drugs for impotence and erectile dysfunction to seek immediate medical attention if they experience vision problems. Users of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are at risk of a rare side effect when blood flow to the optic nerve is blocked. Symptoms include sudden and painless loss of vision in one or both eyes. Those who experience one episode are at greater risk of experiencing a second episode affecting the other eye. Men older than 50 or those suffering from heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or certain pre-existing eye problems, and smokers, are most at risk. Health Canada says it's monitoring the drugs and has requested additional safety information from all three manufacturers.
Friday Jun 10, 2005 ts .xxx marks the spot for porn surfers
A Toronto entrepreneur has been given the go-ahead to create a red-light district on the Internet by selling the domain .xxx to porn-driven sites.
Wednesday Jun 8, 2005 globe
Teens weaving a wicked Web The rules of the Safe Sex Club were simple: Everything happens behind closed doors. Anything goes. Don't let your parents find out.
Wednesday Jun 8, 2005 ts Oh gawd! What`s that in your genes?
LONDON—A woman`s ability to have an orgasm is at least partly determined by her genes and can`t be blamed entirely on cultural influences, new research suggests.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2005 rci TORONTO: 'MORNING AFTER' PILL GETS APPROVAL WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION Health Canada has given its permission to pharmacies to sell a "morning after" pill over the counter without prescription from a physician. The department says that levonorgestrel can be sold directly but from behind the counter. The women acquiring it will nonetheless have to have a conservation with their pharmacists to ensure they won't suffer after effects. The pill, marketed as "Plan B," has to be taken within three days of intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
Saturday Apr 9, 2005 ts HIV incidents spur renewed focus on safe sex
Don`t guess. Always ask.That should be the rule of thumb for anyone who`s thinking about having sex with a new partner, public health experts say. And that`s especially important, they add, in the wake of several Ontario incidents in which HIV-positive partners have been accused of keeping their status secret.
Monday Mar 28, 2005 rci OTTAWA: MPS SEEK FINANCE OF RED LIGHT DISTRICT STUDY
Some members of parliament are asking the federal government to finance a trip to Europe to study legalized prostitution.
The Toronto Sun reported Sunday the five-member justice subcommittee is asking for $200,000 to visit cities with red light districts and legal brothels.
The five MP's -- two Liberals and one each from the three other parties -- want to visit Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Reno, Nevada.
They plan to meet with police, counsellors and brothel owners to investigate the impact the legalized sex trade is having on those involved and their communities.
Justice Committee chairman Liberal Paul DeVillers says the goal is to improve safety for sex trade workers.
He says that can be done without actually legalizing prostitution.
The Commons Justice Committee has approved the trip, but another Commons budgetary committee has the final say. [Hope they have fun and come home to change our laws to make sec legal!]
Feb 11, 2005 Au A little spritz and away you go: An Australian university has developed an aerosol testosterone spray that appears to increase the sex drive in women with low libido. Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne found that while the spray didn't increase the frequency of sexual encounters, it "increased significantly the number of episodes reported as satisfactory." The average increase was "two extra satisfactory events per month," according to women's health professor Susan Davis. Although usually associated with men, testosterone is present in both men and women and affects the part of the brain responsible for sexual motivation. The only drawback of the spray was that some patients reported an increase in body hair. And a sudden desire to watch football on the weekend? Just curious.
Friday Feb 4, 2005 ts Male contraceptive pill may be at hand
WORCESTER, MASS.—University of Massachusetts researchers will announce today that they have discovered a strategy for immobilizing sperm and have reached an agreement with a Norwegian company to develop a male contraceptive pill.
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