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Do Tell: Have You Ever Had an Experience With a Woman?
Tyra dedicated yesterday's show to straight women who have the hots for lesbians, and lesbians who have the hots for straight women — confusing, I know! Though her guests say they typically date men, many of them admitted to having relationships with other women, and loving it!
I think we're all incredibly lucky to live in a time where exploring your sexuality is accepted, so tell me, have you ever had an experience with a woman, even if you consider yourself to be straight?
Virginity For Sale
In controversial news, a 22-year-old woman is making headlines everywhere by offering her virginity to the highest bidder in the hopes of earning money for grad school. Commenting on the scandal this is causing, an article in Reuters notes that many who've weighed in on this strange scenario think it's just a desperate attempt at fame, while others consider such an act synonymous with prostitution. The woman offered her own insight:
I don't think auctioning my virginity will solve all my problems but it will create some financial stability.
Transgender Beauty Could Be America's Next Top Model
The upcoming Season of America's Next Top Model embraces diversity as usual. Twenty-two-year-old Isis, who identifies as a woman but born physically male, will compete as the show's first transgender contestant.
While GLAAD hails the choice as an unprecedented opportunity for visibility, Isis has a more humble assessment of her role in breaking societal barriers for trasngender individuals — Isis has explained: "I like to help people, but I'm here to follow my dreams."
Could Sex Without a Condom Be the New Engagement Ring?
Condom-free sex is the new engagement ring. As shocking and lurid as that sounds, the story behind the headline is actually kind of logical. As told in an NPR piece in conjunction with the Youth Radio organization, for young kids in physical relationships now, they've never known a time before the threat of HIV/AIDS.
What's Good Sex?
In a recent article in The Huffington Post, Dr. Sue Johnson asks "what is 'good sex'?" and proceeds to examine what she refers to as the three kinds of sex, including sealed-off sex, solace sex, and synchrony sex.
When in Dubai . . . Don't Have Sex on the Beach
A British woman working in Dubai faces six years in jail, after Dubai officials caught her allegedly having sex on beach. Dubai may be the Las Vegas of the Middle East, but it's no sin city. The thirty-year-old businesswoman has been charged with sex outside marriage, indecent behavior in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer.
No Death Penalty, But Should Rapists Face Castration?
Convicted rapists and other sex offenders now face chemical castration in Louisiana, under legislation signed on the day the US Supreme Court struck down the state's child-rape death penalty. California was the first state to subject its sex offenders to the procedure popularized by the Nazis who wanted to prevent "undesirables" from procreating.
Upon signing the law, Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal said: "I am glad we have taken such strong measures .
Powersuit of Tradition: Sworn Virgins In Albania Are Dwindling
In Albania, gender equality has a literal meaning — and a less modern, more traditional translation that your 9 to 5 or Working Girl tropes. For centuries, sworn virginity has allowed woman to live as men, with all the responsibilities and rights that accompany the role in a conservative society.
In closed-off rural northern Albania, the practice of swapping genders was a practical solution motivated by social necessity, for a family with a shortage of men.
Dear Quiz: What's Up With Erections in the Morning?
Ever noticed that your man wakes up a little excited sometimes? Well it actually happens pretty often, but do you know why? Take this quiz and find out!
Annulment Based on Bride's Fake Virginity Outrages French
A court's decision to annul a marriage because the bride lied about being a virgin has the French worried that their secular values are under siege by religious immigrants.
The case involved a Muslim couple. Under their strict religious tradition, a woman must prove virginity on her wedding night.
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