European Traditions: Import or Keep Out?


Updated 07/28/11 9:05 AM · Posted by · 50 comments

List of European Traditions

I never knew how oppressed we were in the US until I drank a beer walking down the street in Berlin. It seemed unreal that I could drink in public — and I was only 19! Earlier, I asked you all to share the European ways of life you'd like to see stateside. I rounded up your answers, and now it's time for us all to vote on each tradition: would you import it or keep it out? Read more

Switzerland Might Decriminalize Incest — Would You Support That?


Updated 12/14/10 7:58 PM · Posted by · 24 comments

Switzerland Might Decriminalize Incest

Incest is all the rage today. A well-respected Ivy League professor was arrested for having a three-year affair with his 24-year-old daughter, and now Switzerland is considering a law that would decriminalize consensual sex between parents and adult children as well as between siblings. A Swiss justice department spokesman explains: "Incest continues to be a taboo in our society, but it's not up Read more

Why the Dutch Sex-Ed System Wouldn't Translate in the US


Updated 11/30/10 5:32 PM · Posted by · 35 comments

Dutch Sex Ed

The Netherlands has the lowest teen birth rate in the Western world. Teens wait longer to have sex (average age to lose virginity is 17.7 compared to 17.0 in the US), are more likely to use contraception, and aren't likely to lose their virginity spontaneously, since the majority of teens say "love and commitment" is the reason to do it. The UK is trying to reform its own inadequate sex education Read more

No Sex, Just Nudity in French "Naturist" Community


Updated 11/08/10 8:09 PM · Posted by · 17 comments

French Nudist Colony Sick of Being Public Sex Destination

Just because Europe's largest nudist community eschews clothing doesn't mean it has lost its sense of propriety. Nude sunbathing may be a-OK, but sex on the beach is where it draws the line in the sand. Residents of the Village Naturiste in Cap d'Agde, France, are fed up with being Europe's number-one destination for public sex. Fingers are being pointed at Italians, who are largely the reason Read more

Good Luck Finding a Guy in Latvia!


Updated 10/14/10 1:28 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Latvia's Man Shortage

Even wearing red, a color proven to attract men, can't help women in Latvia find a decent date. The European country has eight percent more women than men, and guys between ages 30 and 40 have a mortality rate three times higher than their female counterparts. Basically, the whole country is like a small liberal arts college with an imbalanced male to female ratio. In the country of about two Read more

Americans Envy Europe's Vacation, Not Its Topless Beaches


Updated 10/05/10 9:52 AM · Posted by · 18 comments

Americans Envy Europe's Vacation, Not Its Topless Beaches

With terror threats potentially making Americans wary of traveling to Europe, maybe it's time to bring European traditions stateside. The new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll tells us which one to import first: longer vacations. The poll, which also declared Jennifer Aniston the world's most eligible single woman, ranked European traditions Americans would consider adopting. Thirty percent of men and Read more

French Politician Rachida Dati on Inflation


Updated 10/01/10 6:01 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 4 comments

French Politician Rachida Dati Confuses Oral Sex and Inflation

"I see some of them looking for returns of 20 or 25 percent, at a time when fellatio is almost nonexistent." Fellatio/inflation? They're both exaggerated! Rachida Dati, a French representative in European Parliament and former love interest of President Nicolas Sarkozy, confused oral sex with inflation on France's national radio. She was speaking in French at the time, but the word for oral sex Read more

One Charger For All European Cell Phones Coming in 2011


Updated 08/06/10 5:50 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Universal Cell Phone Chargers in Europe by 2011

Yes, that's right — a new effort from the European Commission states that most cell phones sold in Europe will have the same chargers. So far, ten companies have signed onto the initiative, including Apple, RIM, Samsung, and Motorola. For consumers, this means not having to worry about a brand-new, potentially obscure charger with each new phone purchased. What's more, hotels will be able to Read more