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Sex, Gender, Reproduction
I have not done a Friday Weird Sex Blogging post in ages, and I won’t do today either, but others did some cool blogging on various related topics: from gender disparities, to gynecological procedures,...
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An eye-catching yet flawed bar graph
Discussed at these sites, among others: Chart junk-ies When bar charts go bad World’s Most Expensive Places to Have Sex. Catch the flaw(s). Click here to see large. Go under the fold to see small:
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I just blushed, groaned and hyperventilated….
…as I was reading this! But it’s science! Thus, not NSFW by definition….
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I hope you don’t faint while reading this post….
…but if you do, I hope it was enjoyable! And edifying, of course. Kind of science that is amenable to experimentation at home.
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Book Review: George Lakoff “Moral Politics” and E.J.Graff “What Is Marriage...
This was first posted on http://www.jregrassroots.org/ forums on July 10, 2004, then republished on Science And Politics on August 18, 2004. That was to be just the first, and most raw, post on this...
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Stephanie Coontz On Marriage
You probably know that I am quite interested in the history, current state, evolution and future of the institution of marriage, mainly because it is an important indicator of societal attitudes...
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The hook-up culture
Amanda is in the middle of reading Michael Kimmel’s Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men and has posted the first, preliminary review, with some very interesting explorations by the...
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What is wrong with the picture?
Serbian Ministry of Health, as part of their fight against AIDS, inserted a condom inside a women’s magazine this month. The condom is German-made, named “Bumper-Bumper” and in a fun-looking package:...
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The Internet is for Porn
Hmmm, I am wondering if this is connected – adult sites are feeling the crunch so….are they now funding scientific consumer research? Posted in Sex, Society
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The six secrets of squid sex
w00t! Miriam Goldstein had a piece published in Slate! The real references to that piece arehere. Posted in Animal Behavior, Blogging, Fun, Sex
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‘Ooops – condom broke!’– tell the Scientist!
You must have been sleeping if you have missed SciCurious’ post Friday Weird Science: Condoms and ‘Blunt Puncture’ the other day. If you missed it – go now and read it. But, the comment section also...
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Book Club: ‘Bonk’ by Mary Roach
I loved Mary Roach’s ‘Stiff’ when it first came out, so I was excited to see that Sheril started a book club reading the third book, Bonk, by the same author. My copy just arrived, so I will be...
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Mating slugs
I know PZ has recently posted a picture and a video of slugs mating. But these pictures were taken here in North Carolina, by blog reader Kris Barstow, who says: The year was 1999 plus or minus a year,...
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Sex Week on Deep Sea News
It is Sex Week on Deep Sea News. It started with The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN and followed by ‘Sleezy’ sponge sexuality and more is yet to come for the rest of the week....
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Science Cafe – Durham: Uncovering the Mysteries of Human Fertility: On Sex,...
From SCONC: Science Cafe July 14, 2009 | 7:00 P.M. Uncovering the Mysteries of Human Fertility: On Sex, Fertile Days, and Why the Rabbit Dies Speaker: Allen Wilcox, National Institute of Environmental...
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Books: ‘Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex’ by Mary Roach
A few years ago, I read Mary Roach’s first book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and absolutely loved it! One of the best popular science books I have read in a long time – informative,...
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Never go anywhere unprepared
Shy about openly carrying condoms around your pocketbook? Well, hide them in a tasteful little case – a variety of styles, including, for those with a sense of humor and fun, these Kitty cases,...
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Unity without U is nity – Angela Shelton at #140conf (video)
Angela Shelton (@angelashelton), an Asheville NC native, gave a powerful talk at the 140conf in NYC this week: Filed under: #140conf, Blogging, Sex, Society, Technology
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Quick & dirty: misleading sex surveys in women’s mags (video)
Christine Ottery, on her awesome new blog Women’s Mag Science (check older posts) did a very interesting interview with Dr. Petra Boynton about the way sex surveys in women’s magazines are done, and...
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Guest Blog at Scientific American – second guest post: We all need (a little...
As I noted yesterday, the Scientific American Guest Blog is about to get really busy! Already today we have another new post – We all need (a little bit of) sex by Lucas Brouwers (blog, Twitter). Go...
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