Check out this public service announcement from 1969. "VD is for Everybody," according to this catchy tune. I actually remember seeing this PSA as a teenager. Viewing it now, though, it appears as though having VD is a good thing. [via Shaggylocks at Salon.com]
Here's why we shouldn't teach kids about sex in school.
Remember the old argument that porn encourages rape? I've always been suspicious. It would seem that men who relieve their sexual frustrations in private would be less likely to harass real life women. I've sometimes wondered, then, whether sexual assaults have decreased since Internet porn has become more readily available. Here are some rather startling statistics, and they suggest that many measures of sexual irresponsibility have decreased with the increased availability of Internet porn. This includes a decrease in sexually transmitted infections, teen sex, divorce, and rape (since 1995, rape has decreased by 44 percent). This article at Psychology Today concludes: "If Internet porn affects society, oddly enough, it looks beneficial. Perhaps mental health professionals should encourage men to view it."
Dan Savage examines the new statistics from Guttmacher Institute showing that banning abortion doesn't reduce the number of abortions, and draws several inescapable conclusions: Banning abortion kills women. Making contraceptives readily available reduces abortions and saves the lives of women. He concludes that banning abortions, then, is an attempt to punish women for having sex.
These thirty stories about animal sex are stranger than fiction. I had heard of many of these stories before, but hadn't known about all of these stories featured at "Neatorama." I found this site looking for a video of porcupines having sex--I heard porcupine sex described by psychologist John Gottman tonight and I wanted to see it for myself. If anyone locates a video of porcupines having sex, do share! I've seen videos of some of these thirty stories featured on David Attenborough's nature documentaries. And I had previously seen a spectacular video of two flatworms mating on the video "The Shape of Life." In fact, I found a another video of flatworms mating in the video below (as well as the mating of other invertebrates including sponges (sponges are animals!), jellies and horseshoe crabs--you'll see the hermaphroditic flatworms double-penis-fencing at the 4:30 mark--the one who loses this battle has to be pregnant): But back to the site featuring the 30 most unusual animal sex stories . . . I had never before seen the video of the moonwalking manakin, which made me chuckle. The clownfish story was ironic in light of Disney's Nemo. The detachable penis of the nautilus probably wins the day. But there are so many worthy contenders for most bizarre animal sex . . . I'm glad that this website includes links to the sources of most of the stories because some of them are quite difficult to believe. But then again those other species would probably think it bizarre the way we humans display our sexuality and mate. It's probably a matter of perspective. Truly, all of these stories are stranger than fiction. Amazing.