My sexy Backlog
The family related stuff mentioned in my previous post is beginning to loosen it's grip on my time allocation abilities. In plain Englsh: I should now have time to blog again. I built up something of a backlog of stuff I wanted to cover during the last two weeks, so I can't really call all this stuff news. Let's just settle for readworthy, shall we?
What's the big deal with Sex?
You'd be amazed how many people end up here through sex related seach engine queries. The funny thing is that my blog isn't exactly sex-centered. I do mention sex related issues from time to time, but it's not like I have my personal porn collection on display or anything. I'll be willing to bet I'll get at least a hundred extra hits during the next three months due to the fact that this post happens to deal with sex.
Oral sex is better than unsafe drunken sex, m'kay?
A British government study has found that Encouraging schoolchildren to experiment with oral sex could prove the most effective way of curbing teenage pregnancy rates
according to the Observer story Oral sex lessons to cut rates of teenage pregnancy. If you ask me this is more or less common sense. After all, getting pregnant while practising oral sex would require a rather unusual anatomy. Furthermore, teens are bound to have sex sooner or later. It's better to give them safer options than turn our backs. Treating the problem though education instead of the cause trough abortion just makes sense.
Actually, sex is bad for you.
Rather amusingly, turning their backs on the problem is exactly what the Americans seem to be doing. Robyn Licht's school textbook claims that sex is harmful, along with stuff like tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. Fortunately Robyn has taken a stand, asking Why Does My Textbook Say Sex Is Harmful?
Not all porn sites are created equal.
I found Robyn's story through the The Webby Awards: 2004 Nominees & Winners. There was a rather interesting nominee in the community section, SuicideGirls. I'd call SuicideGirls a cross between a porn site, an online community and a punk attitude towards life. It's nice to see something that actually stands out for a change. There are, after all, tens of thousands of really really worthless porn sites out there. If you're going to spend money on porn at least spend it on quality porn.
Disclaimer
I don't believe that a healthy appetite for sex is bad. I don't believe porn to be inheritly bad. Some may disagree, but I stand by my views. I realize some readers may well be offended by me linking a porn site, but I feel this porn site is worth mentioning. Live with it.