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On Swinging & Such

Call Me Swinger — by Ed Allen, January 5, 2002

Polyamory - What it is and what it isn't, — by Derek McCullough and David S. Hall, Ph.D., from the Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 6, Feb. 27, 2003

Set Them Free? — by "Veronica Hayes", article on Salon.com, January 23, 2002
     A California girl reveals the joys and angst of a polyamorous relationship.

Shall We Cover Miss Liberty's Eyes With A G-String?, — by Klein, Marty, Ph.D., July 1999.

Sociological Report on Swinging, from the Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Oct. 2000
     "Swinging appears to make the vast majority of swingers' marriages happier."

To Anti-Sexuals, We're ALL Gay, — by Klein, Marty, Ph.D., June 20, 2002.

Sexual Health and Sanity

AIDS and the Healthy Heterosexual — by Peter W. Plumley, F.S.A
     "We are teaching children and adults alike that 'intimacy means death.'"

HIV Scare Tactics Exposed by Wall Street Journal
      " … for most heterosexuals' the risk from a single act of sex was smaller than the risk of ever getting hit by lightning."

HIV Spreads 200 Times Faster in Cocaine Users — ABC News
     February 14, 2002, report on UCLA study.

Researchers ID Risk Factors for Heterosexual HIV Transmission — UCSF Daybreak News, 8/26/1997
    "the odds of a an HIV-postive male infecting a female partner in an unprotected sexual encounter is about 9 in 10,000"

The Science of Orgasm — by Carin Gorrell, in Psychology Today, 11/18/01

Women and Web Porn — by Mark O'Keefe [Newhouse News Service] 11/05/03
     "Nearly one in three visitors to adult Web sites is a woman..."

Freedom and Privacy

The Cultural Divide: Why sexual freedom is largely a partisan issue — Zed Frick
     "Rich city slickers who prize sexual freedom are largely voting democratic, while poor country bumpkins obsessed with regulating others' new found sexual freedom opt Republican." August, 2001.

Feminism and Free Speech: PORNOGRAPHY — Feminists for Free Expression
      An excellent argument in favor of women's rights and against censorship.

Freedom of speech: Rated 'R' for restricted — Freedom Forum
     On the insanity and dangers of film, music, and other rating systems.

The Fundamental Problem — Jeff Booth
     The frightening bond between Jerry Fallwell, et al, and the Taliban

Identifying What Is Harmful or Inappropriate for Minors — NCAC
     White Paper Submitted to the Committee on Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids From Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content, March 5, 2001

The Jefferson Muzzles
     "Since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has celebrated the birth and ideals of its namesake by calling attention to those who in the past year forgot or disregarded Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech 'cannot be limited without being lost.'"

Privacy Rights Page at ACLU
      "Internet service providers are forced to attach a black box directly to their networks"

The Sex Lies of the Religious Right: How conservatives distort the facts of life — by Marty Klein
     "Clearly, the religious right and its cohorts are dreadfully frightened of their own eroticism."

Sex Culture — History, Art, and Technology

Article on Sex Museums in Libido Magazine
     A review/tour of museums devoted to erotica in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and on the Internet.

Eroticism In Antiquity
      A Web site with text and illustrations showing that it's all been done before.

Faking It: Sex, Lies, and Women's Magazines, Columbia Journalism Review, March 4, 2002

Porn Flakes: Kellogg, Graham and the Crusade for Moral Fiber

Sex In Ancient Egypt
     The Turin Erotic Papyrus is first evidence of Egyptian porno.

The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
     A book "about the medical pathologizing of women, the genital aspects of orgasm, and the technology of vibrators." — We haven't finished reading the book yet — it's very detailed and academic — but this review is more than intriguing.

Unusual Sex Customs
     "The next time your sex partner says, 'Eew, I'm not gonna do that, it's weird,' tell 'em that 'weird' is culturally relevant. I mean, some folks might think it's bad form to have sex with an alpaca while others believe it's okay to screw a lamb -- as long you don't eat it afterward." — from My Messy Bedroom by Josey Vogels.