Sex
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Books
‘Tits Up’ Aims to Show Breasts a Respect Long Overdue
The sociologist Sarah Thornton visits strip clubs, milk banks and cosmetic surgeons with the goal of shoring up appreciation for women’s breasts.
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Newyork
The Teen Trend of Sexual Choking
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Newyork
Undercover Sex Sting Leads to Charges Against School Crossing Guard
Jared Jeridore, who worked near a Queens school, was arrested after complaints about him led the police to have an officer pose as a teenage girl, officials said.
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US
Biden Administration Releases Revised Title IX Rules
The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration.
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Newyork
The Language of Gender Identity
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Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One?
Will and Rose met online 10 years ago. His screen name was professorparsley, and he looked the part — tall and thin, with glasses, features that Rose found attractive. On their first date, Rose learned that Will was a college student living with his ...
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Newyork
The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex
Debby Herbenick is one of the foremost researchers on American sexual behavior. The director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University and the author of the pointedly titled book “Yes, Your Kid,” she usually shares her data, no ...
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The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’
As you may have noticed, “sex” is out, and “sex assigned at birth” is in. Instead of asking for a person’s sex, some medical and camp forms these days ask for “sex assigned at birth” or “assigned sex” (often in addition to gender identity). The ...
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Newyork
Has Liberalism Found a Coherent Sexual Ethics?
The death of Hugh Hefner and the dawn of the #MeToo era, coinciding in the autumn of 2017, seemed to mark a turning point in the history of social liberalism in America. Out, at last, went Hefner’s sex-positive utopianism, the no-prudes-here ...
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Newyork
A Brooklyn Sex Club Promised Freedom. Some Called It Rape.
The townhouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn, was once a beacon for Jennifer Fisher, a place where she did not have to hide that she was polyamorous and kinky, because her housemates were too. The landlord, a group called Hacienda, had a unique vision ...