The Daily Tar Heel S&M (sadism and masochism) references abound in popular culture, from racy rom-coms to Rihanna music videos. But psychiatric medicine seems a little behind: “Sexual sadism” and “sexual masochism” are still diagnosable mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the current list of …
CBS MoneyWatch Usually when a sex scandal touches the corporate world, executives stay silent, resign, or take a secluded break from their duties. Not in Jim Marcus’ case. Marcus, group creative director at Tribal DDB in Chicago, became the most talked about man in the ad agency business after he …
Tell Speaker Boehner: “See you in court!” Let John Boehner know where you stand on the unconstitutional and discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=0n0SUkQG8BAD9Icbr5NdIA..————————————Dear ACLU Supporter,It’s official: Speaker John Boehner has announced that the House of Representatives will fight on for discrimination by defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) …
conversio virium’s quest to educate the next generation of BDSM’ers The Columbia Daily Spectator … Conversio Virium meets every week to teach young kinksters proper and safe BDSM technique, in addition to serving as a safe space to discuss, intellectualize, and joke about the kink scene in New York. For …
The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — A man had a consensual relationship with a Wisconsin woman who alleges he held her captive as his sex slave for more than a week after she answered an apartment ad on Craigslist, his lawyer said. John Hopkins, 45, pleaded not guilty to …
Salon If he had it to do over again, professor John Michael Bailey says he probably wouldn’t allow a live sex demonstration in his human sexualities class at Northwestern University — but not because he thinks it was inappropriate. A weary-sounding Bailey, reached by phone this afternoon, told me that …
Broward New Times (blog) The cover story in this week’s edition of the print product is about how South Florida became the  mecca of swinging — couple swapping, that is — in this country. We visit several local sex clubs, talk with a number of lifestyle participants (and club employees), and …
KMOV Two suspects face charges of indecency after a secret sex society was apparently exposed inside a St. Louis bar. Police say they received an anonymous letter that the Red 7 Club on South Broadway was hosting a party for STL Adult Connections, a group for swingers. …
Riverfront Times If you were to visit one of the newest businesses licensed to operate in St. Louis, you wouldn’t see people having sex. Not that. But you might see a person getting florentined: They’d be cuffed standing, facing a wall, with a person behind them wielding a pair …
Chicago Sun-Times Northwestern University will no longer offer a popular course on human sexuality that made national news after the professor who taught the course allowed a live demonstration with a motorized sex toy. Visit the NCSF Blog to read more….
