The Smart Set: Sex and the Renaissance Nun. “Church officials in Venice and Rome turned a blind eye to these activities, but reluctantly investigated some of the most blatant and scandalous cases. The Italian academic Guido Ruggiero has pored over countless documents to find that only 33 convents were prosecuted for “sex crimes against God” [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sexuality'
Sex and the Renaissance Nun
September 25th, 2007
Tags: feminism · history · italy · religion · renaissance · sex · sexuality
Sex clothes anger Kenyan Muslims
July 16th, 2007
“Prostitutes are known for their skimpy attire, but Kenya’s coastal port of Mombasa is witnessing a controversial fashion makeover. The twilight ladies, as the city’s residents refer to the sex workers, have traded their revealing outfits for the more austere buibui – a loose, floor-length gown and head covering favoured by Muslim women.” (…) Some [...]
Tags: buibui · fashion · fetish · islam · kenya · prostitution · religion · sexuality
Naughty, But Only on the Internet
May 28th, 2007
Regina Lynn: “It seems to me that the part of cybersex that attracts the most criticism — the absence of touch — is the part that gives it such potential to deepen our understanding of sex.”
Zoo
April 26th, 2007
Zoo is een film (drama/documentaire) over het leven, de vrienden en de bizare, geruchtmakende dood van Kenneth Pinyan. Deze man uit de buurt van Seattle praktiseerde in gezelschap van gelijkgestemden seks met volwassen hengsten, tot interne verwondingen hem in 2005 tijdens de daad fataal werden. Ik heb de film nog niet gezien, maar de film, [...]
Tags: animals · ethics · internet · sexuality · taboo · zoophilia
Wiegende wespentailles
March 12th, 2007
Noorderlog: “Een wespentaille alleen is dus niet genoeg. Om bouwvakkers aan het fluiten te krijgen moeten de dames daarnaast ook hun heupen in de strijd gooien. ” “En voor de mannen geldt precies het tegenovergestelde. Om aantrekkelijk gevonden te worden moeten ze niet al te veel taille hebben. Maar ze moeten daarnaast ook niet te [...]
Tags: dancing · female · hips · john travolta · male · sexuality · waste
Anal Sex
January 5th, 2007
“Anal Sex Is Increasingly Popular in the Hetero World.” New York Magazine
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June 12th, 2006
BBC NEWS | Health | Time for rethink on the clitoris “For two millennia it was a “little hill” – the meaning of kleitoris, its root word in Greek. But an Australian urologist, Dr Helen O’Connell, has revealed that the clitoris is shaped more like a mountain than a hill.” (tags: female clitoris sex) anachronism [...]
Tags: architecture · clitoris · garden history · health · henk van der eijk · os x · sexuality · windows vista · women