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Common Claims: Polanski and Rape in Early America

In September 2009 director Roman Polanski was detained in Switzerland for extradition to the United States. He was to face a sexual assault-related conviction, from which he’d run away three decades earlier. A plethora of news reports followed. Movie stars, politicians, legal experts, bloggers, and other commentators took sides.

Dishing About Sex Between Men in Victorian England

Victorian Britons did not talk about sex, and certainly not sex between men. That is the conventional narrative, and for a long time it seemed borne out by the evidence from the period.

Western Sexual Mysticism

Few people know of the long-standing traditions of sexual mysticism in the West. These traditions, unlike Hindu and Buddhist forms of Tantra, which were often distorted, commodified, and trivialized upon transmission to the modern West, have remained largely untouched. This is because they were entirely unknown.

Slow Times in Mixtlan, Mexico

I didn’t know how tough my senior year of college was going to be. What I thought would be a year of drinking, partying, and fun-filled memories had turned into sleepless nights, article deadlines, and an abundance of stress. I knew I had to do something reinvigorating for Christmas vacation.

Out Ranks

What is the history of "don't ask, don't tell"? An exhibit by San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society unveils the stories about, and policies concerning, gays in the military. Guest curated by Steve Estes, "Out Ranks" will be on display until June, 657 Mission Street, #300, San Francisco. For more information: www.glbthistory.org. Click here for audio slide show.

My Robot, My Love

The day is coming when many people will be engaged in intimate relationships with robots. The very idea of this strikes different people in different ways. Some regard the concept as totally outlandish, arguing that sex can be a meaningful and enjoyable experience only with another human being. Some skeptics raise religious objections, based

'Hallo boys! I'm horny Ulla of Sweden'

When opening a Swedish pornographic magazine from the 1960s, a blonde woman looks you in the eyes and says “Hallo boys! Jag är kåt-Ulla of Sweden.” Although the Swedish constitution regulated obscene materials at this time, pornographic magazines were still considered a huge problem, and the expansion of the industry at the end

TV and the 70s Sex Revolution

A new, sexualized popular culture pervaded American life in the 1970s, and it seemed that everyone wanted to be part of it. Watching a porn film at the local theater, flipping through a sex advice manual in line at the grocery store, dancing the hustle at a glittery discotheque—all were markers of sexual sophistication. But participating

You May Not Kiss the Bride

It is under the moonlight. A shoji screen is shining white on a dark corridor of a Japanese-style house. A young married woman has just fainted hearing that her stock investment has failed. She is Caucasian and she is carried by a Japanese man. The Japanese man slowly leans toward her limp body, her skin strikingly alabaster. He is stealing

Walking the English Streets

How is “prostitution” defined in contemporary society? A prostitute engages in sex, but what is the precise meaning of “sex”: do lap dancers provide “sex”? Does performing sex acts on film count as “sex”? Do strippers provide “sex”? Escorts? While we regularly hear of legal wrangling

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