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In the Hot Seat: Singled out by state lawmakers as expendable, a sociologist defends her research and teaching on sexuality

Chronicle of Higher Education

In the Hot Seat: Singled out by state lawmakers as expendable, a sociologist defends her research and teaching on sexuality

by NSRC

Georgia State University sexuality researcher Dr. Mindy Stombler shares her account of being forced to defend her work in front of Georgia State legislators, and mentions NSRC's blogging and petition drive in her support.

Why Searching for Sex Online Isn't Strange

WireTap Magazine

Why Searching for Sex Online Isn't Strange

by Wiretap Magazine

Kirk Grisham critiques the NYTimes article on 'reckless' craigslist sex--and quotes our own Christopher White to bolster his argument.

Hump Day: Solo sex good for health and happiness, studies show

The Daily Texan

Hump Day: Solo sex good for health and happiness, studies show

by NSRC

Mary Lingwall, a member of the NSRC's Campus Coaltion for Sexual Literacy at University of Texas, Austin, confronts the stigmas and rewards of masturbation in her column.

FOXSexpert: Ridiculously Obvious Sex Studies of 2008

Fox News

FOXSexpert: Ridiculously Obvious Sex Studies of 2008

by NSRC

A Fox News columnist calls NSRC's Sexuality Research and Social Policy study showing no link between abstinence-only education and delayal of intercourse "ridiculously obvious." We at NSRC only wish it were ridiculously obvious to policy makers and federal Title V funders!

Is Sex Addictive?

New York Times

Is Sex Addictive?

by NSRC

Tom Kuntz and the NyTimes Ideas blog are obsessed with our story Addicted to Love.

Reproductive Justice Advocates Imagine an Obama Future

Rhrealitycheck.org

Reproductive Justice Advocates Imagine an Obama Future

by NSRC

As we count down to the end of the Bush presidency and the beginning of the Obama Administration, I sampled the views of a few reproductive justice activists to find out what progress they hope to see come out of the next four years.

They want to talk love in this club--CCSL College Park

Diamondback Online

They want to talk love in this club--CCSL College Park

Sex is everywhere. But on a college campus, some may not want to talk about it publicly. Graduate student Kimberly Bonner is trying to change all of that. Bonner has created a chapter of the Campus Coalition for Sexual Literacy on the campus, a group that aims to create an open discussion about sex and sexual issues at the university.

A professor's ambitious dialogue on sex education

Golden Gate [X]Press

A professor's ambitious dialogue on sex education

Jessica Fields, from NSRC's sister organiation the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, is the author of a new book, Risky Lessons; Sex Education and Social Inequality. Fields offers progressive research on sex education in middle schools, particularly in North Carolina where she conducted her research while completing her PhD. at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Never too old

JWeekly

Never too old

Dr. Ruth talks about  NSRC, sex and seniors during San Francisco visit.

Same-sex marriage debate growing ugly in San Jose and beyond

San Jose Mercury News

Same-sex marriage debate growing ugly in San Jose and beyond

For many gay and lesbian people, the rhetoric of television ads and even the everyday things people say during a political campaign like Proposition 8 can carry a heavy emotional toll as normally buried feelings of prejudice are revealed, a group of researchers in San Francisco said Tuesday while releasing the results of two national surveys.