Sexuality Blog with Cory Silverberg April 2008 Archive

Sniffing Out the Truth About Testosterone and Female Sexual Satisfaction
Remember a few years back when there was a sudden flurry of media attention paid to a libido boosting nasal spray (the one New York magazine called “the first ... Read More

Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

If You Bury Your Head in the Sand, Can You Hear the Elitists Screaming?
According to a Reuters report, after Republican Tennessee Rep. John Duncan reviewed testimony from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the U.S. Institute of Medicine, the ... Read More

Friday April 25, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Sex Work on TV
TV is by its very nature a reductive medium. The best TV producers know this and consider it a challenge to rise to; how to make something complicated, thoughtful ... Read More

Tuesday April 22, 2008 | permalink | comments (3)

From Porn to Mainstream
Premiere Magazine has a nice summary of the best known cases of porn actors who have tried to transition into non-sex performing in mainstream films. The article coincides with ... Read More

Monday April 21, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Sex Work Debate and a Denmark Nursing Home
I loved this unexpected Bloomberg News article about the growing debate in Denmark over sex work. First it was surprisingly non-hysterical given that it’s written for an American audience. ... Read More

Thursday April 17, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

What Do I Know About Your Genitals?
Writing about sexual anatomy is one of my least favorite parts of writing about sex. Each time I sit down, as I did a few days ago, and begin ... Read More

Tuesday April 15, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Federal Authorities Seize "Natural Supplement" Sexual Enhancers
Over $100,000 worth of so-called "natural supplements" sold under the names Shangai Regular, Shangai Ultra, Super Shangai, Naturalë Super Plus, and Lady Shangai have been seized by U.S. Marshals. ... Read More

Friday April 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (2)

What Is This Fleshlight Thinking?
When I first saw this image (which I caught via Io9) I couldn't help but look at the poor Fleshlight and wonder what evil genius created the technology to suck ... Read More

Friday April 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Private Fantasies Made Public
Last weekend the British tabloid News of the World ran a story (with accompanying video, which has since been taken down) about Max Mosley, the president of the organization that ... Read More

Tuesday April 8, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Sex Workers Unite Online: The Spitzer Case Study
If you followed some of the media coverage last month around Eliot Spitzer’s resignation you may have thought to yourself, haven’t we been here before: Step 1: Politician has sex for ... Read More

Monday April 7, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Denying Reality: Why “Internet Addiction” Is a Virtual Red Herring
Last month Dr. Jerald Block, a psychiatrist in private practice in Oregon, wrote an editorial in the American Journal of Psychiatry calling for a diagnosis of “Internet addiction” to be ... Read More

Thursday April 3, 2008 | permalink | comments (6)