pornography
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Use it or not
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPXEzH2FKU” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Revisiting what Eneko said about generational differences in how we talk about sex, saying, for example, that the use of pornography is always a choice — use it or not. What was your sex education growing up? Was it easy or hard to talk with your parents about sex? Is accessibility to…
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In preserving all human rights, especially those having to do with privacy of person and sexual freedom, free access to the unfettered communications of the Internet is crucial. The Internet is the circulatory system of the body politic, and the world’s only hope for true pluralism. Any and all attempts to restrict or dismember the Internet and…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Dress For Success
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1 min read
(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIpEbSTpYko” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] How frequently and how harshly are we judged because of our appearance? How does your dress affect credibility, even as women are pressured to be sexually alluring at all times? Have you ever thought about the root of this double standard? Do you think pornography plays a role in…
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(También en Español) News of Note: Intimate scenes to be banned from Egyptian public TV (AGI) Cairo – A group of Islamic supervisors of the Egyptian Public Broadcaster will be in charge of removing ‘immoral ‘ footage from films the network has in its archives. The ban will apply to scenes featuring hugging, kissing and…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Porn Education
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5c6Vj2jIo8″ pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Is there such a thing as good porn and bad porn? What about hetero-male-produced porn vs women-, LGBT- amateur-produced porn which is just as enticing? Will universal replete sex ed in our schools change the face of the male-dominated porn industry, which mostly objectifies and exploits women? Leave a…
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(También en Español) News of Note: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich All Promise To Ban Porn The top three Republican presidential candidates pledged a war on porn today which means that they have promised more action to ban porn than to create jobs. The conservative group Morality In Media is head over heels…
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(También en Español) News of Note: Iran confirms death sentence for ‘porn site’ web programmer Iran’s supreme court has upheld the death sentence for a web programmer who faces imminent execution after being found guilty of developing and promoting porn websites. Saeed Malekpour was picked up by plainclothes officers in October 2008 and taken to…
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Porn Sites go .XXX
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3 min read
You may have heard of the new .xxx domain names being created for porn sites. They finally went live this Tuesday and the controversy hasn’t stopped. “By applying for a .xxx site, webmasters, adult performers, studios, and others become part of a “sponsored community,” agreeing to operate legally and within agreed-upon business standards. Each .xxx…
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A Transhuman Views the Singularity Summit 2011
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6 min read
Last weekend (10/15-16/2011) it was my pleasure to attend Singularity Summit 2011, an event presented annually by the Singularity Institute since 2006. As much as Arse Elektronika celebrated the freedom of citizen science and engineering in pursuit of more fun and joy for everybody, so Singularity Summit celebrated actual and potential financial success and public…