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NCSF Media Update Digest
March 11, 2011
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NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between.
NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics and to urge everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate.
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Salon
If he had it to do over again, professor John Michael Bailey says he probably wouldn't allow a live sex demonstration in his human sexualities class at Northwestern University -- but not because he thinks it was inappropriate.
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"Conservative Preacher O'Neal Dozier Weighs In On Sex Clubs"
The cover story in this week's edition of the print product is about how South Florida became the mecca of swinging -- couple swapping, that is -- in this country. We visit several local sex clubs, talk with a number of lifestyle participants (and club employees), and even show you a little of how it works in the "back room."
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Did a Northwestern University human sexuality professor go too far when he held an optional live-sex presentation on campus grounds?
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New York Press
Claire Glass investigates a new generation of elite college women determined to dominate
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Kink community worried about state legislator's attempt to curb domestic violence
San Diego City Beat
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"Swinging Through South Florida's Underground Sex Clubs"
Broward Palm Beach New Times
...The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University estimates that as many as 4 million Americans participate in some form of group sex or couple swapping. With its welcoming beaches, year-round sunshine, and fine appreciation for vices, South Florida has become the mecca of swinging in this country.
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"County zoning board tightens code on 'sex clubs'"
Las Vegas Sun
Clark County has tightened its code regarding "sex clubs" after a U.S. District Court judge found last summer that the county's existing ordinance was unconstitutionally vague.
To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"John Hopkins, accused of using craiglist to turn woman into sex slave, says it was 'consensual'"
NY Daily News
A Brooklyn man lashed out at the woman he is accused of keeping as a sex slave yesterday, claiming their relationship was consensual and the tryst started when she posted an ad on craigslist looking for a kinky hookup.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview, John Hopkins said he has one question for the Wisconsin woman who has accused him of rape: "Why did you do this to me?"
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"Craig's list sex slave" NY Post A Wisconsin woman looking to move to New York found herself living a nightmare after a man who lured her to Brooklyn through Craigslist with the promise of rent-free digs allegedly subjected her to more than a week of sexual torture.
To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"Wingers Push AG Holder to Prosecute More Porn"AVN News Republicans are back in power (well, partly) and so of course it's time for all the conservative religious and religious conservative groups to begin beating the drum for more obscenity prosecutions-never mind that the government's last attempt to do so met with less-than-sterling results. To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"What's the big deal about Rhianna's S&M" Huffington Post Rihanna's latest video for her song "S&M" hasn't even been out for a week, and it's already stirring up a controversy. Due to the sexual nature of the video and its subject, "S&M" has been banned in 11 countries, restricted on YouTube (it's only available if you log-in with an account that proves you're over 18), and pulled from play on some radio-stations until after 7pm. Some radio stations have even changed the name from "S&M" to "Come On.". To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"Yousome, mesome, threesome: exploring sexual boundaries" Brandeis Hoot ...On the other end of the boundary spectrum is the idea of exploration and expanding your boundaries. If you have known what you enjoy for a while and are ready to try new things, there are many different activities to try to expand your sexual boundaries. Ingram and Grosser suggested the idea of BDSM (Bondage Discipline Dominant Submission Sadomasochism), an umbrella term for a lot of different techniques and activities. Perhaps you would not self-identify or be afraid of BDSM, but, in fact, many people actually perform it or fantasize about it. For instance, using handcuffs or spanking your partner are both forms of BDSM. Intrigued yet? All types of people have been known to enjoy BDSM, whether they're gay, straight, queer, young or middle-aged women. For people who have too many responsibilities in their lives and want somebody else to take the reins, or for people who feel like they have lost control of everything around them and want to regain a dominant position, BDSM with a consenting partner could be for you. ... To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"Massachusetts gay orgy parties described in 2008 at Project PARTY focus group" EXAMINER EXCLUSIVE Project PARTY, a controversial group sex study funded by Massachusetts taxpayers, was abruptly halted on December 31, 2010, after two years of state funding. Project PARTY was shut down after House Minority Leader Bradley Jones [R-North Reading] called for its immediate halt following his learning about the Department of Public Health orgy study. To read the rest of this article, click here.
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"Rihanna deals with issues in S&M video" Boston Herald ..."She could be trying to turn the tables, to show herself in control," said Rita Smith, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. To read the rest of this article, click here.
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