Marnia Robinson and Gary Wilson have kindly given us permission to reprint their advice to parents of boys on the threshold of being teenagers. Marnia and Gary run the website Reuniting: Healing with Sexual Relationships.Is There a Problem with Porn?by Marnia Robinson and Gary WilsonSuppose you’re really hungry, but it’s almost time to leave for your […]
Month: July 2007
Lesser Newman: Capital Video Has Seen the Light and Will Make its Springfield Viewing Booths Safe
It has become a cliche in American culture, yet its truth still makes us laugh. Lucy offers Charlie Brown a football to kick. Charlie Brown knows that during virtually all previous attempts, Lucy has pulled the ball away at the last minute, causing him to go flying and land flat on his back. Nevertheless, Lucy knows […]
Survey: Faithfulness is the No. 1 Key to Making a Marriage Work (explicit language)
On July 1, the Pew Research Center released a detailed survey about American attitudes towards marriage and childraising. What particularly caught our eye was what the public believes is key to making a marriage work–faithfulness tops the charts, with over 90% saying it’s “very important to a successful marriage”. You won’t get that message from […]
Marriage is Undersold in America
Most high school seniors value “having a good marriage and family life”, but for many, this does not become their reality. The odds can be improved by making the benefits of marriage more widely known, and by making more of an effort to share knowledge about how quality intimate relationships work. David Popenoe writes for […]
Blogger News Network: Top Google Videos Riddled with Porn; Filters Ineffective
Nancy Reyes observes that it’s hard to avoid porn when browsing Google’s top videos… …while exploring, I went to the Google Video top 100 home page to see if I could download stuff on Linux without my Google Video player, and found that the “top 100″ page was all pornography. And not just “debbie does […]
Porn: A Deadly Occupation
RAME, “the official website of rec.arts.movies.erotica”, keeps track of porn stars who have died. Here are many of the performers from their list… AccidentalTeri Diver, Overdose, 1/2/2001“She had apparently taken too much of her headache medicine,” Ren Savant [her husband] told AVNJoey Stefano, Drug Overdose, HIV Positive, 11/21/1994Leilani, “accident related to psychological turmoil”, 2/4/1993Marc Radcliffe, […]
Ricky Martin Campaigns Against Child Sex Trafficking
The Ricky Martin Foundation has targeted the sexual exploitation of children since 2004. Over the next six months, Martin will appear on Dominican television and radio to warn about human trafficking and sexual exploitation. “According to some reports, more women are trafficked from the Dominican Republic than from any other country in the Western Hemisphere,” […]
Workplace Regulations for Porn Performers: A Dialogue with Renegade Evolution
On July 11, we continued our dialogue with Renegade Evolution, a stripper and porn performer, moving on to the subject of workplace rules for porn performers. We are happy to see some areas of common ground, with the goal of making life less harsh for people in the industry: NPN: I would like to take […]
Victory in Berlin, CT: Court Rules Town Council Has Authority to Enact Zoning
It might seem self-evident to some, but Very Intimate Pleasures this year challenged the authority of the town council of Berlin, CT to enact zoning ordinances. VIP is trying various approaches to get the courts to invalidate a Berlin ordinance that requires adult enterprises to stay at least 250 feet from homes. The July 13 […]
Adult Website Tries to Use Copyright Laws to Restrict Debate
It has been interesting this week to see members of the adult industry, famous for its staunch defense of free speech, object to being quoted in ways they find ‘exploitative’ or damaging to their interests. Notions of having a free and open debate, so cherished by the founders of our country, go out the window […]