Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Corkscrewing
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Oxytocin and Childbirth. Or not.
When teaching human or animal physiology, it is very easy to come up with examples of ubiqutous negative feedback loops. On the other hand, there are very few physiological processes that can serve as examples of positive feedback. These include...Posted on May 4, 2008 4:53 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Spitzer files...
Lindsay Beyerstein: Spitzer linked to prostitution ring Spitzer's Nixonian hubris Sex and taxes: How Spitzer allegedly got caught Spitzer and Suspicious Activity Reports and sex stings Enough is enough: Feds probe Spitzer's records back to 1999 Amanda Marcotte: Cut out...Posted on March 13, 2008 9:08 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Neglected Research Findings in Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Many important research findings never make it into the actual practice when it comes to reproductive health services. Rose of The INFO Project Blog has posted an interesting and good survey which needs to be spread around the blogosphere more...Posted on February 8, 2008 1:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Dangers of Blogging, or, the Quest for Male Contraception
"Why isn't there a birth control pill for men?" is the latest "Ask A ScienceBlogger" question. I am sure my SciBlings will rise to the occasion and explain both the biological and social barriers to the development, production and marketing...Posted on January 10, 2008 9:55 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How to talk about Health Care
Rockridge Institute published a set of articles (and a video ad) that I found quite interesting about the way to frame health care. See for yourself: Introduction to Rockridge's Health Care Campaign: Framing for Rockridge is about the honest expression...Posted on October 30, 2007 10:46 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Exclusive: Interview with Senator John Edwards on Science-Related Topics
I had a great pleasure recently to be able to interview Senator - and now Democratic Presidential candidate - John Edwards for my blog. The interview was conducted by e-mail last week. As I am at work and unable to...Posted on July 9, 2007 8:59 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
FemiBlogging of the Week, Month, Year and Forever
The 29th Carnival of Feminists is up on The imponderabilia of actual life containing posts by several of my favourite bloggers, including Zuska who has her own pick of favourites there. Speaking of Zuska, she also has a cool article...Posted on December 20, 2006 2:03 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why do we have sex?
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3...Posted on December 11, 2006 12:42 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A new meaning of 'having a buzz'
This strange November 09, 2005 post should really be posted on Friday as part of the Friday Weird Sex Blogging.......Posted on September 20, 2006 10:54 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Cooling The Balls
It takes balls to write about balls.Posted on September 2, 2006 1:37 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Books: "The Sex Lives Of Teenagers" by Lynn Ponton
After hearing Lynn Ponton on the radio and subsequently writing this, I read her book and wrote a brief comment about it (originally on June 14, 2005): I recently finished reading The Sex Lives of Teenagers by Lynn Ponton. This...Posted on August 23, 2006 9:57 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Another case of Evo-Psych abuse...
Have you heard about the stupid German study that uses evo-psych Just-So-Stories about, supposedly, women losing interest in sex shortly after marriage? I wanted to dissect it when it first came out but Real Life and time-constraints prevented me. In...Posted on August 16, 2006 10:36 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Plan B Prevents Abortion!
First, go to Well-timed Period and Pharyngula to get all the neccessary information about Plan B, what it is, what it isn't, and how it works. Then go to Bitch PhD and buy a T-shirt (for which you need to...Posted on August 13, 2006 8:13 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Plan B
Connect The Dots. Will they ever do anything if not for political reasons? Health? They don't care... Approval of a Bush appointee? Sure, let's sign what needs to be signed.......Posted on July 31, 2006 9:41 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What happens in bed, stays in bed
Men's sleep apnea found alongside erectile problems: Men who are sound sleepers have better sex lives. A study published in a recent edition of Urology says men who suffer from sleep apnea syndrome also suffer a high rate of erectile...Posted on July 30, 2006 10:59 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sexsomnia Revisited
The article I linked to in my previous post on the topic of having sex while asleep (or is it 'being sleep while having sex'?), e.g., the one I got pointed to by someone (e-mail?), is actually, quite terrible. So,...Posted on June 27, 2006 9:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Melatonin in Human Milk
Melatonin is secreted in human mother's milk with a daily rhythm - high at night, undetectable during the day (see the figure under the fold):...Posted on June 19, 2006 10:42 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Obligatory Reading of the Day
Amanda reviews the lies about sex and contraception that are peddled by the Catholic church in their pre-marital classes: Pandagon goes undercover the lazy way on a Catholic anti-contraception seminar and Pandagon goes undercover the lazy way on a Catholic...Posted on June 15, 2006 1:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
