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Sex Advice Just Got Harder to Find in Walmart

Walmart Kicks Cosmo
Out of Its Checkout Lines

Mar 28, 2018 9:08 AM CDT

Walmart Kicks Cosmo Out of Its Checkout Lines

'Hypersexualized' women's magazine will still be found in magazine racks

(Newser) - No longer will you see headlines like "Best. Sex. Ever." in the Walmart checkout line. The retail giant partnered with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to announce Tuesday that it will remove women's magazine Cosmopolitan from checkout lines at more than 5,000 stores across the...

This Fish Sex Sounds Like 'a Really Loud Machine Gun'

These Fish Are So Loud While
Getting It On It's Deafening

Dec 20, 2017 8:11 AM CST

These Fish Are So Loud While Getting It On It's Deafening

Racket of mating Gulf corvina is so loud it could damage hearing of dolphins, say researchers

(Newser) - A type of Mexican fish heads every spring to the Gulf of California to spawn—and their "reproductive orgies," as the AFP puts it, are so loud they can damage hearing in other marine life. A pair of studies from the same researchers, one published in June in...

Michigan Bans Cops From Sex With Prostitutes

Loophole on Cops, Sex With
Prostitutes Closed in Final State

Dec 14, 2017 12:11 AM CST

Loophole on Cops, Sex With Prostitutes Closed in Final State

No more of that in Michigan

(Newser) - Michigan is no longer the only state in the country where undercover cops can legally have sex with prostitutes. Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Wednesday that removes a provision that prevented officers from being prosecuted for committing prostitution offenses on duty, MLive reports. The two bills involved "help ensure...

'Billiard Rack'
Genitals Win
Bad Sex in
Fiction Award

Dec 2, 2017 1:00 PM CST

'Billiard Rack' Genitals Win Bad Sex in Fiction Award

'Unsure as to how many testicles the character in question has'

(Newser) - Despite facing tough competition from novels featuring the phrases "mouth-machine" and "diabolical torso," Christopher Bollen took home the 2017 Bad Sex in Fiction award Thursday in London, courtesy of the Literary Review . NPR reports the passage that earned Bollen the prize comes from his novel The Destroyers....

Congratulations, Sex Probably
Won't Give You a Heart Attack

NEW STUDY

Nov 13, 2017 7:05 AM CST

Congratulations, Sex Probably Won't Give You a Heart Attack

Risk of sudden cardiac arrest from sex is 'very small,' but CPR could save lives

(Newser) - Many men with heart disease fear that having sex could kill them, but new research shows the danger is slight. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute reported Sunday at an American Heart Association conference that only one in every 100 cases of sudden cardiac arrest in men occurred after sexual activity....

District Requires Teachers to
Report Sex Between Students

Nov 3, 2017 1:05 PM CDT

District Requires Teachers to Report Sex Between Students

Even if one of the students is their own child

(Newser) - Teachers and staff of an Oregon public school district are disturbed at a district rule requiring them to report any student sexual activity—whether they know about it for a fact or just suspect it, and even if it involves their own children—to law enforcement or state officials. According...

Audiobook Service Lets Users Skip to Sex Scenes

Skip Right to the Sex
With Audible's New Feature

Nov 2, 2017 12:15 PM CDT

Skip Right to the Sex With Audible's New Feature

Several new options cater to audiobook service's romance readers

(Newser) - Flipping through dozens of pages of Fifty Shades of Grey to find a sex scene may soon be a thing of the past. Catering to impatient romance readers, audiobook website Audible has introduced a feature allowing visitors to skip to especially romantic scenes—from first kisses to steamy sex romps—...

They Met for the First Time on
a Plane. Then They Met the FBI

Nov 1, 2017 7:33 AM CDT

They Met for the First Time on a Plane. Then They Met the FBI

Woman on Delta flight accused of performing oral sex on new friend who sat next to her

(Newser) - They met as strangers, left as members of a lurid club, and now could face felony charges for their trouble. WDIV reports that two passengers on a Delta flight Sunday from Los Angeles to Detroit—a 48-year-old woman ultimately headed to Nashville on a connecting flight, and a 28-year-old man...

It Started With an Ad for Sex.
It Ended With a Best Seller.

OBITUARY

Oct 30, 2017 8:01 PM CDT

It Started With an Ad for Sex. It Ended With a Best Seller.

Jane Juska, who wrote about late-in-life sex, has died at age 84

(Newser) - Jane Juska, whose chronicle of searching for sex as a woman in her 60s became a best-selling memoir and later a stage show, has died in California, per the AP . She was 84. Juska died Oct. 24 at a Chico care facility after a long illness, her son, Andy Juska,...

Lost Interest in Sex?
This Could Help

Lost Interest in Sex? This Could Help

Men and women who talk about sex are less likely to lose interest: study

(Newser) - Want to spice up your sex life? Try talking. A new study on sex notes 34% of female participants and 15% of male participants in Britain reported having lost interest in sex for three months or more during the previous year. Both sexes blamed issues such as poor health, lack...

Court Rules Sex Still
Matters for Women Over 50

Jul 26, 2017 7:27 AM CDT

Court Rules Sex Still Matters for Women Over 50

Case involved a woman who underwent a botched gynecological surgery

(Newser) - A less ordinary ruling out of Europe on Tuesday: The continent's Court of Human Rights found that three Portuguese judges erred in deciding that sex is less important for older women, reports the AP . The case involves Maria Morais, a then-50-year-old who in 1995 underwent a gynecological surgery after...

Cuba Wants to Help
Its People Have Sex

Cuba Wants to Help Its People Have Sex

State-run 'love motels' to return to Havana amid lack of privacy driven by housing crisis

(Newser) - Cuba wants to help its citizens have sex … in private. As the BBC reports, it's not unusual to see couples getting intimate in Havana's public areas, like parks and beaches, because they don't have the privacy to do so at home. The nation's housing crunch...

Seth Rogen's Mom
Makes Things
Awkward for Him
on Twitter

Jul 6, 2017 11:43 AM CDT

Seth Rogen's Mom Makes Things Awkward for Him on Twitter

By tweeting about sex. Embarrassing!

(Newser) - Parents are so embarrassing. Seth Rogen's mom, Sandy, tweeted Wednesday that "Falling asleep after sex is like shavasana after yoga.!" and, of course, a bunch of other Twitter users felt the need to make sure Rogen himself was aware of that fact, Mashable reports. That led to...

Study Finds Good Reason to
Keep Having Sex Over 50

Jun 23, 2017 5:23 PM CDT

Study Finds Good Reason to Keep Having Sex Over 50

Well, another good reason

(Newser) - "People don't like to think that older people have sex—but we need to challenge this conception at a societal level and look at what impact sexual activity can have on those aged 50 and over," Dr. Hayley Wright says in a press release . Wright and her...

Open Relationships
Don't Equal Better Sex

NEW SURVEY

Jun 9, 2017 11:39 AM CDT

Open Relationships Don't Equal Better Sex

Monogamous couples most satisfied in the bedroom: survey

(Newser) - Feel like monogamy is keeping you from an exciting sex life? Take note: An open relationship, with the potential for more sexual partners, does not necessarily mean you'll be more sexually satisfied. That's according to a survey of more than 11,000 people from 28 European countries, aged...

Swedish Workers
Just Got Bad News
About Their Sex Lives

May 19, 2017 8:51 AM CDT

Swedish Workers Just Got Bad News About Their Sex Lives

Proposal to subsidize one hour of sex per week in Overtornea shot down

(Newser) - Finding the right work-life balance is always a challenge. But in Overtornea, Sweden, residents are going to have to have sex on their own time, just like everywhere else. The New York Times reports a 31-member town council on Monday voted down a local pol's proposal to grant the...

The Best and Worst
Birth Control Methods

May 11, 2017 5:19 PM CDT

The Best and Worst Birth Control Methods

Don't rely on spermicide: 24/7 Wall St.

(Newser) - The pill is the most common form of birth control in the US—but it's far from the most effective. With a 9% failure rate, the pill finds itself at the No. 6 spot on 24/7 Wall St. 's list of the most effective methods, based on CDC...

Tennis Match Halted
by Very Loud Sex

Apr 20, 2017 12:33 AM CDT

Tennis Match Halted by Very Loud Sex

'I can still hear it; it’s still going'

(Newser) - When it comes to tennis, the word "love" isn't usually quite so literal. SB Nation reports a tennis match between Mitchell Krueger and Francis Tiafoe had to be briefly stopped when the sound of vigorous lovemaking filled the stadium at the Sarasota Open. At first, announcer Mike Cation...

Americans Are Losing
That Lovin' Feeling

NEW STUDY

Mar 8, 2017 4:14 PM CST

Americans Are Losing That Lovin' Feeling

We're having sex a lot less than we did just a couple of decades ago

(Newser) - Japan and Germany might be locked in a race to the sexless bottom , but never fear, patriots: Americans are getting worse at getting it on, as well. According to a new study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior , Americans of all stripes are having less sex than they used to,...

Science Finds
You Really Can Sleep
Your Way to the Top

NEW STUDY

Mar 7, 2017 4:33 AM CST

Science Finds You Really Can Sleep Your Way to the Top

Study suggests good career things will come to those who make time for sex

(Newser) - Sex is good for you. Scientists tell us so, and continue to find ways in which it can positively impact our lives. Now a researcher at Oregon State University is reporting that "making a more intentional effort" to have a healthy sex life is an actual "issue of...