New Hampshire School Bans Safer-Sex Kits Distributed by AIDS Services Group

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This is a bit of a tricky one, for reasons that I will explain in a bit.

The administration of a New Hampshire high school has stopped the sexual health group ‘AIDS Services’ from distributing safer-sex kits because the contents included flavored lube, candy, and condoms.  This occurred after about 70 kits were distributed to high school students during a World AIDS day presentation and “parents were upset.”

The group was then banned from the school district.

The group responded to the ban by saying:

it’s unfortunate some people are upset… the lubricant was included because it reduces …

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The Pope Backtracks on His Condom Comments

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Remember that time the Pope appeared to be deeming the use of condoms appropriate? And everyone was all “this is a step in the right direction!” but were mostly suspicious?

Well everyone, we were right to be cautious. Take a look at this BBC News headline- Vatican: Pope Did Not Back Condom Contraception Use

And how about this great quote:

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HIV-Positive Porn Star Speaking Out Against the Industry

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When AIDS became the new epidemic of death that most of us would die from (at least according to my sex ed class), the porn industry took quite a bit of heat. And then AIDS was no big deal. And then Magic Johnson was cured of it. And then it wasn’t such a big deal. And then it was kind of a big deal. And then it was a really big deal in financially destitute countries. And then …

Well, you get what I’m saying. One thing that has never really faltered, though, is the impression that AIDS will lead to terrible repercussions for …

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Discrepancy in the Perception of Female Orgasms By Men and Women

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Apparently men and women have a very different perception of satisfying sex, if a woman’s orgasm is any sort of indicator. According to a recent study out of Indiana University, 85% of men were confident that their last sexual partner had achieved the big O during intercourse with only (a statistically significant) 64% of women backing this up.

From NY Daily News:

The “perception gap” might be ego-deflating news for some guys, but the authors said there’s much in the findings to reassure Americans about their sex lives.

“Our data provide answers to these common sex questions and demonstrate how sex has changed in the nearly 20 years since the …

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