Sex Delays Menopause, Study Finds
Women approaching menopause who have frequent sex are less likely to cross that threshold than women of the same age who are not as active sexually, researchers said Wednesday.
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Trump Campaign Adviser Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Sex Trafficking
An informal adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who testified in the Mueller probe pleaded guilty Monday to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography.
Read moreNinth Circuit Slaps Down Trump Rules Prioritizing Abstinence
The Trump administration changed rules on how the government funds programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but the law requires that money to go to evidence-based programs – a hurdle, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, that abstinence-only programs don’t clear.
Read moreFalse Arrest
A federal class action claims San Luis Obispo County and its Probation Office falsely arrest people for possessing images of children which they “recklessly and falsely considered sexually stimulating which in truth were innocuous and could be found in any professional office.”
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Heterosexual Couples Form 1st Civil Partnerships in England
England and Wales have marked a new era in which heterosexual couples can choose to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage.
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Sharon Stone Blocked on Dating App
Finding love is never easy, as actress Sharon Stone discovered when she was blocked on dating app Bumble after multiple users reported her account as fake.
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Cyprus Court: British Teen Guilty of Fabricating Rape Claims
A Cyprus court on Monday found a 19-year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel room at a tourist resort in the east Mediterranean island nation, saying that her story lacked credibility.
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Sex Toy an Electronics Show Award Finalist After Controversy
A sex toy that can be controlled through a mobile app is a finalist for the Last Gadget Standing award at CES 2020, an electronics show in Las Vegas.
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S. Korean Court Dismisses ‘Comfort Women’ Appeal Against Controversial Deal
South Korea’s Constitutional Court dismissed Friday an appeal by survivors of wartime sexual slavery over a controversial deal between Seoul and Tokyo, as the two nations sought to mend ties in the face of mounting threats from Pyongyang.
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Trial of Boyfriend Accused of Killing Texas Cheerleader Goes to Jury
After a seven-day trial, a San Antonio jury must now determine whether to convict Mark Howerton, who is accused of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend Cayley Mandadi in October 2017.
Read moreFed Up, South Korean Women Swear Off Men
A growing number of South Korean women are banding together to reject rigid patriarchal norms and vowing never to wed, have children or even date and have sex.
Read moreIndonesian Faints During Whipping for Premarital Sex
An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for premarital sex Thursday was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before being taken to a hospital.
Read moreFree Speech
A National Guard member – who was cut from the Volunteers in Service to America Program after her supervisor discovered she was the author of a book about her time as a phone-sex operator – cannot pursue her case against any federal defendant, the Seventh Circuit ruled. The woman may sue her supervisor individually for violations of her First Amendment rights.
Read moreSex Doll
A man claims Advanced Maintenance Pro fired him the day after he told his supervisor he thought it “weird and inappropriate” that the boss kept a sex doll in his office, in Spokane Federal Court.
Read moreNo Stay
Rejecting arguments by President Donald Trump’s lawyers that a stay is necessary given “novel and important constitutional issues,” a New York judge kept a defamation case brought by “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos against the president on track for trial.
Read moreSeoul Court Case Begins on Tokyo’s WWII Sex Slavery
Former South Korean wartime sex slaves went to court in Seoul Wednesday to demand compensation from the Japanese government, in a case that is likely to exacerbate tensions between the neighbors.
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Dershowitz Duels on Defamation With Lawyer for Epstein Accusers
Alan Dershowitz brought counterclaims Thursday against the prominent lawyer for two of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers before the ink on the lawyer’s defamation suit was even dry.
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Texas Asked to Stop Its Next Execution
Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and the European Union.
Read moreMost Americans Fine With Unmarried Couples Living Together
American attitudes toward the practice of what used to be called “living in sin” have shifted, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday.
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