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The Scientist has an interesting article (here) that looks at scientific research disproving the myth about the harm that supposedly arises from pornography. Notable statements:

What does correlate highly with sex offense is a strict, repressive religious upbringing. Richard Green too has reported that both rapists and child molesters use less pornography than a control group of “normal” males.

No researcher or critic has found the opposite, that exposure to pornography—by any definition—has had a cause-and-effect relationship towards ill feelings or actions against women. No correlation has even been found between exposure to porn and calloused attitudes toward women.

Ultimately, there is no freedom that can’t be and isn’t misused. This can range from the freedom to bear arms to the freedom to bear children (just look at “Octomom”). But it doesn’t mean that the freedom of the majority should be restricted to prevent the abuses of the few.

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This article says it all:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/24/o.women.watching.porn/index.html

I’m amazed that so many women indulge in porn…one in three visitors to porn sites are female…about half the business of porn videos comes from women.

It’s refreshing to know the truth. More and more women are okay with porn. They enjoy it. And with their endorsement, porn becomes more respectable.

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On The View today, the author of a new book called “Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss” was interviewed. What an eye-opener!

The author, Sharene Azam, interviewed a large number of young women across the country (and their parents) and gathered substantial data about current social mores. Today’s young women (and young men) have a very lax attitude toward sex. For example, they think holding hands is *more* intimate than oral sex!

Young women also “prostitute” themselves at a very early age. They’ll sleep with older boys for money or designer goods or special favours. To them, it’s no big deal.

These revelations got me thinking: Is it such a big step from this situation to young women growing up to become prostitutes or working in the porn industry?
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In my opinion, porn star Katie Morgan is the most outstanding proponent of Good Sex in the world. She has starred in several HBO specials that promote a very sex-positive message: Sex is nothing to be ashamed of. It is healthy. It is wonderful. Adult entertainment (otherwise known by the more derogatory term “pornography”) is a celebration of sexuality. Masturbation is healthy and good.

With her perky and effervescent personality, she charms you into feeling comfortable with the subject material. There is a palpable authenticity about her. She’s very comfortable in her own skin. (This is more than speaking figuratively — as host, Katie appears totally nude in these HBO specials.)

The HBO specials are:

1. Katie Morgan on Sex Toys
2. Katie Morgan’s Porn 101
3. Katie Morgan’s Sex Tips: Questions, Anyone?
4. Katie Morgan’s Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions?

I highly recommend them. Look for these shows on cable television (esp. this month on HBO Canada). Request that HBO re-air them.

Here’s a nice interview with Katie (go to HBO.com), where she shows her healthy and exemplary attitude toward sex.

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Here’s a lovely Valentine’s Day message from The Onion:

I Love The Idea Of My Wife

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This excellent video shows how the strip club business is trying to become legitimate and respectable. Strip clubs are denigrated in our society because of sexual taboos. But the film dispels all the myths.

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This video highlights the fact the most economic experts know squat. Peter Schiff was brilliantly prescient.

- RKE

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Some of you may be wondering why I blogged about money for two straight weeks in January. There are two reasons. First, in view of the current global financial crisis, it behooves everyone to fully understand the root cause of this crippling disaster (namely too much debt, and the problems of fractional reserve banking). Second, what are the two most important drivers of our society? Why, sex and money, of course! Read more…

A bunch of people were stranded on an island (like in “Lost”). Seven of them were Asians, and one was an American. Once they landed, they had to divvy up jobs for everybody. One Asian was given the job of fishing. Another was given the job of hunting, Yet another was told to gather firewood, and so on. The American was assigned the job of eating. Read more…

I found a video called “The Money Masters,” which presents a thorough historical account of money through the ages, including the modern fractional reserve system. Like all the other videos in our “Money as Debt” series of posts, it explains the dangers of our monetary system, but it goes one step further and proposes an intriguing solution. Unfortunately, the video is very long (3.5 hours!!!) and rather dry. So I’ve provided an excerpted conclusion from the video which follows: Read more…

The following video is an interesting primer on money. Note, however, that it’s biased in favour of the gold standard. If you ignore their bias, the film contains an excellent historical account of the U.S. Federal Reserve banking system, including the practice of fractional reserves.

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We’re not even half way through the financial crisis yet. There is a second wave of mortgage defaults coming. And when it hits, the financial system will once again go into a tailspin…

Just look at the Credit Suisse chart. You can see that 2009 will be the eye of the storm, and starting in late 2010, we’ll begin to feel the effects of the second wave. The trend line is very clear and predictable.

Buckle up, we’re in for a very rough 5 years. This is all very scary shit!

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This report illustrates that love does conquer all. Enjoy.

- RKE

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Watch this 60 Minutes piece as a further illustration of corruption in the financial system:

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“By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. The film has been a huge hit, getting rave reviews from Roger Ebert and others.

Now, we proudly release a 30-minute condensed version of I.O.U.S.A. designed specifically for watching and sharing on the web – for free.

So if you haven’t had a chance to see the movie yet, watch the condensed I.O.U.S.A. today. If you’ve already seen it in a theater, check out the abbreviated version for a refresher. Then, tell your friends, your family, your Facebook friends and your Twitter followers about the staggering amount of money – $53 trillion – in financial obligations owed by the federal government to foreign investors and to every single American in the form of pensions, health benefits, Social Security and Medicare.”

This film illustrates how debt is driving the United States into the ground and threatening to collapse the world’s economy, as forecast in “Money as Debt” and “Zeitgeist: Addendum.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_TjBNjc9Bo

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Watch this video that explains a revolutionary new way to manage your personal finances.

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Here’s a good written summary of the “money as debt” issue:

http://www.hasslberger.com/economy/money.html

“Without beating around the bush, here is the hot potato: Money is being created not by our governments, but by a private monopoly run by the (private) banking corporations.”

And money is basically created out of thin air! Read more…

Here’s another video that explains the problem with our money. Watch the first 25 minutes of “Zeitgeist: Addendum”:

Here, the explanation of money as debt is a bit more sophisticated and more dramatic (powerful). Note the reference to the seminal document, “Modern Money Mechanics.”

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This astounding video explains the true nature of money, and why we are in great peril. It’s very timely, given the global financial crisis that we’re in today…

Now, it may be just my imagination, but doesn’t this video explain exactly what’s going on right now with the global financial crisis? The United States have to pump trillions of dollars into the economy in order to prop up the collapsing banking system, which is based on money that doesn’t really exist, ie, money that exists only as debt.

And didn’t the crisis partly arise from banks attempting to inflate the money supply through sub-prime mortgages, supported by credit default swaps (or money that the banks didn’t have)?

Perhaps President Obama should watch this video. Now is the time to replace the fractional reserve banking system, and restrict the ability to create money only to governments, not (private) central banks.

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Religion attempts to control human behaviour, supposedly for the greater social good. I reject the idea that people should be controlled. I do not want to be controlled. I don’t think you do, either. I have independent thought. I have personal responsibility. I have free will. Read more…

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation:

Enjoy!

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On Private Practice Wednesday evening, the show moralized about prostitution and how the women were being exploited because, even though they were adults making adult decisions, they were damaged people (eg, victims of child abuse) and therefore incapable of making good decisions… Read more…

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again:

Sex is purely biology, just like eating, sleeping, and the evacuation of waste. And like many other animal species, we have sex not only for procreation but for pleasure (and not necessarily with our mates). Read more…

The Roman statesman/philosopher Seneca wrote:

our forefathers…lived every jot as well as we, when they provided and dressed their own meat with their own hands, lodged upon the ground and were not yet come to the vanity of gold and gems…which may serve to show us, that it is the mind, and not the sum, that makes any person rich… No one can be poor that has enough, nor rich, that covets more than he has.

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Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman

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I enjoyed this romantic comedy about two life-long platonic friends who decide to make a porno in order to solve their respective cash flow problems. Read more…

I found this video release, dated Nov. 4 (election day), to be very timely and provocative.

Adventures of a Hockey MILF

The faux Sarah is Lisa Ann, who will be nailing the Russians who come knocking on her back-door. In another scene – a flashback – young Paylin’s creationist college professor will explain a ‘big bang’ theory even she can’t deny!

Drill Baby Drill!

Grand Ole Pussy Party!

Making Ends Meat!

Backdoor Politics!

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The river of happiness is fed far less by wealth than by the streams of ordinary pleasures. “What keeps our faith cheerful,” says Garrison Keillor, “is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids – all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle [and happy] people.”

- The Pursuit of Happiness, by David G. Myers
 

Dear God, what have I been missing?! Perhaps the sense of joy that comes, as Garrison Keillor suggests, through more ordinary, ongoing moments of cheer — through identifying with children as they ride their adolescent roller coasters, through laughter and tears shared with friends, through work created and completed, through daily games of pickup basketball with friends, through happy recollections of Chinese tearooms, of family beach fires, of falling in love.

Realizing that well-being is something other than being well-off is liberating. It liberates us from spending tons of money on fancy SUVs and waterfront beach homes — all purchased in a vain quest for an elusive joy. It liberates us from envying the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It liberates us to invest ourselves in developing traits, attitudes, relationships, activities, environments, and spiritual resources that will promote our own, and others’, well-being.

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“Californication” is one of my favourite TV shows. It stars David Duchovny (The X-Files) as Hank Moody, a lecherous womanizing novelist who, after transplanting himself to California, now has writer’s block. He has a daughter, named Becca, with his former girlfriend, Karen (played by Natascha McElhone). And he’s constantly trying to get back together with Karen. Read more…

I had dinner with friends the other day and the main topic of conversation was happiness. I think we hit upon the main reasons for the increasing lack of happiness in our society… Read more…

This is an excellent video that answers the question:

http://loveandhealth.ifriends.net/Article.cfm?Topic=4&SubTopic=33&Article=392

The 5 key lessons are:

1. Porn Can Help Men Expand and Diversify Their Perceptions about Female Desirability.

2. Porn Teaches How to Fantasize.

3. Porn Demonstrates That Taboos Can and Should Be Broken.

4. Porn Motivates Real Sex Education.

5. Porn Celebrates Erotic Pleasure.

Highly recommended. This is one of the best videos I’ve seen.

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Here is an interesting question examined in the light of new scientific research. Perhaps in time the only reason to have sex will be for pleasure. What do you think?

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=37652

A very sobering article.

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It’s in three parts because of YouTube limitations. Read more…

Most often, when discussions are held about the adult entertainment industry, it is through a moral filter. Such discussions usually result in deadlock because you will never persuade the moral police that adult videos are acceptable within our society. Read more…

This is a terrific blog about sexuality, written by one of the foremost experts in the field. I just had to bring it to your attention.

Klein is also the author of “America’s War On Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust, and Liberty.”

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Read this. The following stats are interesting, and I believe are applicable to women in general (not just Aussies): Read more…

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Read more…

This video introduces you to the health risks of working in the porn industry and how best to mitigate the risks.

This is a wonderful video that illuminates the nature of working in the adult entertainment industry. Very informative and enlightening. It provides plenty of good advice. Highly recommended!

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It would seem that men aren’t the dogs we’ve been pigeonholed as:

http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/honour_most_valued_by_men/

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I found a really informative website for sexual health:

http://loveandhealth.info/
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Whether you call it porn, adult entertainment or erotica, it’s all the same. It is material to sexually arouse you, to get you into the mood for sex. This is a good and healthy thing. I’ve always been puzzled by our society’s taboo against erotica. Isn’t this a taboo against the very force that gives us life? Isn’t this anti-life? Erotica should be the joyous embrace of living, a celebration of our sexuality.

My ex-girlfriend was totally anti-porn. She and I clashed over this issue and that’s why we broke up. If I could, I’d have her watch the following video. It nicely summarizes my point of view. (Not that she would — she’s very obstinate and opinionated.)

Finally, the voice of reason!

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I found this excellent question and answer about sex and religion:

http://love.ivillage.com/lnssex/sexconcerns/0,,8gc0,00.html

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“Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.”
Henry Youngman
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Real Productions has been approved by federal regulators to start a digital cable channel for pornography. This is a major breakthrough in our society, and I greatly applaud the move. Read more about the development here.

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Christian conservatives are always saying that porn is degrading to women, that the women who perform in these films are degrading themselves, that they’re being exploited. This sound awfully sexist to me. Here’s the $64,000 question: Read more…

“We know that more than 70 to 80% of women masturbate, and 90% of men masturbate, and the rest lie.”
Joycelyn Elders, 15^th Surgeon General of the United States
 

Masturbation is the most natural and normal thing in the world. Only the sexually repressive and uptight would disagree. See why masturbation is good for you in this Read more…

I love this website:

http://www.freddyandeddy.com/

It’s informative, fun to visit, and celebrates sexuality to the fullest. The creators, “Freddy” and “Eddy,” are so energetic and vibrant! They add to the general charm of the site.

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Although I am not strictly a “humanist” (I am, after all, a spiritual person), I found the following article very enlightening: Read more…

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.”
Rodney Dangerfield

“Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.”
Robin Williams
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Hey, I’d vote for Paris! She’s got to be better than George W. Bush…

- RKE

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My brother pointed me to this strangely erotic show in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel called “Crazy Horse Paris.” Here’s a sample:

Legs that go for miles! I’m in love!

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I found this interesting story: Read more…

Here’s solid scientific evidence that we were NOT meant to be monogamous… Read more…

She was a very wise and brilliant humorist. Here are some of her more memorable quotes… Read more…

I came across this webpage the other day and I found it to be refreshingly honest. It talks about masturbation from a Christian perspective and presents seemingly reasonable arguments against it: Read more…

Young People Fucking has been getting a lot of attention in the press for its controversial title and subject material. A great deal of opposition comes from conservative Christian groups and “family values” organizations. I decided to investigate and give you my unvarnished opinion. Read more…

I’ve started watching a new series on CBS called “Swingtown” about the sexual swinging lifestyle of the 1970s. It’s interesting to examine that world, especially during the decade of emerging sexual freedom in America. Read more…

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! is one of my favourite TV shows. It uses comedy to shed the light of truth on many serious social topics. A couple of weeks ago, they dealt with the war on porn. Very entertaining and informative! I highly recommend it. Read more…

When I was first approached to create a website for The Good Sex Network, I made several key decisions. First, I decided that, as much as possible, I would use free or open source software. This was as much to avoid being locked into Microsoft’s proprietary world as it was to be thrifty. Read more…

Pornography, both as art form and industry, is unfairly maligned. The alleged harm caused by porn is a rampant myth perpetuated by the Church and rabid feminists. Read more…