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04.09.13What contraception do you use?Interesting news... According to the Dublin Well Woman Clinic, more and more Irish women are opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants instead of the pill. There is a smaller failure rate (because you don't have to remember to take a pill every day) and over the long term, implants or IUDs are cheaper too. I've always been slightly terrified of IUDs although I know that's really foolish. Many of my friends swear by them, and they do have the benefit of being free of hormones - which can be a good thing. The first pill I ever tried ...
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04.09.13SIZE MATTERS SHOCKER!Well whaddya know... women prefer tall men with large penises. Now if only somebody would research how straight men feel about breasts... Although... I actually prefer shorter men. They are easier to tackle :-)
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03.16.13Larry’s Penile implantHustler publisher Larry Flynt recently revealed that he is still sexually active at 70 years old thanks to a penile implant. “There’s a little reservoir in the bottom part of your stomach, and you trigger it with a button inside your testicles that doesn’t show. Nothing shows,” Flynt explained. Penile implants have become increasingly popular in the last few years. Drugs like Viagra can be of no use to men who have suffered chronic diseases or nerve damage.
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03.14.13Sex ED for kidsChicago is set to introduce a new sex education programme for all schools, including pre-schools. The policy from the Chicago Board of Education makes it mandatory that sex education be given in all grades. The youngest children will learn about anatomy, reproduction, healthy relationships and personal safety. For the first time in Chicago, sex education will also cover sexual orientation and gender identity. It is hoped this will increase awareness, promote tolerance and prevent bullying, said the school board.
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02.28.13Underpants please!Residents in the Japanese town of Okuizumom are requesting changes to the town’s replica statues of the Venus de Milo and Michelangelo’s David – they want them to be given knickers! Residents are worried the statues will frighten children. Town official Yoji Morinaga commented, “They are statues of unclothed humans, and such pieces of art work are very rare in our area. Some people apparently said the statues might not be good for their children.”
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02.28.13Should we reclaim the word cunt?This week, the satirical news site The Onion found itself in hot water over a tweet in which it referred to the nine-year old actress Quvenzhané Wallis as “kind of a cunt, right?” The whole point of the joke was, of course, that little Quvenzhané is all kinds of adorable and therefore anything but. Many people took exception to it, and it’s not that hard to see why. By and large, cunt is regarded as the most offensive insult you can term a woman. It was not always so. In the 13th century it was a standard anatomical term, and interchangeable with ...
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11.27.12DONATE A FREE CONDOM FOR WORLD AIDS DAYWorld Aid’s Day take place on 1 December and in the lead up to it Durex are donating one free condom for everyone who gets involved on Facebook or Twitter. To donate a condom to help stop the spread of HIV/Aids, log on to Facebook and share the Durex World Aids Day image or video (available on www.facebook.com/durex.ireland) or use he Twitter hash tag #1share1condom. Your donated condom will be sent to the Dublin Aids Alliance, which does great work in sexual health education and combating HIV?transmission. The campaign runs until 1 December.
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10.17.12STATS FROM NATIONAL CONDOM WEEKWow, I have been banging on for years about the importance of sex education and it seems I am talking to a brick wall. Results from Durex's survey for National Condom Week reveal that just over half of Irish 18-year-olds will leave secondary school with any formal sexual health education at all. A third of all Irish people have received none. So where are we learning about sex? 41 percent say their friends and peers enlightened them, 35 percent read up on the subject in books, 31 percent look to magazines and 27 per cent get it from television. No porn? I ...
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08.08.12Free lube!Durex Ireland giving away 10,000 free samples of their Play lube. Nice! To get yours log on to Durex Ireland’s Facebook page fill in a quick survey and they'll send a sample to you. You will find it here. You do have to be over 18 and living in Ireland though...
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07.23.12Irish do well in latest Durex Sex SurveyAh, I love a good survey... Every year the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey tries to give a snapshot of sexual attitudes and behaviours around the world. The 2012 survey had some interesting stats on the Irish and it is mostly good news: Two thirds of Irish couples have sex at least once a week - that's more than the Japanese (27%), Aussies (62%) and the Swiss (62%). We spend an average of 17 minutes on foreplay - that's the global average, which means we're not slacking but not exactly putting in extra effort either. Room for improvement I think... We also spend ...