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If more political couples were getting it on regularly, would the country be a better place?
This July 4th, perhaps the focus for Mr. and Mrs. Politician should be more on the fireworks happening between their sheets (or lack thereof) rather than the one’s overlooking the Washington Monument.
That’s right, this holiday, if you love your country then please shag your partner.
We know it’s hard. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Between fundraisers and photo ops and everything else that’s happened since you two tied the knot, the spark has surely fizzled.
But enough with the excuses! Ladies and Gentlemen of the State, husbands and wives to the politicos, please go get your groove on.
Would Bill have turned … Read More
Being a relationship doormat, weird advertising from Viagra, Eliot Spitzer in the aftermath.
Love Bytes: three must click sex, dating and relationship links.This woman pays her boyfriend's bills, he lies about his spending, and for some reason she doesn't know what to do. Seriously, what's there to be confused about? [Smitten]He's an apprentice in school right now, so he's on government loans until he goes back to work. The funds are not enough to cover his bills, so I have been paying the rent in full, his insurance and truck payments, his phone and credit card bills, and giving him other spending money--all on top of my own bills. I absolutely … Read More
On 20/20, Gov. Spitzer's call girl apologizes to the scorned wife.
Junior year of high school, my first serious boyfriend cheated on me -- with a soccer referee who was also named "Jessica," if I remember correctly.
I should have seen it coming -- he was a soccer playing jock, a "bad boy," and so handsome that even my father said he looked like a "Greek god. But I was in loooooooove and so I did what any other 17-year-old girl would have done in this situation:
I found out that girls's AIM screenname and confronted her over the Internets.
But things didn't exactly go as … Read More
How realistic is "Secret Diary of a Call Girl?"
Showtime's "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" is the fictional story of Belle, a high-class prostitute. The series, which ended on Monday (although if you have Showtime you can still get it from OnDemand), received mixed reviews. According to the New York Times, "the series disarms viewers with the flattering pretense that they are watching a witty social satire and not merely a soft-core romp." But over at Salon, Ondine Galsworth calls the show "well-crafted and witty." She goes on to say that, "though the show is sexy -- with plenty of unblinking bedroom romps -- it is … Read More
Little Ashley Dupre is off to Hollywood.
Damn, we mentioned that sh*t clownin', dog. How f*cked up is you? The New York Post is reporting that Ashley "You Me And" Dupre is on the way to reality TV stardom. No, make that super stardom. The plucky musician is reportedly working with Handprint Entertainment on figuring out just how to make it happen. Supposedly, the present plan is to pitch MTV a reality dating show not unlike the 1 with Tila Tequila. The twist is that this one will have Ashley Dupre and not Tila Tequila. So far, we like the premise. Dupre … Read More
A new web site fleshes out the life of a prostitute.
We couldn't help but be drawn to sexwork101.com, a new web site devoted to educating regular people like us on the sex industry.
sexwork101.com and boundnotgagged.com, a blog for sex workers, fill in the gaps between what we know and what the media offers us. We found the glossary particularly helpful, as these Spitzer-scandal times call for the correct verbiage. No need to offend anyone!
From the site:
When the sex industry is covered by the mainstream media, they often use phrases and words to describe the sex industry … Read More
Ready to tune out Spitzergate and take a lighthearted love test?
It's been a depressing week in relationship news. Not that one philandering neanderthal is enough to dampen our optimistic hearts, but it has made for some heavy-hearted coverage. Consider: Why Men Buy Sex, My Boyfriend Cheated On Me With Hookers, and whether women feeling lackluster about giving blowjobs could really be to blame?
Maybe that's why we were all ready for a love-related time out. I found it in the form of an email from my Australian friend, Georgia, begging me to take the What's Your Dating Persona? quiz on okcupid.com. … Read More
What do blowjobs and prostitution have in common? More than you think.
As of yet, nobody knows what prompted Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York and married father of three—now infamously known as "Client 9"—to dabble in a high-priced prostitution ring.
It may have been power, deviance, or a more quotidian mid-life crisis that meant he was willing to put both family and political future on the line. But the screaming headlines do beg another question: What drives men to pay for sex in the first place? One titillating theory suggests that it may boil down to blowjobs.
A 2001 study by Martin A. Monto, published in the Journal of Sex Research, … Read More
