Saturday, June 21, 2014

This June in Sex

A recent study discovered that women prefer a larger girth rather than extra length on the penises of their sexual partners. "Duh," said every woman sipping lattes and talking about last night right now.

A professor from Wake Forest University went on HuffPost this week to talk about the latest advancement in regenerative medicine- artificial vaginas. Giles explained, "You're taking cells from external genitalia and you're creating...this scaffolding you place the cells on, and you implant it to actually create the cavity." When asked how they felt about this new scientific development, most women responded with weariness of their vaginas being constructed similarly to train station platforms.

In Jezebel last week, another woman wrote a piece about Terry Richardson taking advantage of her during a photo shoot. Richardson's response to the numerous allegations of sexual harassment during his photo shoots have been that "it was all out of 'fun;' it was very daytime, no drugs or alcohol. It was a happening, there was energy, it was fun, it was exciting, making these strong images, and that's what it was. People collaborating and exploring sexuality and taking pictures." Ironically, this was the same response Dick Cheney used during the CIA's 2006 torture allegations.

Sex researcher, author, and NYU professor Zhana Vrangalova launched a new website this month, called, "The Casual Sex Project." The goal behind it is to compile casual sex stories, to "demystify" and englighten the association we place around casual sex. According to Vrangolova, the project intends to provide an arena for anyone to discuss their personal encounters, regardless of how awful they felt afterwards; how truly disgusted they were, how goddamn nasty that was...wait, what was I saying?

The main legislative body in the American Presbyterian Church has decided to recognize same-sex marriage in their constitution. The language in their constitution would change from "one man, one woman" to marriage can be the union of "two people." Though the approved amendment will need to be approved by a majority of the Presbyteries, delegates have voted to permit ministers to ordain gay weddings wherever gay marriage is legal. The Presbyterian Lay Committee, unsurprisingly, was not pleased. "The General Assembly has committed an express repudiation of the Bible...and thousands of years of faithfulness to God's clear commands." "Wow...I didn't realize I was such a dick," responded God, sarcastically.

This week in sexy criminals, The Stockton police department's website exploded with more than 80,000 comments upon their online mugshot posting of convicted felon Jeremy Meeks. The majority of these comments were lewd ("Is it illegal to be handsome?", "Momma, I'm in love with a criminal"), but Meeks remains humble; saying he mostly wants [his admirers] to know that this is really not [him], [he's] not some kingpin."  Meeks added that the tear drop tattoo on his face is merely an homage to the first time he saw a newborn kitten.