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Researchers want to talk about sex, and not just the naughty bits. Academics, social scientists and policy makers from around the world are gathering this week at San Francisco State University for a conference on human sexuality and the "moral panics" caused by such charged topics as homosexuality, abortion and sex education. And while there's plenty of talk about Hollywood, masturbation and all topics titillating, the premise is that ignorance and intolerance about sex have disastrous consequences — whether it's an inadequate response to AIDS, the stigma suffered by rape survivors or teenagers having unsafe sex. "Better sexuality education will...

San Francisco's Center for Sex and Culture played host on Saturday to the city's annual "Masturbate-a-thon," an event its organisers said could draw up to 120 people from across the United States aiming to have a good time with themselves. Carol Queen, director of the center, acknowledged that the event is unusual -- even by San Francisco's standards. The permissive city, which helped ignite a debate on gay marriage last year, tolerates many sorts of sexual behavior but masturbation seems a topic that is off-limits, she said. "Even people who are sexually frisky might have the bias that many Americans...

Police trying to foil a kidnapping in Holland found they had instead blundered into an elaborate sex game. Passers-by called police after seeing a young blonde woman being bundled into the back of a van in Brunssum. Three men had roughly manhandled the struggling woman who was handcuffed, blindfolded, gagged and staggering on high heels in fishnet stockings. Police scrambled a helicopter, motorbikes and squad cars - 22 officers in all - and tracked the van to the city of Heerlen some 20 miles away. There was a dramatic chase which ended in a police road block and the men...

Two weeks after five Milton Academy hockey players allegedly had oral sex with a 15-year-old girl, some of the same teens went to a birthday party in a Boston hotel room reserved by a parent where they engaged in drinking and sex acts, a source said. ``A Milton Academy student was having a party that coincided with her 16th birthday in a suite of rooms,'' said the source, who knows a half-dozen Milton Academy students who were at the bash. ``It was a free for all . . . Kids were in various stages of undress.'' The source said the...

An investigation at Milton Academy has turned up a third oral-sex session between a 15-year-old sophomore girl and varsity ice hockey players at the prestigious prep school, according to a school letter to be sent to parents today. In the newly discovered episode, two hockey players and another 15-year-old male student requested and received oral sex from the girl in a boys locker room on Sunday, Jan. 23, the letter says. The school also reported a fourth episode to authorities yesterday, this one at a downtown hotel room, according to a state official briefed on the report. The same girl...

Two days before a 15-year-old sophomore girl at Milton Academy performed oral sex on five varsity ice hockey players in a school locker room, the girl engaged in the same act with three of the players and another boy in a school dormitory room while another male student kept watch outside, a school investigation has found. On Friday, the academy put the boy who acted as a lookout on one week's suspension and put the other boy, who is a minor at 15 years of age, on leave. School officials also notified Milton police, who have been investigating the locker...

The father of "Monica" is speaking out now, as yet another incident is uncovered. "She's a super kid," he says. "She is a good kid that has made a couple of mistakes." So, let's sum up these "couple of mistakes" for those just joining us: "Monica," 15, is (or was) a new student at one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country, which has a history as a "feeder" school for Harvard. And how did she try to fit in? 1) On Saturday, January 22, Monica met four boys in a dorm room. While a fifth stood watch,...

Milton Academy rocked by expulsions By Michael Levenson and Jenna Russell, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff | February 20, 2005 MILTON -- A Milton Academy official said yesterday the school's decision to expel five male students for receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old sophomore girl was ''excruciating" but necessary to send a strong message to students, as students and parents expressed mixed reactions to the discipline. Three sophomores and two juniors, all members of the boys hockey team, were expelled from the picturesque private campus Friday, after a three-day school investigation found that they requested and received oral sex from...

MILTON -- A Milton Academy official said yesterday the school's decision to expel five male students for receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old sophomore girl was ''excruciating" but necessary to send a strong message to students, as students and parents expressed mixed reactions to the discipline. Three sophomores and two juniors, all members of the boys hockey team, were expelled from the picturesque private campus Friday, after a three-day school investigation found that they requested and received oral sex from a classmate in a school locker room last month, an academy spokeswoman said. ...Two uninvolved students who spoke on the...

So I took extra notice with all that's been going on with the recent sex scandal at Milton. TV-remote-van-chasing feminist Wendy Murphy stated when five senior boys, who have been expelled, received oral sex from a 15-year-old sophomore girl, it must have been forced. No girl would do such a thing on her own...

Two weeks after five Milton Academy hockey players allegedly had oral sex with a 15-year-old girl, some of the same teens went to a birthday party in a Boston hotel room reserved by a parent where they engaged in drinking and sex acts, a source said. ``A Milton Academy student was having a party that coincided with her 16th birthday in a suite of rooms,'' said the source, who knows a half-dozen Milton Academy students who were at the bash. ``It was a free for all . . . Kids were in various stages of undress.'' The source said the...

Enlarge image Sperm sorter A sperm-sorting machine could soon allow fertility clinics to filter out sperm that have a type of DNA damage associated with infertility and a heightened risk of childhood cancers in offspring. Mechanised sorting should be particularly useful when a would-be father is older, or is a heavy smoker or has been exposed to pollution in the workplace - all factors that increase this type of DNA damage.When attempting IVF with sperm from men with fertility problems, clinics usually centrifuge the semen to increase the concentration of the densest sperm cells, which tend to be the healthier...

Hi, gang, I was a regular contributor to the Kerry Online Forum and am now a regular contributor to the Common Ground Common Sense forum. I am a liberal, but I'll be the first to admit, I don't have all the answers. In fact, many of hte questions that matter to me probably matter to you too. I'm concerned with questions about how to tame power, whether governmental or corporate. I'm concern with the rule of law and how we can get the powerful to take it seriously. I'm concerned with the erosion of civil liberties. And yes, I am...

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Sunday, September 28, 2003Zhuhai hotel closed for investigation after Japanese orgy Hundreds of Japanese tourists and local prostitutes held a three-day orgy at a luxury hotel in southern China, sparking outrage of Chinese and prompting police to launch an investigation. Hundreds of Japanese tourists and local prostitutes held a three-day orgy at a luxury hotel in southern China, sparking outrage of Chinese and prompting police to launch an investigation. The five-star hotel where the orgy was reported to have been held has been closed pending investigations, a spokeswoman for the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau...

An orgy involving 400 Japanese tourists and 500 Chinese prostitutes triggered a new outpouring of antipathy in China towards its historic rival yesterday. The Japanese party took over the five-star International Convention Centre Hotel in Zhuhai, on the Pearl River delta near Hong Kong. The nightclub manager provided girls for their entertainment. Prostitution is technically illegal in China but it has become a growth industry. However, the scale and the involvement of the Japanese has inflamed feelings. The three-day visit ended on September 18, the anniversary of the Japanese invasion of China in 1931. According to the Beijing Youth Daily,...

Two crushed at Naked Festival14/02/2003 09:12  - (SA)   Tokyo - Two people were crushed and remained unconscious on Friday after a crowd of about 9 000 men wearing only loincloths got out of control at an annual Naked Festival in central Japan, police said. The two men were in serious condition the morning after the accident, a police official said, requesting anonymity. The two victims were trampled on by fellow participants in the popular ritual, which dates back over 1 200 years. Another 38 of the participants and spectators were treated at the local hospital for injuries, he said. Some 125 000...