Sex News: James Deen speaks, Penthouse does plus-size, first penis transplant, MTV does gay for pay

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  • James Deen responds to the allegations: “I know some people will understand me and what I’m saying, and some may be offended by it and say even worse things as a result. We live in a world where accusations get great attention and no one really seems to want to get the truth. I’m in porn, and when you take porn activity into polite society it sounds really twisted. The media needs stories and I can see how this is one hell of a story.”
    James Deen Breaks His Silence: ‘I Am Completely Baffled’ by Rape Allegations (Daily Beast)
  • “A discussion about ethical practices and informed consent is well overdue, especially within an industry that is largely unregulated and gets by using the labour of contracted workers. This is the discussion that we’ve been having for years within the feminist porn community. Now it’s time for the wider industry to stand up and be counted, to make an effort to ensure that performer safety and consent is given priority. It’s also time to talk about how to make consent issues visible to pornography fans, partly to educate but also to address the often-held concerns about porn production.”
    How The Porn Industry Can Lift Its Game On Consent (Medium, @msnaughty)

  • The U.K.’s tax and customs authority on Friday announced that it has set up its first task force targeting the adult entertainment sector. The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said it was targeting strippers, online escorts and adult club owners, among others, in a move to find unreported revenue.
    U.K.’s Tax Authority Creates Task Force Targeting Adult Entertainment (XBIZ)

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  • The first penis transplant in the United States is set to take place within the next year. Surgeons from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine — which has an active hand and face transplant program — say the recipient will be a young soldier injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan.
    First U.S. penis transplants planned to help wounded vets (CBS News)
  • This article is about sexual assault. Articles in this series have so far have examined fatalities and excessive force at the hands of law enforcement officers in Kern County, California, which has the highest per capita rate of officer-involved deaths anywhere in the US so far this year. But a Guardian investigation into the county’s two largest police departments also identified a string of sexual misconduct cases involving officers, and a pattern of secretive attempts to pay off victims with small sums of cash.
    The County: sexual assault and the price of silence (Guardian)
  • According to decades-old research by psychologist David M. Buss, men are hardwired to feel jealous over a partner’s sexual infidelity, while women are more likely to feel jealous when a partner is emotionally unfaithful. This theory has led to what is known as the parental-investment model.
    Why Does Evolution Want Infidelity to Hurt So Much? (Vice)

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  • In the English language, the word “he” is used to refer to males and “she” to refer to females. But some people identify as neither gender, or both – which is why an increasing number of US universities are making it easier for people to choose to be referred to by other pronouns.
    Beyond ‘he’ and ‘she’: The rise of non-binary pronouns (BBC)
  • The FPPC will consider a $61,500 fine against porn-industry opponents of a 2012 Los Angeles County ballot measure to require adult film actors to wear condoms. A similar measure has qualified for the November 2016 state ballot. The state Fair Political Practices Commission will consider the penalty, the largest fine of the year, at its Dec. 17 meeting.
    Porn industry faces $61,500 fine for putting foreign money into 2012 campaign (Sacramento Bee)
  • MTV’s docu-series True Life is turning its lens towards straight men who perform in gay adult films (known as ‘gay for pay’) as the subject of its next installment. The episode will focus on two guys who perform in gay adult films because of the lucrative payouts. However, while one performer is open about his involvement in gay for pay films, the other keeps it a closely guarded secret.
    ‘Gay For Pay’ Adult Film Stars Talk Gay Sex and Double Lives in MTV ‘True Life’ Teaser (Towleroad)

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  • I wish I had an article in the January issue! Kelly Shibari is featured as the first-ever plus size model in Penthouse Magazine. “For Penthouse, 2015 has been a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the magazine, and of its mission to honor the grace and allure of the female form,” Managing Director Kelly Holland said.
    Penthouse Features Kelly Shibari as First-Ever Plus Size Model (XBIZ)
  • And not a risk was taken, nor a stereotype opposed. Pamela Anderson may get the cover of the historic last nude issue of Playboy, but blonde Kristy Garett snagged the last nude playmate spot, as the 749th (and last) woman to earn the centerfold spread.
    Kristy Garett Named Playboy’s Last Nude Playmate (People)
  • Chloe Mafia, a former porn star, claimed that a married pilot of a Kuwait Airways flight from London to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport invited her and a friend into the cockpit for champagne and a ride on his lap as he smoked, let them play with aircraft controls and boasted about being a member of the “mile-high club,” according to British tabloid reports in July. Now, the wayward aviator apparently has had his license revoked.
    Kuwaiti pilot punished for letting ex-porn star visit the cockpit (Washington Post)

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  • Australia’s Parliament says it is seeking input on whether access to online adult content is harmful for children. The Australian Senate has opened an inquiry called “Harm being done to Australian children through access to pornography on the Internet” and seeks to track online consumption of porn by those under 18.
    Australia’s Parliament Seeks Input to Decide Porn Access (XBIZ)
  • For Lucie Bee, the strangest thing that has ever happened on a porn set was the time a pair of window washers materialised at a high-rise window.
    “They stopped, we stopped,” she says.
    “We just stopped in place for a really long time.”
    “I waved, which is awkward when someone’s face is between your thighs, they waved, washed the windows, waved again, down they went.”
    So you want to be a porn star? (ABC AU)

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