* In Las Vegas, porn magazine AVN kicked off their annual convention today; I generally consider Vegas to be one of the least sexiest places on Earth, sort of like the Playboy mansion‘s version of sexiness. However, this very sexy video for newly opened hotel The Cosmopolitan makes me think a sexy time could be had there after all – I’d definitely stay at The Cosmopolitan if I went. (youtube.com, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com)
* Continuing the saga of Sex.com – yet blissfully unaware of the backstory and bumps, as TechCrunch writers are wont to be – the tech gossip blog has a non-interview with the (currently) anonymous man who bought the domain. In So You Just Bought Sex.com For $13 Million – Now What? we get secondhand information (no actual quotes or sourcing) about what “Jeff” might be thinking about doing. Almost a non-story, but we follow sex.com here and it’s interesting to see what tech entrepreneurs would do with Sex.com. (techcrunch.com)
* The Economist takes on abortion and birth control in America, wading deep into the mess of pro-lifers’ anti-birth control stance and examines the use of birth control with teens in Europe versus America – the news isn’t good. (economist.com)
* The Sexademic has an in-depth post about Brutish Male Sexuality, and the assumptions about men and sex – sex drive, fertility, promiscuity. It’s fascinating to see myths about men and testosterone challenged with science. (sexademic.wordpress.com)
* Trojan is launching a flagship item from their line of vibrators at AVN CES today. It’s SUPER LAME that in this day and age, they are trumpeting their commitment to sexual health but not openly disclosing what materials their toys are made from. Body safe? Who knows!? #FAIL (finance.yahoo.com, trojanvibrations.com)
* While I’m happy to see the study Is the Internet Filling the Sexual Health Information Gap for Teens? appear (at all), I have to cast some serious side-eye doubt at the preliminary conclusion (that teens are not looking for sex info online, but “trusting” their schools for info). Really? I just don’t even know where to start with how the experience of sex educators all over the internet shows the opposite, with massive numbers to back it up. (informaworld.com, via Cory Silverberg)
