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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/05/why_women_have_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/05/why_women_have_sex/index.html?source=rss For the same reasons men do, explain the authors of a groundbreaking new book that looks deep inside female desire By Thomas Rogers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/caster_semenya/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/caster_semenya/index.html?source=rss But rumored test results reveal the controversial runner is intersex -- a shocker, likely even to her By Thomas Rogers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/18/rogers_fag_hag/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/18/rogers_fag_hag/index.html?source=rss Are the ties that bind gay men to straight women beginning to fray? By Sarah Hepola and Thomas Rogers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/07/09/penis_listicle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/07/09/penis_listicle/index.html?source=rss Ewan McGregor! Jason Segel! Vincent Gallo! The men who dared to put the penis in pop culture By Thomas Rogers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/07/xx_xy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/07/xx_xy/index.html?source=rss The author of "Between XX and XY" on people born neither male nor female -- and why everyone's a little bit of both By Laura Miller Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/12/gurley_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/12/gurley_brown/index.html?source=rss Is Helen Gurley Brown's legacy more than just sex quizzes and cleavage? A new biography of Cosmo's founder proclaims her a pioneer of today's raunchy, unapologetic brand of feminism. By Nina Power Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/04/04/charlotte_roche/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/04/04/charlotte_roche/index.html?source=rss Controversial "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche talks about bodily functions, shaving pubic hair, and why there are so few euphemisms for female masturbation. By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/06/threesome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/06/threesome/index.html?source=rss I feel most alive with bisexual women -- how can I find the ideal match? By Sarah Hepola Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/01/27/bergner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/01/27/bergner/index.html?source=rss Author Daniel Bergner talks about extreme erotic behavior and why we have more in common with sadists and fetishists than we might like to believe. By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/08/virgin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/08/virgin/index.html?source=rss I'm just out of college and want to experiment: Am I playing with fire? By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/21/stole_pot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/21/stole_pot/index.html?source=rss Oh my God, why did I do that? Do I have to confess? By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/11/revenge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/11/revenge/index.html?source=rss Should I tell? He didn't mind her sleeping with a woman, but another man is a different story. By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/17/boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/17/boyfriend/index.html?source=rss His friends are loud, sexist pigs, but he stands up for them. By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/15/dolphins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/15/dolphins/index.html?source=rss I thought I could reunify the family with a trip to the aquarium -- but after my mishap, she kicked me out. By Thomas Rogers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/03/pregnant_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/03/pregnant_man/index.html?source=rss Thomas Beatie brought us a media circus and late-night punch lines. But there's something missing, say some transgender advocates -- more respect. By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/18/sexual_preference/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/18/sexual_preference/index.html?source=rss I'm afraid if I tell him, he'll say, "Let's do a threesome." By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/26/sexuality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/26/sexuality/index.html?source=rss Experts conclude: "Maybe we don't know what we're talking about." By Cary Tennis Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/20/submissive/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/20/submissive/index.html?source=rss I tease men into dominating me. Afterward I feel shame and anger. By Sarah Goldstein Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/17/cucumbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/17/cucumbers/index.html?source=rss Courses in sex skills are a growing trend. Is this the new sexual empowerment? Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/07/levy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/07/levy/index.html?source=rss To pole dance, or not to pole dance: Is that the question? Readers respond to Christine Smallwood's "Girls Gone Wild." By Mark Simpson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/01/05/metrosexual_ii/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/01/05/metrosexual_ii/index.html?source=rss In an interview (with himself) the man who introduced us to the term "metrosexual" explains why it conquered the culture, bemoans his own "lesbosexual" style, and critiques "Queer Eye," Howard Dean and Schwarzenegger. By Laura Miller Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/03/19/dobie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/03/19/dobie/index.html?source=rss In this remarkable memoir, a former '70s teen "slut" looks back on the mysteries of adolescent sex and the female quest for freedom. By Amy Benfer Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/03/howey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/03/howey/index.html?source=rss Noelle Howey, author of "Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods -- My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine," discusses sexuality, angora and life with a transgender parent. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/05/24/false_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2002/05/24/false_abuse/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to recent articles on molestation allegations, acceptable sexual behavior and the Christian way to handle exotic dancers. By Lara Riscol Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/21/boys_and_girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/21/boys_and_girls/index.html?source=rss Right-wing moralizers wink at boys' sexual foibles -- it's unfettered female sexuality that they think is leading us into perdition.