http://www.fleshmap.com/touch/index.html

“We asked hundreds of people how much they like being caressed on various parts of their body, and how exciting it is to touch different places on their lovers. Their answers, a total of 33,871 ratings covering 707 points on male and female bodies, provide a collective portrait of desire. In Skin to Skin, compare men and women, touching and being touched. In Sorting out Desire, explore an atlas of excitement.”
Fleshmap is a series of projects created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. The two artists are known for their pioneering work in data visualization, which has been exhibited in venues such as the New York Museum of Modern Art, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
I went out and got myself some designer pubic hair.And he laughed.
Why was I so certain that he would love this new look? Convinced that I had to do it, even? I fell victim to pop-culture peer pressure, and I’m not the only one.
Ever since Pam Anderson bared all in Playboy, some sick force has slowly been pushing this over-bronzed, impossibly proportioned, tweezed, hairless ideal on women. And, ladies, we’ve been suckered in to it!
A friend of mine talks about Brazilians like they’re no big deal: “Guys my age just expect it. They grew up with Playboy and the Spice Channel and Maxim. They think women just come hairless.”
This is a big deal. When did things get so out of hand? Just a few generations ago women weren’t shaving above their knees. Now we’re all-but-expected to wash, condition and exfoliate our pubic region, then obliterate all signs of hair life?
Read the whole thing at: http://www.alternet.org/sex/89996/
By Tristan Taormino from the Village Voice
Last week in Los Angeles, I produced a new sex-ed movie with porn star Penny Flame, all about how to get people off with your hands. I first shot Penny for the fourth edition of my reality series, Chemistry, and that’s when I saw her gifted mitts in action. In one scene, she started giving a handjob to a guy, and I was mesmerized. She used her hands in such creative ways, culminating in this technique where she stroked his shaft with one hand while using her other hand to work his head. She started out with a flat palm pressing and twisting against his head, then cupped her fingers and turned her wrist like she was juicing a lemon. Lying on his back, the male performer-who, I’m pretty sure, has had plenty of pairs of hands on his dick during his career-snapped his (other) head up and actually said, “Oh my God, what are you doing to me?” Penny just giggled and kept it up. He looked ready to explode.
Later, she put her fingers to work on performer Adrianna Nicole, with equally ecstatic results. In fact, they both had their hands all over each other, and it was quite a sight. Gone are the days of fake-looking girl-on-girl porno, when most starlets look disinterested or clueless (or even slightly scared) when faced with touching another woman; these chicks are fierce when it comes to fucking each other. When Penny’s fingers started moving against Adrianna’s muff, I thought the cameraman might have an epileptic seizure. Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in my head: Penny needs to share her dexterous skills with the rest of the world!
…
Hands are hot. Hands are versatile. Hands can rub you right and fill you up. Fingers can find the G-spot and the prostate better than anything else can. The trip from one pinky to the five-finger club can be a wild adventure. The next time you meet someone for the first time, and she (or he) extends a hand to you, think of the possibilities.
“One night after I’d had a glass of wine (OK, maybe two) at the candlelit table I’d set for a romantic dinner, I got a cartoon image of the two of us sitting there together: me and the electric husband. I pictured the purple banana-shaped part propped up at the table across from me, a little napkin tied in a neat triangle an inch or so from the tip. I imagined the two of us at the movies, at a posh hotel, taking a drive in the country (in this scenario, I was in the driver’s seat, the electric husband seat-belted in next to me).”
This is a great article about splitting up and then getting back together. Why don’t you get yourself a little electric husband.
Read the Whole Article: http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,2164566,00.html
According to the study, the last quarter century has seen a dramatic rise in the frequency of sex among the 70-year-old set, whether married or unmarried. And as an added bonus, seniors today (particularly women) say they’re much more satisfied with their liaisons than the previous generation — facing less sexual dysfunction and feeling more positive about the experience.
“As well, more 21st-century women said they were highly satisfied with their sex; fewer said they had low satisfaction; more said they experienced an orgasm during sex; and fewer said they had never had an orgasm.”
“Probably the addressing of physiological problems with the development of medications like Viagra explain some — but not all — of the upward sexual activity trend,” he said. “But the most important point being made here is that when it comes to sex, clearly it doesn’t matter what age you are. At least most men and many women still have a desire to have it as they age.”
read the whole article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900948.html
To all of that I say, porn is not the problem. Just because someone likes looking at naked bodies exchanging bodily fluids does not make him a pervert, disrespectful, an infidel, disinterested in his lover or dissatisfied with his lover. It makes him human. It’s about fantasy, imagination, desire, lust. And what, please tell me, is wrong with that? Most men (women, too) can separate fantasy from reality. Do you think Jenna Jameson is going to fly off the screen and do to him what she’s doing onscreen? Not a chance, and he doesn’t think so, either. And if you believe he thinks so … either you’re sorely underestimating his intelligence or you need to ask yourself, what in the world is a smart gal like you doing with a fool like him?
…
If you accidentally find porn on his computer, well, were you snooping around in places you shouldn’t? If so, that’s just as dishonest as him hiding it.
When you watch porn (and you should, especially if you have some sort of judgment about it—there’s no other way to understand it), what exactly is it that you object to? Are you projecting your own insecurities or messages of shame from your childhood onto it?
If you truly believe that you can’t compete with a porn star, do you just stop at that or do you ask yourself, what can I do to make sex more exciting for me and my partner; how can I increase my pleasure and his?
If you’re the kind of woman who thinks your partner’s watching porn because there’s something wrong with you, do you also think there’s something wrong with your cooking if he likes to eat out or that there’s something wrong with your DVD/TV set-up if he likes to go to the movies or that there’s something wrong with your driving if he wants to drive? Is it always about you?
Link to entire article: http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22081/39208
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24991060 is a great article about sex and getting older, check it out.
Remember when sex-ed was a two week session in health class? Today it seems like more and more students, including adults, are looking for nontraditional teachers. They are looking for the pros to teach them all about sex and how to do it better. These teachers are being found online, many come out of the retail sex world.
The education focuses on encouragement, romance and sexual knowledge. In the past people were embarrassed if they didn’t know everything about sex. Now a days, people have come to the realization that it’s not the end of the world and there is always something new to learn.
SensualPlace.com is packed full of sex-ed knowledge aimed at increasing your sexual pleasure! If we don’t have what you’re looking for, here are a few other informative sites:
babeland.com
comeasyouare.com
early2bed.com
edenfantasys.com
freddyandeddy.com
goodvibes.com
mypleasure.com
smittenkittenonline.com