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Destiny wants ‘hubba hubba’ ads to go
Stuff.co.nz
June 9, 2005
The Ministry of Health must stop its television advertising “promoting sex” to youth, Destiny New Zealand candidate David Knight says.
Mr. Knight has released the party’s policy for tighter censorship of violent and sexually explicit material.
In a speech to the Viewers of Television Excellence (Vote), [...]

Public Hedonism and Private Restraint
[New York Times, David Brooks, 05/05]
You see the febrile young teens in their skin-tight spaghetti strap tank tops. You hear the rapper 50 Cent’s ode to [outercourse], “Candy Shop,” throbbing from their iPods. You open the university newspapers and see the bawdy sex columns.
You could get the impression [...]

“Sex is like sand on the beach. One thing when it’s lying around sparkling
in the sun, quite another when it’s kicked in your face. When bullies from
the media, advertising and entertainment gang up to kick sex in my face, I
say it’s smut, and I say to heck with it.”
excerpt from Smut: A Sex Industry Insider [...]

New .xxx domain viewed as unlikely to conceal Net porn
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Sex sites will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet domain, but a virtual red light district won’t guarantee that people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said on Thursday.
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Love affects the brain like thirst, hunger
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 31 (UPI) — Romantic love affects people’s brains much the same as hunger, thirst and cravings for drugs, U.S. researchers say. When you’re in the throes of this romantic love it’s overwhelming, you’re out of control, you’re irrational, researcher Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, [...]

Oxytocin makes people more trusting
LONDON, June 2 (UPI) — People are more likely to trust their money to someone else if they sniff oxytocin, a brain chemical nicknamed the “love hormone,” Swiss researchers say.
The naturally occurring compound, triggered by a number of stimuli that include sex and breastfeeding, is known as being important to forming [...]

The Education of Shelby Knox
FILM SYNOPSIS
As the nation reflects on the outcome of the recent presidential election, moral values is a factor often cited in George Bush’s win. A look at the red and blue states paints a picture of red voters who embrace traditional religion and family life, and reject what they see [...]

CWA Withdraws From National Consensus Process Crouse says Floundering Young People Need Leadership
To: National Desk
Contact: Rebecca S. Jones of Concerned Women for America
WASHINGTON, June 1 /Christian Wire Service/ — Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced its withdrawal today from the National Consensus Process (NCP), an effort convened by Dr. David Satcher [...]

The pills are the problem.
“The Pill may cause permanent loss of sex drive,” By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor 26 May 2005
The contraceptive pill, celebrated for liberating women’s sexuality, may do the opposite, according to American researchers who have warned that women who take the Pill may experience a permanent decline in sexual [...]