Sex
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Politics
Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests
But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.
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World
Anthropology Conference Drops a Panel Defending Sex as Binary
Organizers said the session did not have scientific merit and was harmful to transgender members. Critics of the move say the discipline is unfriendly to dissenting views on the subject.
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World
Archdiocese of San Francisco Becomes the Latest to File for Bankruptcy
About a dozen dioceses and archdioceses in the United States are currently in bankruptcy proceedings as a result of multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.
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Arts
Sexual Abuse Suits Against Michael Jackson’s Companies Are Revived
An appeals court in California determined that lawsuits by two men who say Jackson molested them as children can proceed.
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World
American Fugitive Who Faked His Death Can Be Extradited, Scottish Court Rules
Nicholas Rossi, who has used several aliases in recent years, has been charged with rape in Utah.
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Arts
‘Sex Is a Huge Part of a Character’s Life.’ Especially in ‘Passages.’
The three stars of Ira Sachs’ new movie — Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos — discuss the graphic film’s approach to sexuality and intimacy.
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Magazine
Therapy Where the Clothes Come Off (Sometimes)
By combining talk therapy with elements of physical touch, surrogate partners assist people who are struggling with sex and intimacy.
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Magazine
Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of late-night cable: the erotic thriller.
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World
‘The Idol’ and Our Backlash Times
During the Trump presidency, one of the strongest currents in our culture was the struggle for social justice, from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter to the recognition of proliferating gender identities. Now, one of the strongest currents is the backlash ...
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World
Armed Guard Is Charged With Raping a Migrant at a Federal Building
The guard, Jimmy Solano-Arias, forced a migrant, who was waiting to file an asylum application, to perform oral sex on him, federal prosecutors said.
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