sexual convention Archives

BBC Three Counties Discussion on Platonic Friendship

Holly Combe27 September 2009

Unfortunately, popular wisdom still seems to have it that women and men can't be platonic friends. Society might oh-so-tolerantly let you off the hook as a so-c...

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And Now for Something Really Annoying…

Holly Combe29 July 2008

No-Follow tags at the ready! If you fancy reading a real howler, check out this prime piece of retrogressive poppycock from the Daily Mail that I discovered ...

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The Numbers Game

Holly Combe11 April 2008

Reporting on Kira Cochrane's article about Nick Clegg admitting to having slept with 'no more than 30' partners, Dodai on Jezebel is asking whether the number o...

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Is it Better to be a Woman or a Man?

Holly Combe7 April 2008

This was the theme of the debate that Kate Smurthwaite, Vince Graff and I took part in on last Tuesday's Phil Williams show on BBC Radio 5 Live. (Scroll through...

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Regina Lynn on Polyamory and the Internet

Holly Combe2 March 2008

There's a post on Regina Lynn's Sex Drive on the rise in awareness of polyamory in recent years, due to the availability of information on the internet and ...

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Cheating: Who’s to Blame?

Holly Combe12 December 2007

If you ever visit the Yahoo homepage to look at the news, you will be aware that it regularly has links to dating advice articles associated with match.com. The...

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A Rant and a Tribute in Scarlet

Holly Combe18 November 2007

I don't know about you but I tend to get a bit tired and woozy after I’ve had a really good orgasm. In my experience, the difference between the sexes wh...

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Failed Femmes: Pity and Scorn in the Daily Mail Part 1

Holly Combe6 November 2007

I realise I'm probably rising to the bait here but, as ever, it seems the Daily Mail is on a crusade to keep the ladies under control and help the nation to int...

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Doing it the Traditional Way

Holly Combe24 October 2007

How to Have Sex After Marriage is screened on Channel 5 on Wednesday nights and I am very much hoping that tonight's show turns out to be more progressive than ...

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Surprise! Men Give Thumbs Up to Lesbianism (Apparently)

Holly Combe26 September 2007

According to the results of a Love@Lycos survey of 125,000 single people, more than 60% of men wouldn't mind if it was revealed their partner had once had a rel...

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Murder of Prostitutes Prompts Fears for "Other" Women

Holly Combe13 December 2006

There's a particularly appalling article on the BBC news site about the recent murders of women in Ipswich. Here's a prime quote: All five were working as...

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Nick Ferrari Gets Precious About Marriage

Holly Combe7 August 2005

Liberal views don't seem to be very fashionable right now. The backlash against so-called "political correctness" continues to give self-righteous shock-jocks a...

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"Women’s Brains Blown by Orgasms"

Holly Combe3 August 2005

It has recently been reported that much of the female brain is deactivated by orgasm. Dr Gert Holstege from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands studi...

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Feminist Wanted: Must Love Bonking

Holly Combe3 June 2005

According to blogcritic Adam Ash, feminism urgently needs a pro-sex feminist. I think he means well but why does this have to be a position for a “poster ...

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What’s Your Pleasure?

Holly Combe18 April 2005

Madeleine Bunting's recent Guardian article, The Price of Pleasure, rightly draws attention to contraception's failure to break the link between sex and reprodu...

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