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April 12th, 2009

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Its Easter, so happy Easter everyone, whether you celebrate the Christian or the Pagan way, and a lot of you go both ways on this.  This week we do another parody infomercial with Ian Vigor and his latest product. We cover all of the latest sex news. We do a Sexvestigation about shaving the nether regions. And it is Sex Science Sunday, the second Sunday of each month where we cover all of the latest in sex science.

Interview

I know I said never again, but economic times have been tough, so I am doing it again. Another infomercial. This time for a new product that is just perfect for a gift for that special someone. Is there a birthday, anniversary, or other special event coming up where you need a special and unique gift? We have the answer. Or at least, our guest does.

We’re talking with Ian Vigor, president of Born Each Minute, and he has an exciting new product that is absolutely unique.

Ian: Well, Geoff, I certainly do. And this is more than just a special gift or a special something you can buy for yourself. It also helps people. It helps adult stars and solves a problem most people don’t know about.

You see, in the adult industry, they are starting to run out of names. Sure, there have been some great ones. Connie Lingus. Dick Pound. Anita Lay. Lance Thrust. Miso Honey. Johnny Depth. Rod Steel. Mona Cummings.

But there have been so many adult performers that coming up with a new name for each of them is becoming a Herculean task. So where are the great adult star names of tomorrow going to come from? Well, they can come from you! And that is where the International Porn Star Registry comes in. For a small fee, you can name a porn star.

Jeff: So adult stars new to the business are actually having a hard time coming up with a name?

Ian: Absolutely. And you know, a surprising number of them never had a childhood pet, and can’t remember the name of the street where they grew up. Or even if they can it doesn’t always work. For example, I was raised on Second Street and my bunny’s name was Floppy. Floppy Second. Wouldn’t work. And that is where the International Porn Star Registry comes in. Regular folk like those out there listening right now can name a porn star- after a wife, a beloved mother, a childhood girlfriend. And since we have many male stars, you could name him after your father, husband, or for those working in our gay lines, a childhood girlfriend. Hell, you might have a childhood pet and a street where you grew up that you want to honor. The International Porn Star Registry makes it possible.

Jeff: Now I know that there are things out there called a star registry, where you name stars in the sky after people, but I think most people realize that is just phoney baloney and you aren’t actually naming anything.

Ian: That is so true. But we are a lot more down to earth. This is not some porn in the sky scheme, no, you name an actual porn star. And your name is officially registered in a book that is housed in the Library of sexual congress. Plus you get an official scroll in genuine 24 karat gold colored ink with the name of your star and the official registry entry.

Jeff: Wow. I bet people, short of becoming porn stars themselves, never thought they would have the opportunity to name an actual porn star.

Ian: That’s right. And never before was it possible. And it is so easy. Just go to our Web site, register the name, and for just $29.95 your name will become the official name of a real porn star. Well, they aren’t stars yet, since they don’t have a name until you give it to them, but they will be. It’s just a one time payment of $29.95, or, if you prefer, we can split it up into two payments of just $29.95, and to make it even easier, that option box is already checked for you.

Jeff: Do you get to choose who you are actually naming?

Ian: Absolutely. Our site has pictures of dozens of potential stars who shall remain nameless, nameless that is, until you come up with a name for them. Just find the picture of the star you want to name, select them, and there ya go. It is so easy.

Jeff: And your service is international.

Ian: Well, right now we have potential porn stars from all over the world except outside of the United States. And we hope to expand that even further in the future.

Jeff: Once you have named a star, do you get to follow the career of that star?

Ian: You can do more than that! You can get a copy of every movie they make. With our premium Star Tracker service, every month we send you a copy every movie they made that month. Depending upon the star, that could be a couple of dozen movies a month. This is an additional service for a small additional monthly fee. But don’t worry. We’ve made it easy for you. You are automatically signed up! Of course, you can cancel at any time. We even provide the address you can send a letter to to request the information on how to cancel.

Jeff: It certainly sounds like an amazingly unique opportunity. You name a porn star and follow their career. What good be greater than that?

Ian: I am so glad you asked, Jeff. Because we have something even greater. If you think it is difficult to come up with a porn star name, imagine how tough it is to come up with a new title for a porn movie. With hundreds of titles released every month, it is estimated that by 2015 every possible combination of words will have been used for porn titles.

Cum Hungry Rump Humpers, Brazilian Midget MILF Orgy, Milkshake Muff Titty Bangers. There is already not much left. Now may be your last opportunity to come up with an original porn title before they are all taken.

That is why we created the International Porn Title Registry. For a small fee, you can register your porn title in our official registry. But there is much more than that. We can actually create a movie based on your title, for an additional fee billed directly to your credit card. And it’s so easy. The box for that option is already checked on the form when you sign up.

Ian: It sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity. Name a porn star. Name a porn film.    

News:

We had gay marriage here in California and then we lost it. So that leaves Massachusetts and Connecticut. But who is next in this progressive march? Iowa? Iowa is going to have same sex marriage while California doesn’t? Are you kidding Me? Iowa? The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. The Court ruled that gay marriage bans “denies gay and lesbian people the equal protection of the law” and that the state legislature had improperly “excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification.,”  Apparently the claim that somehow gay marriage magically hurts heterosexual marriage was not sufficient.

And that has Iowa Rep. Steve King in an absolute lather. He claimed that the ruling would make Iowa a Mecca for gays. Yes, I can see gays ignoring Boston and heading for Des Moines. Statements that don’t make sense are typical from King. He said: “Unicorns, leprechauns, gay marriages in Iowa — these are all things you will never find because they just don’t exist.” This was before the Iowa ruling. After the Iowa ruling, he said “We have no residency requirement in Iowa law, which means that people can come from all over this country — a man and a man, a woman and a woman — it could be, I suppose, a father and a son or a mother and a daughter,” King said.  “They can come to this state and get married and then go back to the state where they reside.”  He is apparently unfamiliar with the fact that incest is a class D felony in Iowa- and apparently its not the incest part that really bothers him since he appears not to know it is already illegal- its just the gay part. He seems fine with traditional father daughter marriage, apparently. 

And then there is Vermont. Their legislature just decided to override the governor’s veto and allow gay marriage. And again, it is another state where gay people would much rather go to than Iowa. And the District of Columbia just voted to recognize gay marriages from other states.  And their citizens there aren’t even recognized by the federal government. Actually, they can’t even enact laws without the approval of Congress- so it will be an interesting fight to see if Congress overturns this.

The Oregon legislature refuses to comment on House Bill 2478. It changes the definition of sexual abuse to include throwing semen at people. And yes, there was an actual incident, apparently thought to have been a part of a gang initiation. Which is a lot tamer than what they do here in L.A. where instead of throwing semen they throw bullets at a considerably higher velocity. Even so, I do agree it is something that should be a serious crime. After all, you generally can’t see it coming.

So, what can you do on a Virginia school campus that is just as bad as carrying a loaded gun, and worse than possessing heroin? Take your birth control pill. Yes, a girl faces expulsion and two weeks suspension for taking a prescribed birth control pill. Its only a five day suspension for actually being high on LSD.  Sure, not allowing students to take any kind of drag on campus without a supervising nurse might be an understandable over-reaction to the school’s drug problems, but these zero tolerance policies are moronic- especially when they are completely arbitrary and unreasonable. How do you teach young people to think when you have policies that make sure none of those administering the policies ever have to think?

Is Jim Gibbons working to become America’s creepiest governor? In his last campaign he was accused by cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo of sexually assaulting her in a Las Vegas parking garage. After a possibly intentionally bungled police investigation, she is now suing him in court and her case is moving forward despite Gibbons trying to get the judge to quash it. While trying to avoid that day in court, he could not avoid the day in court with his wife, Dawn, nor could he get the divorce court records sealed as he tried so hard to do. And now we know that, according to his wife, he had multiple affairs, including one with a former Playboy model. And it did not help his claim that they were just friends when he sent her over 800 messages from his state paid for cell phone over the course of a few weeks. Maybe friends with state paid for benefits.

You generally don’t think you could get off on a NATO briefing. The conference call press release included an 800 number for participants to call in to. Calling in to the number got you a woman’s voice saying “"Do you have any hidden desires? Well, if you feel like getting nasty then you came to the right place." And no, it was not Hillary Clinton’s voice trying a completely new tact in foreign relations. They just accidentally transposed a couple of digits that sent people to a phone sex line.

Well all know that Afghanistan is a mess. But the latest law signed by President Karzai is deeply troubling. It removes the right of women to say no to their husbands in matters of sex. So, the not tonight I have a headache line won’t work, as legally, he then just gets to rape her. And the new law empowers him with the right to tell his wife when she can leave the house. And it puts into law that “A wife is bound to preen for her husband as and when he desires”. The U.S and the international community put pressure on Karzai to take a second look at the law which applies to members of the Shiite community.  And amazingly, he actually did. The law has been put on hold while they review it.   

Sure glad we spent all that money form a more democratic Iraq. In a period of 10 days, six men have been murdered for being gay after a tribal meeting was held where they decided to target gays for execution. According to a spokesman, the move was needed because they are running out of people to kill for political and ethnic reasons.

Science

Welcome to another edition of Sex Science Sunday, where we look at all of the latest science research dealing with sex.

We know that male circumcision has been found to reduce the incidence of HIV infection in men. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, recent research shows that male circumcision also reduces transmission of both herpes simplex virus Type 2 and human papilloma virus. So for those on the anti-male circumcision bandwagon, perhaps better a clip from the doctor now rather than a trip to the doctor later.

The FDA has approved a new condom for women. Known as the FC2, it is cheaper and thinner than previous female condoms. It is made by the Female Health Company. Besides the cost, many complained that the earlier polyurethane female condom was noisy when used- and I can see that having it sound like someone was making a balloon animal in your vagina could be distracting.

Penis extension, despite all of the hype, has not really had a very good track record. According to researchers in Italy, though, they have discovered a method that actually works. According to research published in the clinical urology journal BJU International, a new penis extension treatment can improve erectile function by up to 36 percent and increase flaccid length by up to 32 percent. It is a not surgical technique, but requires the participants to wear the device for several hours a day. The results were achieved after a year of wearing the device. Unlike with surgical procedures, men reported a much higher satisfaction rating.

SO, who is actually signing up for pornography Web sites? Or rather, which states seem to have the most subscribers? That is what Harvard professor Benjamin G. Edelman at the Harvard Business School decided to find out. It’s nice to see that Harvard recognizes porn as a business. The results of his study were interesting. There is a statistically significant correlation between porn subscription rates and residency in states which have passed conservative legislation on sexuality. Higher subscription rates were also present in states in which people were likely to agree with statements such as, “I never doubt the existence of God.” Edelman recognizes that it is not as cut and dried as reaching the conclusion that people in red states consume more porn that those in blue states, as satisfyingly hypocritical as that may seem. He offered a very reasonable alternate explanation. Red states tend to shut down retail outlets for adult content, and many adult retailers will not ship to red states with a history of adult entertainment prosecutions. So for consumers in these states, online porn is their only real alternative. What has been left out of the media coverage of this story is the even more interesting conclusions by Edleman. He noted that the adult entertainment industry is a surprisingly innovative, adaptive, and successful business model. “It’s an interesting management question,” he said. “The adult entertainment industry doesn’t have the benefit of many managers with Harvard degrees or MBAs. Yet time and time again, this industry remains at the cutting edge of new technologies.”

Brain issues may be at the heart of sexual problems for some 40 percent of women who experience sexual dysfunction that causes a lack of sexual interest. The problem is called HSDD, for hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The findings of recent research on HSDD were published in the journal Neuroscience. Those with typical sexual desire patterns had different brain activity than those with HSDD, affecting three different brain areas as they responded to sexual inputs. Defining the problem is a good start, but we are still a long ways form figuring out what to do about it.

When I talk to single women, one of the common complaints about their male sexual partners is premature ejaculation. I have been surprised just how common this is. And science may have an answer. Its called PSD502, a local anesthetic you spray on the penis five minutes before having sex. This is nothing new in the adult marketplace, but I have long been skeptical of this approach. This is the first legitimate scientific study I have seen, though. It was reported in the British medical Journal. The study reported :” After penetration, men (or their partners) used a stopwatch to time how long it took them to ejaculate. Before treatment, men lasted an average of 36 seconds. After using the spray, men were able to have sex for 3 minutes 48 seconds, on average. But men who were given a placebo spray barely improved, lasting an average of 1 minute 6 seconds. When men were asked about their enjoyment of sex, those using the spray said they had more control and got more sexual satisfaction than before.” That all sounds fine and well, but for most women, I’m thinking that while four minutes is an improvement over 30 seconds, it is still not enough. And then comes the kicker in the report: “A few men got a rash on their penis after using the spray, or struggled to keep their erection. Some of the partners of men who used the spray said they got a burning sensation in their vagina.” SO while the women may not be satisfied, unlike without the spray, they were actually ready to stop. Color me still skeptical.

When the Supreme Court was trying to decide the same sex marriage issue in Iowa, they had expert testimony with those claiming that same sex marriage was bad for children. These so-called experts were trumped by a group of social scientists and scholars who submitted an amicus brief to the court. But where do the claims from the other side come from? Primarily from a lack of evidence on same sex marriage because it has not been around legally long enough for any scientific studies to have been done. Because of this limitation, there simply are no U.S.-based studies comparing children raised by opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. And these conservatives want to make sure that we have no scientific data, because I think they suspect what the results will actually be. That is why they have worked to block the census from recording same sex married couples, even in states where it is legal. That is correct- the 2010 census will completely ignore legally married same sex couples. They will simply not exist. 

Sexvestigation

What has a number of feminists all upset and in fighting trim? It is all about trim, actually: A viral ad for the Wilkinson Sword Quattro for Women Bikini shaver. It is a musical number called “Mow the Lawn”, and you can find it on YouTube. It features several attractive women singing and dancing while mowing the lawn and trimming hedges. Three women stand in front of topiary cut in the shape of a triangle, a landing strip, and a heart. Missing was a shot of a bush showing just its bare branches, though.

And all of the lyrics refer to, of course, trimming the hair around the vaginal region. Euphemistically speaking, of course, with lines like “Feel rough around the edges- it feels great to trim the hedges.”

One feminist site called it sexist, racist, and vag-hating. 

The racist charge is based on the black woman singing “Some bushes are really big.” I’m not clear how that makes sense. I am unfamiliar with the big bush racial stereotype of black women. But if a big bush is a negative and saying that certain races have bigger bushes and that makes them somehow inferior- well, you lost me on that.

The sexist charge is probably because the women have pink lawnmowers. Or maybe what is sexist is inferring that women should pay some attention to grooming down there, because they don’t have an ad for men encouraging a similar thing.

And there is no question that men should trim as well. If you want a woman to kiss and lick your balls, the odds of that go way up if you are nice and smooth there. Plus, trimming makes your penis look larger. I’d be all up for the new Quattro Wick Whacker.

Then there are the typical complaints from people who decry women shaving themselves to make them look like a six year old. I am always amazed by the ignorance of this. The sexual genitalia of a six year old is not yet developed. It is the difference between a closed bud and an open flower. Big difference. And some of us really like seeing the open flower without a lot of foliage obscuring it. The argument is a lot like saying that a man not having facial hair looks like a prepubescent boy. You can sort of see the point but you can also see where the point goes wrong.

I have been with women where I had to fight my way through the jungle, and for me, it is all about the destination and not the journey. For oral sex, a lot of smoothness in that area is really nice. 

And how in the hell is something vag hating if the whole point is to make the vag more accessible? Maybe pube hating, but certainly not vag hating. Those of us who prefer the shaved look do so because we love vaginas.

Unless they are saying that we should all love natural vaginas- hair and all. And we should love unshaved pits and hairy legs. Sorry- can’t go there. I have to shave my face every day and sometimes more than once. I do it because with a beard I look like Charles Manson- but scarier. And because my wife prefers it that way. Shaving to be more attractive to others is a pain- but it is not that big of a pain. I also shaved my chest when a woman wanted me to. And frankly, I’d rather get laid than stand by the principle that I should be naturally hairy. So the argument against shaving and naturalism does not fly very far with me.    

Trimming and even completely removing pubic hair is not something invented by porn stars. It has been around for as long as we have recorded history, although it did not become popular again in the West until the 1980s. In Islamic societies, removing the pubic hair is a religiously endorsed practice. It was practiced in ancient Egypt as a way to deal with lice. In ancient Greece, the prostitutes all shaved, for hygienic reasons. You don’t tend to see much pubic hair on the bodies of the classic nude paintings (of course to be fair, many of these nudes don’t have any discernable vagina either).

There is a name for people who prefer hairless genitals- they are acomoclitic. Acomocliticism applies to both male and female genitalia, dispite having the word clit prominently on display within the word itself.

In the nudist world there is a term for people who are completely shaved in their nether region. They are called smoothies. You see an awful lot of them these days. Back in the 60’s, many clubs actually prohibited the removal of pubic hair by their members. It was considered too naked. That older sex shame way of thinking is disappearing.

Well, not everywhere. New Jersey is considering banning the practice of bikini waxing because it is too dangerous. Rather than try and deal with safety issues, they prefer a ban, because we know the real issue isn’t about safety issues.

Historically, removing pubic hair was done with tweezers, plucking out each hair one by one. It was a laborious process. Waxing is now very popular, although it is not technically legal in many places, and there is some risk of infection. Threading is a method used in Asia and the Middle East. It uses a thread that plucks out several hairs simultaneously. Sugaring was used in ancient Egypt and in the Middle East. A sugar syrup is then formed into a ball which is flattened onto the skin and yanked off.

After all of that, you’d probably be thrilled to hear about using a razor. Shaving is the easiest, although it may take a while for your skin to get used to it. And you do need a good razor, hence the new Quattro razor, specially designed just for the purpose. 

And if you want to be fancy like in the commercial with the bushes in different shapes, there are templates to help you shape your pubic hair into the desired shape. And I have seen some pretty fancy designs. And there is beattybeaty.com, where you can find dyes to, as they say, color the hair down there. Have the carpet match the drapes (which would be unnecessary if you’ve decided to go with a bare wood floor look), cover up gray hairs, or just use some of their wilder bright colors.  Oh, and Betty also has those stencils I was talking about.