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After the week of the inauguration of Barack Obama, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and countless policy changes, you might expect the NY Times Magazine cover story to touch on some pretty heady stuff.

And, in a way, it did—though probably not in the manner most would expect. Momentarily departing from topics like the war, the economy, and the environment, the Times took on the most challenging topic of them all: “What Do Women Want?”

Setting aside the admittedly cheesy title, we have to admit we were surprisingly impressed with the article. For one thing, seeing the paper of record give so much attention to the science of naughty bits was a bit of a shock—a pleasant shock, but a shock nonetheless. Additionally, we were pleased to see said paper recognize nice that the science of sex is, yes, science.

But even more than that, we were excited by the fact that—after repeatedly hearing about some scientific study proving that women are turned on by everything—someone was finally willing to explain Meredith Chivers’ work to us; in greater depth than just “Women: they want it all the time.”

And for that alone, we’d like to commend the Times. Well, for that and for introducing us to some really fascinating sexology studies that we’re eager to learn more about.

· What Do Women Want? (nytimes.com)
· Thumbnail star Ava Rose really wants a garden hose (penthouse.com)

Original post by Lux Alptraum

A new study reveals that Australian men are happiest when they are having sex or surfing the internet (for porn, we presume). Which makes them exactly like all other men everywhere. Still, isn’t it nice to know that science can prove things like this? (news.smh.com.au)

Original post by Lux Alptraum

You may remember a couple of months back when an indicted pornographer wanted to use the “Google Defense” to prove his innocence in a obscentiy trial. As a legal question, obscenity is usually defined as some sort of violation of acceptable “community standards.” But how do you know what your community finds acceptable? Ask Google, of course! If people in your community enjoy searching for and reading about “butt sex,” then the back door must be acceptable—right?

People have been trying to answer these questions ever since Google Trends allowed them to examine global search statistics to determine both how often certain terms are being searched for but where they’re being searched from. For example, did you know that searches for “anal sex” are more popular in Herndon, Virginia than any other city in the U.S.? (We had our suspicions.) The folks at Debonair Magazine decided to use Google Trends to see exactly who likes what and where they like it. But we think that if you really want to examine community standards, it’s not enough to just know that people search about fucking—you need to compare naughty search terms (like “porn”, pussy”, and “dirt pipe milkshake”) with innocent and wholesome one. (like “puppies”, “rainbows”, and “root beer floats”). We know people are horny, but are they hornier than your average board game playing, candy-loving, LOLcat fan? (Or are they the same people?)

So would people in your town rather think about naked bodies or adorable puppies? Big purple dildos or (Orlando) Magic tricks? We recently conducted this highly unscientific experiment ourselves and the results may surprise you! Or not! But that’s science for you.

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· Google Trends (google.com)
· “Searching For Sex - Global Sex Trends Examined” (debonairmag.com)

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Previously: Google (Sex) Trends, World Porn Search Statistics

Original post by Dashiell Bennett

Another day, another database that claims to be the definitive hot chick resource: The latest one on our radar is Chickipedia, which at the very least gets points for having a name that rhymes with Wikipedia. Alas, however, that may be its most notable claim to fame. Compared to some of its rival babe research tools, Chickipedia comes up a bit lacking: while it does host some topless pictures of its subjects, they’re few and far between (and from what we saw, naked pictures are nonexistent). What it does have going for it, however, is the ability to search for ladies by measurement. Did you know, for example, that Tera Patrick and Jada Fire have the same exact proportions? We do now! We’re not sure when or where that knowledge would come in handy—but hey, the more you know.

· Chickipedia (chickipedia.com, via buzzfeed.com)

Original post by Lux Nightmare