Comments on: What’s Wrong with Reporting on Sex? (Cory Silverberg) http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/ A group link blog about sex and sexuality. This site contains adult content which may include images, soundsand videos of a sexually explicit nature. If you are under 18, please leave the site now. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: exile http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/comment-page-1/#comment-840 exile Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/18/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/#comment-840 hmmmm... so why don't we create a magazine that focuses on sex in a manner that we feel should be done.<br/><br/>seperate the Perverted from the Sexual Enthusiasts<br/><br/>(not that there's anything wrong with being a pervert, hehehe) hmmmm… so why don’t we create a magazine that focuses on sex in a manner that we feel should be done.

seperate the Perverted from the Sexual Enthusiasts

(not that there’s anything wrong with being a pervert, hehehe)

]]> By: anewyorkjohn http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/comment-page-1/#comment-839 anewyorkjohn Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/18/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/#comment-839 I agree wholeheartedly. The blogs have picked up where puritanical society has stopped. And based on the hits to my blog, the interest is there.<br/><br/>The government has always resisted getting involved in this area, and with the evangelicals getting ever more power over our lives, all we can expect to see are studies on the benefits of celibacy and prayer.<br/><br/>I ran through google the other day the key words "banning contraception" and was floored by the number of sites promoting this idea. The puritans are also on the net, doing what they can to bring society further in thier direction. But so long as we keep the First Amendment, they will not stop the spreading of idea.<br/><br/>(Of course, they would argue that our discussions about sexual freedom equate to topics not protected by the First Amendment). I agree wholeheartedly. The blogs have picked up where puritanical society has stopped. And based on the hits to my blog, the interest is there.

The government has always resisted getting involved in this area, and with the evangelicals getting ever more power over our lives, all we can expect to see are studies on the benefits of celibacy and prayer.

I ran through google the other day the key words “banning contraception” and was floored by the number of sites promoting this idea. The puritans are also on the net, doing what they can to bring society further in thier direction. But so long as we keep the First Amendment, they will not stop the spreading of idea.

(Of course, they would argue that our discussions about sexual freedom equate to topics not protected by the First Amendment).

]]> By: Cherrie http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Cherrie Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2006/04/18/whats-wrong-with-reporting-on-sex-cory-silverberg/#comment-838 A few comments:<br/><br/>Why do you find articles about sex in mainstream publications? Sex sells them! Newspapers don't have the balls to print straight sex stories, unless they are wrapped in the guise of "news" from researchers. All too often, though, as the author points out, the writer veers into gratuitous porn references and other comments that are intended to titillate without informing.<br/><br/>I'm sure there is some serious sex research going on out there, but would the average reader wade through an academic publication when the results are published? And I'm sure the neo-Puritans who run the federal government have been cutting back funding for this sort of research.<br/><br/>That said, if anyone needs a subject for a sex study, let me know. A few comments:

Why do you find articles about sex in mainstream publications? Sex sells them! Newspapers don’t have the balls to print straight sex stories, unless they are wrapped in the guise of “news” from researchers. All too often, though, as the author points out, the writer veers into gratuitous porn references and other comments that are intended to titillate without informing.

I’m sure there is some serious sex research going on out there, but would the average reader wade through an academic publication when the results are published? And I’m sure the neo-Puritans who run the federal government have been cutting back funding for this sort of research.

That said, if anyone needs a subject for a sex study, let me know.

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