Friday's Sex News 03-14-08

• Nude surfer advert pulled
  
  An advertisment promoting tourism in Scotland, and including a nude surfer has been replaced after complaints
  

  
  

• Can you have too much sex?
  
  Having enough sex can improve your health, but what signs should you look for from having too much?
  

  
  

• Romance academy opens
  
  The Vale of Glamorgan Romance Academy is a Christian-influenced organisation for youngsters that offers a 15-week course exploring sexual abstinence [Web site]
  
  

  
  

• The life of a playgirl
  
  Carrie Jones' book, Cutting Up Playgirl: A Memoir of Sexual Disappointment, reveals the sex life of a 43-year-old woman, and her first orgasm with her mum
  

  
  

• Mercury sex results in
  
  The Portland Mercury has published its 2008 sex survey results, which discovers the craziest place readers have had sex, and the most popular sexual fetish
  

  
  

• Would you be photographed nude?
  
  Yaffe Fusion Art is offering couples the chance to be photographed undressed, resulting in an artistic portrait [Web site]
  

  
  

• Country to sell sex toys
  
  Sweden's state-owned pharmacy is to sell sex toys to the public
  

  
  
  

• Shortbus wins award
  
  CineKink has awarded Shortbus its top award for its mainstream positive attitude to sex [More]
  

  
  

• Students love their vaginas
  
  Students at Plymouth State University have performed the Vagina Monologues as part of Women's History Month
  

  
  

• Bloke recreates Lohan's nude photos
  
  Michael Musto of The Village Voice has recreated the nude photos of Lindsay Lohan's nude photos tribute to Marilyn Monroe
  

  
  

• Naked bike ride success
  
  Over a hundred people took part in a New Zealand leg of the World Naked Bike Ride, raising awareness of cyclists [More]
  

  
  

• An American goes nude
  
  An American living in the Czech republic, describes the different attitude to nudity, and her first time going nude
  

  
  

• I caught my boyfriend masturbating
  
  
  Advice is given to a women who discovered her boyfriend enjoying the pleasure of his own company. Should she be enough for him?
  

  
  

• Naked bits in New York
  
  Despite attempts to de-smut the city a decade ago, keen observers can find a number of nude statues around the city
  

  
  

• Wash plates and have more sex
  
  Researchers from the University of California say that couple who share the housework acheive better marital satisfaction which may include more sex
  

  
  

• Nudity not required, but welcomed
  
  A new site, Zivity, hopes to compete against MySpace by being nudity-friendly.
  

  
  

• Ice-woman: I'd go completely nude
  
  Dancing on Ice contestant Zaraah Abrahams, says that she would pose nude if she wins the competition
  

  
  

• Sex performance for Russian President
  
  A performance artist group called Voina, had sex in Moscow's Biology Museum, in a performance called Fuck For Medvedev!
  

  
  

• College magazine not pornographic
  
  Undergraduates at Harvard discusses ways to ensure that their new magazine, Diamond, did not objectify women like mainstream porn can
  

  
  

• Purple light-sabre or dildo?
  
  
  Porn star Mika Tan says she has used a purple Star Wars light-saber as a dildo
  

  
  

• Ice-woman: I would pose topless
  
  British Dancing in Ice presenter Holly Willoughby says that she has been approached by a US magazine to pose topless
  

  
  

• Tom Cuise's bed bought by playboy
  
  A 78-year-old Berliner has purchased the red silk bed made for Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 3
  

  
  

• Man simulated sex with lamppost
  
  
  Following on from reports of men having sex with bicycles, vacuum cleaners and pavements, a man has been handcuffed for an encounter with a lamp-post
  

  
  

• Italian women can lie about adultery
  
  An Italian court has ruled that Italian women who commit adultery may lie about it, in order to protect their honour
  

  
  

• Aniston hates nude scenes
  
  Despite appearing nude on a closed set in her last film, Jennifer Aniston says she does not like nude scenes
  

  
  

• New Zealand sex problems revealed
  
  A New Zealand University study has revealed that the most common issues included lack of sexual desire, and infrequent intercourse
  

  
  

• I had sex with a vacuum cleaner
  
  British comedian and presenter and Russell Brand claims he was lured to have sex with his Henry Hoover
  

  
  

• Shrunken penis complaint
  
  An actor whose nude image was used in a 2005 opera poster campaign, may complain because it had adversely distorted the size of his penis
  

  
  

• Britain is undersexed
  
  Ariane Sherine tries to find out why Britain is the forth most undersexed country in the world