We were eagerly anticipating the findings of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior — a comprehensive survey of 5,865 people, ranging in age between 14 and 94 and of various backgrounds and orientations — which were released to the public yesterday. Want some interesting factoids? This thing’s got them in spades. The survey proves definitively that sex, like race, is so much more than simply gay and straight (as if we didn’t already know that) — there were 40 combinations of sexual activity described by the participants as their most recent sexual event. Men think that women have an orgasm in 85 percent of sexual encounters, while women claimed they only climax 64 percent of the time. Men prefer getting right to knocking boots; women prefer a melange of sexual activities. Plus, we couldn’t help but notice that pretty much every media outlet utilized the same (admittedly fantastic) AP file photo to illustrate their reports.
Over the weekend, Aaron picked up a story about D.C.’s Prostitution Free Zones that’s been making the rounds on the internet. Privacy and safe sex advocates are worried about the results of a sex worker survey that purports that carrying more than two condoms inside a declared Prostitution Free Zone could lead you to be arrested for prostitution. We asked MPD spokesperson Gwendolyn Crump whether D.C. Police actually consider having three condoms in your…
Jun 11, 2009
Protesters Target CVS for Locking Up Condoms
Photos by Sommer Mathis In a city where the HIV/AIDS infection rate has reached epidemic proportions, is it OK for drug stores to keep their condoms under lock and key, theoretically discouraging skittish shoppers, especially teens, from purchasing them? That was among the many messages a group of protesters discussed in Dupont Circle this afternoon. About 50 people representing a coalition of organizations and activists that includes the National Organization of Women, the Latino…