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Sex

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This North Carolina Snake Ball Is More Romantic Than You Think

It's still creepy, though.

Eric Grundhauser April 19, 2017

Let's kiss!

Tyrannosaurs Might Have Enjoyed Making Out Before Sex

Does first base go back longer than we think?

Eric Grundhauser March 30, 2017

A Magdalene asylum in the early 20th century.

The Invisible Unmarried Mothers of Ireland

For seven decades, thousands of pregnant Irish women were sent into a kind of captivity.

Sarah Laskow March 16, 2017

A lady of Storyville, New Orleans.

Most American Cities Once Had Red-Light Districts

But they didn't last long.

Sarah Laskow March 15, 2017

Detail of an erotic fresco from Pompeii's preserved House of the Centenary.

The Ancients Used Hyena's Foot for Childbirth—And Identified Copper As a Contraceptive

Ancient Greek and Roman ideas about sex, disease, and contraception were often bizarre, but occasionally prescient.

Lakshmi Ramgopal November 7, 2016

A London book distributor reads the sequel to Fanny Hill during the book's 1964 obscenity trial in the UK.

The 200-Year Old Book That Sent the East Coast Into a Sex Panic

New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York all held obscenity trials.

Arianna Rebolini November 7, 2016

New Bridge Road in Singapore, 1969, two years after the <em>koro</em> epidemic.

In the Late 1960s, Singapore Was Gripped by a Genital Panic

Of all the national panics, this might be the most bizarre.

Frank Bures November 3, 2016

We did not know what to make of this, at all.

What in the World Are These Bats Doing?

NSFW, if you are a bat.

Sarah Laskow October 24, 2016

An Australian State Has Banned Mooning

Pressed ham is off the menu.

Eric Grundhauser September 26, 2016

6 Dark Places Aleister Crowley Performed His Particular Brand of Magick

A guide to traveling with "the wickedest man in the world."

Molly McBride Jacobson September 22, 2016

There's a Big Sperm Shortage in New Zealand

The country hasn't made it easy to donate.

Erik Shilling September 15, 2016

The Brilliant MI6 Spy Who Perfected the Art of the 'Honey Trap'

During WWII, Betty Pack used seduction to acquire enemy naval codes.

Hadley Meares September 8, 2016

Permanently Closed

Vulva door Frame

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

Boutique below and legs above

San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Morrison Hall

Bloomington, Indiana

Beebe Gallery at the Kinsey Institute

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Sex Tips I Learned at the New York Public Library

The Berg Collection of English and American Literature has some fascinating erotica.

Urvija Banerji July 1, 2016

The Sexual Intimidation Tactics of the Male Water Strider

Their mating rituals are pretty disturbing.

David Doochin June 24, 2016

Europe's First Pornographic Blockbuster Was Made in the Vatican

Copies of the 16 explicit paintings were turned into a booklet that circulated throughout the continent.

Esther Inglis-Arkell June 13, 2016