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September 22nd, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Seen On Twitter: #whateverhappenedto Condoms?
- Liz Sabatiuk

We were pleasantly surprised to see the trending topic #whateverhappenedto come up in our "Condoms" twitter feed today ("pleasantly" because we're glad people are discussing birth control--the bad news, I guess, is that the topic is people not using it!). Anyway, I couldn't resist choosing a few favorites to highlight for posterity. Here are my top 11 #whateverhappenedto condoms tweets (with commentary), in no particular order:

September 3rd, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Seen On Twitter: Eight Good Reasons to "Break Up With" Someone
- Liz Sabatiuk

If you've explored SexReally, you may have noticed our shifting "_______ On Twitter" feed (if not, scroll down now), which displays real-time tweets about topics we want to hear about. This week and last, we've been talking break ups on the site, and we've seen some interesting tweets on the subject... Here are SexReally's top 8 twittered reasons to "break up with" someone:

August 27th, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Just How Disposable Are We?
- Liz Sabatiuk

July 22nd, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Masturbation!
- Liz Sabatiuk

In honor of the recent flurry of discussion about a pamphlet about sexual pleasure being used for sex ed in the UK, a few words on masturbation. To borrow an excerpt from my post on the topic for Pregnant Pause, "many public health experts agree that masturbation is healthy and natural, though that perspective is not always presented in adolescent sex ed programs.

July 15th, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

Cohabiting: How Serious Is It?
- Liz Sabatiuk

Research shows that a growing number of Americans view cohabitation as an alternative to marriage. And if you're in your twenties, you probably don't need a study to tell you that cohabiting unions have become the most prevalent type of relationship among twenty-somethings. Naturally, this has led sociologists and cultural commentators to wonder whether cohabiting has come to serve as a stage before marriage, or even as a substitute.

July 2nd, 2009 | Occasional Contributors

What's a Nice Guy, Anyway?
- Liz Sabatiuk

What Characterizes a Nice Guy?

Many have tried, at least half-heartedly, to answer this question. Is a nice guy a gentleman who holds the door and piles on the compliments, the best friend who listens to stories of a woman’s “jerk” boyfriend in silence while wondering what color her panties are (click the link and scroll down), or a guy who wants a long-term relationship?