This week's sex and love news in review, all wrapped up in a tight little package.
No Miss Domanatrix, please don't crush me!: On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to rule whether or not depictions of cruelty to animals are protected by the First Amendment. A law back in 1999 made it illegal to sell videos (or any media) showing cruelty to animals. The 1999 law was provoked by crush videos--videos of animals being stepped on--that people buy for sexual pleasure.
Is no place sacred?: Public sex 'epidemic' spreads to Taco Bell restrooms. Read more, and watch video here.
Because 17 year olds will become 18 year olds: On Wednesday, the FDA overturned a Bush administration ruling, lowering the age to buy Plan B by one year. Read more here.
If shaking babies gets you off, this was a tough week for you. Apple introduced the $.99 "Baby Shaker" application on Monday, only to remove it two days later after an outcry from child advocacy groups. Read
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Get thee to a sex-changeery! Wales, following other nations in the United Kingdom, will allow transgender patients access to funding for gender reassignment therapy. Read more here.
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-W.J. L'amour (formal introductions to come)