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What happened in this week's world of sex. While North Koreans are busy pursuing nuclear weapons, Koreans to the south are aggressively going after much bigger fish the much coveted www.sex.co.kr web site name.
Since then, about 58,000 requests have flooded in, almost a third of all total requests, according to officials. Those interested cited the millions of dollars in revenue brought about by banner ads for similar domain names in other countries. The winning applicant is to be chosen by computerized lottery. But, according to local media, some aren't taking any chances, and have recruited family members to participate in an effort to un-level the playing field. Hmmm I wonder what other domain names are up for grabs? Surely none that rhyme with "arrows." It's unclear whether this story should elicit a laugh or a groan. Both, probably. St. Louis' Department of Health announced that it is pulling almost $100,000 worth of funding from a local African-American community group which served local blacks suffering from AIDS in reaction to a controversial awareness event the group hosted. Back in July, Black Assisting Blacks Against AIDS (BABAA) hosted an event at the home of its executive director, Erise Williams Jr. Evidently, Williams thought it would be a swell idea to have former gay porn star Bobby Blake over to help promote safer sex. But instead of delivering a heartfelt message about responsibility, reports have it that Blake showed up in nothing but a towel, boots, and a come-hither smile. Accounts that Blake removed the towel and fellated the entire room were exaggerated, according to Williams. Nevertheless, when officials at the DOH caught wind of Williams' little soiree, the shit really hit the fan. Citing what they consider to be completely inappropriate use of federal funds (ya think?), they are withholding the remainder of a $96,000 grant provided to BABAA to help stem the spread of HIV and syphilis. Williams has since been put on "temporary leave" (known less formally as "waiting for the guillotine to drop"), and presently BABAA has commenced its own investigation. It's hard to know who should be bitch-slapped over this mess. Maybe having some scantily clad beefcake bump 'n' grind on the executive director's tasteful leather sofa isn't the best way to raise awareness for safer sex, but the St. Louis DOH is clearly overreacting by pulling the bulk of the grant from an area where its sorely needed. Life was so simple when I was an adolescent. Days spent by the river skipping stones or jumping off of a tire swing, without a care in the world. A simpler, less complicated time? Fuck no, I'm not that old! I was just too big of a nerd to get laid. Well, it looks like even the nerds might be getting laid nowadays. Fuckin' little pricks. Sex is as rampant as ever among teens, according to a survey sponsored jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Seventeen magazine. No big surprise there, but apparently kids are now implementing the Pretty Woman philosophy of sexual contact; that is, blow jobs are fine on the first date, but kissing requires a commitment. Indeed, 23 percent of teenagers who took part in the phone survey revealed they consider oral sex to be standard in casual relationships, while kissing was more apt to be found in more serious, committed relationships. They also stated that oral sex was a common feature of "hooking up"that is, for those not currently dating a 19-year-old (ahem ) common terminology for a one-time, spontaneous encounter. This is also commonly referred to as a "hit and run." A confusing irony found in the survey was that more girls were inclined to have serious boyfriends wear a condom during sex than casual partners, with the girls citing a sense of entitlement as the hinge factor in this decision. It's a shame that teenage girls (and some beyond that age) don't realize the sheer power they have over teenage boys. Wear a condom? That's all it takes? Shit, when I was 16 I would stuck my dork in a hive full of angry bees if I thought it would have gotten me into Diana Alschultz's pants. Hey, remember that episode of South Park last season where the parents wanted the school to teach the kids all about sexual education so that they wouldn't have to and Mr. Garrison ended up teaching kindergarten kids such obscure sexual techniques as the filthy sanchez and the hot karl and how to put on a condom (with his mouth, yet)? Yeah, that was pretty funny. Anyway, this doesn't really have anything to do with that, but seventh graders in Raleigh, North Carolina may soon be writing mock personal ads as part of their human sexuality curriculum. The Wake County Public School System is presently weighing options for amending its current classes, as administrators strive to better reach their students. Since 1997, Wake County's policy on sex ed has been to teach abstinence-only, but administrators feel (and rightly so) that this practice is limited and ultimately non-productive for its teenagers. They say they feel that more education is needed in terms of contraceptive use and STDs. And, of course, local religious assholes are poo-pooing the proposed changes. citing the impending fall of western civilization should their kids learn how to properly use a condom or the risks of not doing so. Worse yet, the new classes would teach kids stupid crap like "diversity" and "tolerance," concepts which frankly seem out of step with contemporary Christian standards. One parent stated that if she'd wanted her young'un taught all of that, she'd "have brought him up in Jew I mean, New York City."
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