Sex

In Bed with the Collector

Arts, Culture & Media

Most people outside the art world had never heard of performance artist Andrea Fraser until she installed a video piece called “Untitled” in a New York gallery. In the video, Fraser has sex in a hotel with an art collector she had never met, and who paid her dealer handsomely. But Fraser told Tamar Brott […]

Young American Bodies

Arts, Culture & Media
A woman in a baseball hat next to a man in front of the Johannesburg skyline.

What it means in South Africa when you are #blessed

Lifestyle
Children run past a mural painting of an Aids ribbon at a school in Khutsong Township, 74 km (46 miles) west of Johannesburg, August 22, 2011.

Want to learn about sex? In South Africa, just turn on the radio.

Media
Magnus Hirschfeld in a group shot

The story of Magnus Hirschfeld, the ‘Einstein of sex’

Culture
Aziz Ansari, the comedian and actor teamed up with a sociologist from New York University, Eric Klinenberg to take the pulse of global romance in the early 21st century.

Strangers around the world gave Aziz Ansari the most intimate details of their romantic lives — their text messages

Books

Aziz Ansari takes a peek inside the single’s scene around the world

The Ebola virus might remain present in body fluids including semen longer than previously thought.

Unravelling an ‘epidemiological mystery’ about the transmission of Ebola in semen

Medicine

Scientists are still trying to determine how often and how long the Ebola virus stays active in semen.

The World

A ‘stimulating’ film is causing a stir in Israel

Lifestyle

Plenty of religions tell their members that masturbation is a sin, but few are willing to go to the lengths of ultra-Orthodox Jews to make sure the rule is followed. That struggle is the subject of a new documentary, “Sacred Sperm,” from an ultra-Orthodox filmmaker who lives that temptation.

Housewife Fitri has come up to the mountain for a good Friday night out. She has hooked up with Ishlam, who is here to improve the fortunes of his small business.

In Muslim Indonesia, throngs of people are seeking salvation at a shrine to anonymous sex

At the Gunung Kemukus shrine in Java, many Indonesian Muslims come to have anonymous sex. What was once a sacred ritual — one that people believed would provide divine blessings — has now attracted prostitution and criticism.At the Gunung Kemukus shrine in Java, many Indonesian Muslims come to have anonymous sex. What was once a sacred ritual — one that people believed would provide divine blessings — has now attracted prostitution and criticism.

Sugar Daddies Animated Film

This is why South African schoolgirls say ‘yes’ to sex with sugar daddies

Development & Education

For years, high schools in South Africa have warned female students about the risks of dating older men. But for one girl in poverty, it is hard to say “no” to a sugar daddy.