Mostly mammals

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Oooh! She’s a naughty one, she is: “Men in porn are often also fully waxed. You can see the spring branches of their willies and their little bobbling balls, outlined in their scrota like farm eggs in a chammy cloth.“

More from the Guardian: “The bizarre world of animal sex” They include a slideshow about the animal-sex exhibit at the Natural History Museum

The echidna’s 4-headed penis (video included)

“Males in better condition had larger testes, particularly during territory establishment, prior to maximum sexual activity. … Male mass followed a pattern akin to the “fatted male phenomenon”, which is commonly observed in large polygynous mammals with seasonal reproduction, but not in bats.“

Prairie dogs kiss more when they’re being watched

“In conclusion, this study shows that hemp seed supplementation does not improve the reproductive and neurobehavioral performances of rats.“

Here’s a scene from Burial of the Rats (here’s a review), starring Adrienne Barbeau and Marla Ford:

Scene from Burial of the Rats

“Context alters the ability of clitoral stimulation to induce a sexually-conditioned partner preference in the rat“

The impact of pants on male rats’ sexual prowess

“Male Long-Evans rats were given 10 copulatory trials with the same Long-Evans or Wistar female in either the 1-hole or 4-hole condition. Copulatory preferences were then examined in an open field where males had the choice to copulate with either the familiar female or a novel one of a different strain from the familiar female.“

The Australian splendid fairy wren digs dangerous sex: “Science writer Rob Mitchum blogged last week about research showing that these tiny wrens not only mate primarily outside the family unit, they may be more interested in mating in the presence of one of their primary predators, the butcherbird.“

“‘Simultaneous polyandry in this frog is the most extreme reported for any vertebrate, with more than 90% of females mating with 10 or more males during the deposition of a single clutch,’ Whiting said.“

“What I’m saying is that barnacles have penises, and since they can’t walk around, they have really, really long, prehensile penises.“

“Even today, some proponents of sexual selection in animals feel ennobled by believing they are studying a natural system of eugenics in which female choice and male–male competition weed out bad genes, improving the “conservation value” of species.“

A post on the Bee Girls. Here’s the whole movie.

Strategy, dolls and other primates

Nusch Eluard

Nusch Éluard (aka Maria Benz) More photos of her here

About those lovely Taschen books

From AlterNet: Why women pay for sex, the best movies about sex work, and the quasi-respectability of BDSM.

The ‘Godfather of masochism’ (and source of that label): “Herr Leopold von Sacher-Masoch gives his word of honor to Frau [Fanny] Pistor [aka Baroness Bogdanoff] to become her slave and …” (More links about Sacher-Masoch are in this earlier post.)

Kink as a reproductive strategy: “Kinky quails fertilize more eggs.“

“Sexsomnia — sexual acts while asleep — may be more common that thought“

Oral sex as reproductive strategy: “Does oral sex confer an evolutionary advantage? Evidence from bats.” (Speaking of bats, here’s the Batman XXX trailer.)

Deception as a reproductive strategy: “How male antelopes lie to get more sex: with false alarm calls“

Amy Marsh on “‘objectophiles,’ people who experience emotional, romantic, affectionate and/or sexual relationships with objects”

Sex Doll image from TokyoTimes.org

History of the sex doll , inc. a blurb about the WWII German sex doll, Borghild, who (despite rumors) has not been proven to be an inspiration for Barbie, although another German doll was, and that German doll has her own prurient past

‘The Portrayal of Women’s External Genitalia and Physique Across Time and the Current Barbie Doll Ideals‘

Koro: “the panic anxiety state in which affected males believe that the penis is shrinking and/or retracting, and perhaps disappearing” (ht)

“Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to a Penn State anthropologist.“

Who should really be suffering from koro: “The average erect gorilla penis is 3cm (1.25 inches) long.” There’s a conflict in this linked story with the Penn State anthropologist’s theory, since the claim is made that human male’s have larger penises due to the selective pressures exerted by female preference. But I guess there can be more than one male reproductive strategy. Sadly, whichever strategy males deploy, it’ll shorten their lives.

We’re totally built for sex: According to that previous link about gorillas, human males have bigger penises than any other primates. Also, human females have bigger breasts and rounder tushes than any other primate.

A clitoris study: “The female clitoris and the male penis are really quite similar in anatomy”. From the comments there, I found a link to this intriguing story about Princess Marie Bonaparte and her studies of the vulva (with a focus on the distance between the clitoris and the vagina).

Sex tourism and … rational choice theory.

British women’s breasts are getting bigger.

Susannah Breslin on the White House’s stance on obscenity, a letter from Max Hardcore’s wife, and The tragic story of Stephen Hill

“The dark side of male pregnancy …. Male pipefish selectively abort embryos from less attractive females.” I wonder how they gauged the attractiveness of female pipefish?

The Erotic Awards 2010: “Writers included Ernesto the Naked Poet – the pen name of a Basque cognitive scientist who describes his insecurities about his penis and then recites his work, naked.”

“Claire Finch was tried for running a brothel in a sleepy village in Bedfordshire.“

Odds & ends

No need for that costume now

A woman’s mother, boss and other relatives and co-workers receive from her evil ex-boyfriend a video showing her having group sex. She sues and … here’s what a lawyer says …..

More about the legalities surrounding inconvenient, old sex tapes.

“Penis panics have occurred around the world, …” (ht)

An ad for vibrators in 1919.

A collector of antique vibrators, inc. some powered by a hand crank.

“Results showed that the male target model was rated as significantly more attractive on a rating scale of 1-10 when presented to female participants in the high compared to the neutral status context. Males were not influenced by status manipulation.” (ht)

This girl has 'good clean fun' written all over her face (ht The Percy Trout Hour)

‘Tijuana Bibles‘ full of X-rated cartoons.

Chinese researchers discover fruit bats that are into oral sex. Bat porn video.

“Surprisingly few birds have penises, but among those that do, the Argentine lake duck (Oxyura vittata) tops the bill – the penis of this small stifftail duck from South America is shaped like a corkscrew and, at almost half a metre long, …” … HALF A METRE LONG!!! (ht with disgusting picture)

A psychologist “who specialises in understanding non-conventional sexuality and relationships.”

“Duke’s vice president for public affairs said that all kinds of research are important on university campuses and that the sex toy party project went through a peer review process before any students were sought.”