Sex: eHarmony, Nudity and Proof that Sex Sells

Sex Goes Public
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
November 20, 2008

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The days when sex was a private matter between two consenting adults are gone for good. Sex is now public. In a big way. Subject to instruction, modification and definition by an ever expanding array of bureaucrats, courts, religious leaders, organizations and miscellaneous busy bodies.

Now that it is out of the closet, public sex is being used in a variety of ingenious ways. Mexico City just decided to give out Viagra to every male over the age of 50. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the city is implementing the plan because sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness."

In Australia, an official 'sex' party, having enlisted the necessary 500 members, will get an official entry into national politics when it registers with the electoral commission next week. This new sex party sees itself as "a political response to the sexual needs of Australians in the face of moral campaigners and prudish politicians."

Here in the USA, the left has long been adamant about keeping the government out of bedrooms. With the recent defeat of gay marriage in three states however, they're changing their tune. Government is now OK, as long as it hews to the progressive view.

What can't be accomplished at the ballot box is now being accomplished by activist judges.

Dating site, E Harmony, originally founded to promote traditional love and marriage, has bowed to a court order and officially agreed to begin matching homosexual couples, beginning next year.

The courts may also replace the people's votes, especially on California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage. The California Supreme Court just agreed to hear legal challenges to this voter-approved measure. If past rulings are any indication, the voter's will be over ruled, once again, by the elites on this left leaning, activist court.



Sex sells. It's controversial and titillating. And government isn't the only sector rushing in to use sex to promote their own agenda. In South Carolina, a with-it pastor last week challenged his congregation to 7 days of sex. "We want couples to intentionally walk, even run, toward the marriage bed and away from sin city."

Advertisers, long known for pushing the sexual envelope, are pushing it even further. Penthouse is looking to buy a casino on the Las Vegas Strip and generate business by tying it to the adult magazine and Web site.

In Australia a holiday resort is planning a month-long, nude, "anything goes" party. Ostensibly to divert people's attention from the messy economic downturn.

I expect more 'let them eat cake' bacchanals will follow.

After all, the masses must be kept happy. And want harm is there in making a profit at the same time? As long as we don't call it capitalism, it should be a sure winner, as a company in Massachusetts is finding out. Their new ad campaign, promoting a web site that informs people how to cheat on their spouses, is generating tons of publicity.



Organizations are jumping on the public sex bandwagon also. PETA, which bills themselves as an 'animal rights' group, is planning to stage a nude protest to discourage locals from attending an upcoming Ringling Brothers Circus show in Louisiana. The appalling mental images that spring to mind actually serve to increase PETA's latest bid for yet another 15 minutes of conversation on the national stage.

Sex in public is the new 'in' thing. Granted, you might still be subject to arrest if you engage in sex too openly, as one 41 year-old woman recently did on a crowded train in England. But for your average high-schooler here at home, being caught engaged in the 'non-sex' Bill Clinton made popular, only serves to enhance one's You Tube reputation.

Traditional sex, which includes love and marriage and a private setting, is sneered upon by the enlightened elites who are intent on transforming a once beautiful act into a useful tool to be used to further diverse agendas.

It remains unlikely that traditional, Christian men and women will be able to put this genie back into the bottle. Pandora's box has been opened and the ramifications will continue to affect ever increasing segments of what used to be 'polite society'. Unless, of course, we can find a way to bring shame back into the public arena. Here's hoping.


by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias

Nancy Morgan is a columnist and news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina







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12 Germiest Places: How Many Do You Frequent?

Mom always said to 'wash your hands'

Okay, we admit it: we're a sucker for "Germiest Places" lists.

Here's a list of the 12 Germiest Places. How many do you come into contact with each day? Some will not apply to everyone. For instance, some people don't fly. Others may not use handbags.

Are you a real-live germophobe? A link at the end of the story will direct you to a list for remedies to the following germ-infested everyday items.

1. Your kitchen sink
Kitchen sinks are dirtier than most bathrooms. There are typically more than 500,000 bacteria per square inch in the drain alone. Plus your sponge, basin and faucet handles are crawling with bacteria as well.

2. Airplane bathrooms
It may not be a shock that there are a huge number of germs in most public bathrooms, but experts agree the cramped and overused ones on airplanes are the worst. There are often traces of E. coli or fecal bacteria on the faucets and door handles because it’s hard to wash hands in the tiny sinks. And the volcanic flush of the commode tends to spew particles into the air, coating the floor and walls with whatever had been swirling around in it.

3. A load of wet laundry
Any time you transfer underwear from the washer to the dryer, you’re getting E. coli on your hands. Just one soiled undergarment can spread bacteria to the whole load and machine.

4. Public drinking fountains
Drinking fountains are bound to be germy, but school fountains are the worst, with anywhere from 62,000 to 2.7 million bacteria per square inch on the spigot.

5. Shopping cart handles
Saliva, bacteria and fecal matter are just a few of the substances found on shopping cart handles. Cart handles rank high on the yuck scale because they’re handled by dozens of people every day and, of course, raw food carries nasty pathogens.

6. ATM buttons
If you’re not careful, you might pick up more than quick cash from your local ATM. These buttons have more gunk on them than most public-bathroom doorknobs! ATMs aren’t frequently cleaned, and are regularly touched — a perfect combination for a lot of germs.

7. Your handbag
Recent studies found that most women’s purses had tens of thousands of bacteria on the bottom and a few were overrun with millions. Another study found bugs like pseudomonas (which can cause eye infections) and skin-infection-causing staphylococcus bacteria, as well as salmonella and E. coli.

8. Playgrounds
There’s just no way to put this delicately: Children tend to ooze bodily fluids and then spread them around. When researchers sampled playgrounds, they found blood, mucus, saliva and urine. Pair those findings with the fact that children put their fingers in their mouths and noses more than the rest of us, and it’s easy to understand why Junior (and maybe his mom or dad) has the sniffles.

9. Mats and machines at health clubs
Antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus has been found on yoga mats and cardio and resistance machines. At high schools, antibiotic-resistant-staph infections have been transmitted through wrestling mats. The same thing could happen at health clubs.

10. Your bathtub
Shocking, but true: The place you go to get clean is quite dirty. A recent study found staphylococcus bacteria, a common cause of serious skin infections, in 26 percent of the tubs tested, as compared with just 6 percent of garbage cans. Tubs typically had more than 100,000 bacteria per square inch! You’re washing germs and viruses off your body and the tub is a fairly moist environment, so bacteria can grow.

11. Your office phone
This is enough to make you dial 911: Office phones often have more than 25,000 germs per square inch, and your desk, computer keyboard and mouse aren’t far behind. Phones, including cell phones, can be pretty gross because they get coated with germs from your mouth and hands.

12. The hotel-room remote control
What’s the first thing you do when you settle in at a hotel? You grab the remote control and switch on the TV — you, and the hundreds of other guests who’ve stayed there. How dirty is it? A recent study tested various surfaces for the cold virus after a group of sick people had stayed overnight and found the virus on the remote, door handles, light switches, pens and faucet handles.

So you've just got a drink at the water fountain after working out on your health club's Nautilus; then you ran home and took a bath, made a phone call from the office to book a flight, grabbed your handbag, stopped at the ATM and withdrew some money (notorius for filth), so you could buy a cartfull of groceries before you left?

Ewwwww!

For remedies to the filth you've just read about, see The 12 Germiest Places.

by Mondoreb
[images: victorpowell & sciencenews]



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