SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Posters appearing around Sydney in recent weeks make a tantalizing offer: A film studio is offering $20,000 apiece for virgins willing to auction their virginity online, and then lose it, as part of a documentary that intends to explore contemporary...

CHONGQING, CHINA — A theme park set to open in October turned out to be as risky as risqué for developers. Love Land, which was to feature explicit exhibits of genitalia and sexual culture, was demolished over the weekend by order of the national government.A government...

BEIRUT, LEBANON — “In the Arab world, our bodies have been stolen from us.”That, Jouma Haddad said, is why she founded the new literary magazine Jasad. Featuring fiction, essays and poetry, Jasad is unique in the Arab world: It focuses on sexuality and the human body,...

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — Citizens and visitors to North Andover, MA can be legally married to their same-sex partners, but they’ll have to drive around a bit if they want to buy a vibrator, bottle of cherry flavored lube or other marital aid, thanks to a recent decision by...

WARSAW, POLAND — A guide to better sex for married couples is flying off bookstore shelves in Poland. The shock and awe surrounding the book’s reception is due not as much to what the book advises, but instead to who penned the manual: A Franciscan friar.Rev. Ksawery...

TAIPEI — Who doesn’t at least occasionally glance into their toilet bowl with nervous concern that they might find a snake or other inappropriate creature lurking inside? One man in Taipei certainly wishes he’d taken a second look, because he has learned that the legendary...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — Lives could be saved if the UK would legalize brothels, a group of British nurses said in calling for exactly that.Tired of seeing women abused, substance-addicted and murdered, the nurses called on the Royal College of Nursing to urge Parliament to...

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY — A generously endowed female totem found in a cave in southern Germany has added support for the argument that pornography indeed may be the world’s oldest obsession.Archeologists believe the Venus of Hohle Fels, named for the southern Germany cave in...

FLORANCE, ITALY —Established in 59 BC by Julius Caesar, Florence Italy was renowned during the Renaissance for its flourishing art and mercantile communities. Although not as famous for its courtesans as Venice, it nonetheless housed many a wealthy man who kept a beautiful...

CYBERSPACE — When you’ve designed websites for some of the hottest names in porn redesigning your own site can inspire a unique form of performance anxiety. Adult industry Web design leader Blue Design Studios has faced that fear and proven to be up to the challenge with...