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...chapter to "sexual economics," which focuses on all the ways in which women have sex as an exchange for other benefits, such as getting her partner to take out the garbage, securing free dinners or getting expensive gifts. We also devote one chapter to what we call "the dark side" of women's sexuality - when women have sex because they were deceived, coerced or forced into it. (See photos: "Same-Sex Overtures Across Species...
...Life in the Wilderness I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for William Yang to grow up Chinese and gay in Cairns during the 1950s [Sept. 14]. Even today, this sun-kissed city with sultry sea breezes has dark undercurrents of prejudice and homophobia. Just recently I witnessed several of its citizens stage a walkout during a screening of Milk, the biopic about homosexual politician Harvey Milk. Not for nothing is this part of Queensland sometimes referred to as the "Deep North." Garth Clarke, Sydney
...halfway through the Governors' Global Climate Summit? The 1,200 representatives from more than 70 states, provinces and countries in attendance at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's global warming conference were about to convene for panels on the green economy and clean-tech innovation, when the lights suddenly went dark at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. There was a bit of confusion (given California's state budget woes, one had to wonder whether the power bill was past due), but soon enough the attendees shrugged and continued on with the conference. Having fought to put climate...
...agreements to work together on clean transportation and climate adaptation. With prospects for a complete treaty in Copenhagen diminishing - due largely to foot-dragging in Washington - what's needed now, as Schwarzenegger repeated at the summit, is "action, action, action." Even if it has to be done in the dark...
...missile tests didn’t even help the fundamentalist dictatorship assert itself on the international stage—the nation capitulated to Western demands for inspections a few days later. The recent complaisance has us wondering: Is all this uranium enrichment just part of Iran’s dark-horse bid to beat out Chicago for the 2016 Olympic Games...