3 d. ago Three Brits among 201 naked men arrested in raid on 'health centre' sex den

A police raid in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that saw 201 naked men arrested reportedly had three British males among them as cops suspected a health centre of being a sex den

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4 d. ago 201 naked men in 'health centre' sex den update after 171 freed in 'victimless' case

Following a police raid on an alleged health centre in Kuala Lumpur, 171 of the 201 naked men arrested on the scene have been released without charge in a 'victimless' case, a magistrate decided

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7 d. ago A sexually transmitted disease I didn't know I had blinded me... doctors blamed my 'promiscuous' love life

A sexually transmitted disease caused a 52-year-old man to nearly lose his sight almost entirely within a month.

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9 d. ago Women over 60 can boost their health by using sex toys, study says

New study suggests that many older women use sex toys to promote orgasm, which may promote positive health outcomes

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1 week ago Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men

Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by menDo your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?If not, it could be because you’re not a man. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men

Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by menDo your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?If not, it could be because you’re not a man. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why antidepressants can make you feel worse, ruin your sex life and cause weight gain, by NHS psychiatrist PROFESSOR JOANNA MONCRIEFF. There are alternatives... and they may work better

'I wasn't sure if I needed them, but I thought I owed it to myself.' This is how one young woman explained to me why she had decided to take antidepressants.

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4 w. ago Magic Johnson and Alex Morgan join advisory board to boost growth of women’s soccer

The new advisory board has been set up to help grow the women’s game and was announced on Thursday

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4 w. ago 'Choking' in porn has become the new normal. Here’s why a new UK law banning it is so vital | Clare McGlynn

Strangulation during sex damages young women’s brain health and breeds deep gender inequality. But the real test will be its enforcementThis week marks a turning point in the UK’s approach to violent porn. The government has announced it will make publishing or possessing pornographic depictions of strangulation or suffocation – often known as “choking” – illegal. This bold move could transform the porn that appears on porn sites and social media platforms.Strangulation in porn was once niche. Indeed, studies investigating the content of porn 20 years ago found hardly any instances of it. Yet an independent review of pornography released this year found that it was rife on the most popular porn sites. This summer the children’s commissioner released a report revealing that 58% of young people had seen strangulation in pornography, even though only 6% had searched for it. As renowned porn producer Erika Lust puts it, strangulation has become the “alpha and omega” of “any porn scene”....

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