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Tristan Taormino’s Best and Worst of Sex: 2006
Jan 5th, 2025 by Jessica Gold Haralson
From The Village Voice:
The Democrats may have won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, but the jury’s still out on whether their victory will lead to more best or more worst moments in sexuality and gender in 2007. For now, let’s look back at the most memorable sexcapades of 2006.
The Creepiest Sex Scene on Television (the one that gave me nightmares): Plastic surgeon Dr. Christian Troy fucking his sex-addict therapist, played by Brooke Shields, on Nip/Tuck. Dr. Troy has had many romps, from the sublime (his four-way with two women and a man) to the ridiculous (doing Rosie O’Donnell’s character for cash), but this was just disturbing, and not like the time he fucked the girl wearing a paper bag over her head. At least that was compelling. His sex with Brooke was just wrong.
The Most Progressive Sex Scene on Television: Honors go to the “Crush Girl Love Panic” episode of Weeds on Showtime. Following a hora lesson at rabbinical school and some flirting, Yael takes Andy back to her place for sex, and surprises him with a big black strap-on. Although he looks nervous, he doesn’t protest or run screaming from the room. As far as male anal pleasure on the boob tube goes, that’s progress. Bet you thought that show was just about selling pot!
The Worst Place to Vacation if You Want to Fuck: Ave Maria, a new town in southwest Florida about 25 miles east of Naples, takes this prize. Built around the Catholic Ave Maria University, the town is being funded by right-winger and Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan, and its inhabitants must adhere to Catholic teachings. That means no porn shops, no XXX cable channels or programs, no birth control pills or condoms at the drug stores, and, of course, no abortions.
The Dumbest Use of Homophobia Disguised as Anti-Tofu Award: Conservative nutjob Jim Rutz earned it. He wrote on World Net Daily: “Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion, and homosexuality. That’s why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today’s rise in homosexuality must fall upon the rise in soy formula and other soy products. (Most babies are bottle-fed during some part of their infancy, and one-fourth of them are getting soy milk!)”
The Most Unfortunate Legal Setback: The New York City health department rejected a proposal that would have allowed transgender people to switch the gender on their birth certificates without sex reassignment surgery (SRS), just before the board of health was due to vote on it. The proposed policy reflected a growing segment of the trans community that chooses not to have SRS for a variety of financial, physical, and emotional reasons. It would have allowed people who are taking hormones, have been living as their chosen gender for at least two years, or have the support of two medical professionals to make the birth certificate change.
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