Slate’s Sex Issue: The State of the Sexual Union

by Viviane on 09/27/2025

in sex

  • “Oh, That Darling Derrière: A history of the buttocks, in pictures (of course),” by Teresa Riordan.
  • “American Sex Portrait: Fifty years after Alfred Kinsey, what more do we know?” by Amanda Schaffer.
  • “The Allure of the Whip: The long and curious history of arousal,” by Thomas Lacquer.
  • On Slate V: “Sex Ed Evolves: Emily Bazelon examines how parents and kids can find useful information about sex in the Internet era (when everything seems to be sexualized).”
  • “Don’t Ask the Sexperts: Dan Savage, Dr. Ruth, and other advice columnists on what’s mystifying about sex,” compiled by Morgan Smith.
  • “The Best ‘Human Nature’ Sex Stories of 2007: Incest, virgin births, gay sheep, and avatar affairs,” by William Saletan.

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