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This public service announcement from Belgium...

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:05:31 EDT

This public service announcement from Belgium sends an important message: maybe you should get your sex education before you start putting strange things in your mouth. Also maybe get a travel size bottle of Listerine and keep it with you. (Click image for video)

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(YouTube, via adrants.com)

Vintage Sex Ed Booklet Is Hilariously Well Informed

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:33:59 EDT

We were all set to rail against this 1970s sex education manual, because old people are funny and confused. It's called "A Boy Today ... A Man Tomorrow"—which we think is also the title of a DVD we saw over here one day—and it's the story behind those strange things that are happening to your testicles when you're a teenager. Since it's from 1972 we just assumed that it gives a lot of hilariously outdated advice about sperm counts and masturbation and such, except that ... it doesn't! It actually dispels the myths that jerking off (it actually says "jerking off"!) makes you insane, that penis size doesn't matter, and that "experimenting" with other boys at camp won't damn you to hell. Why, that's not funny at all! That kids today can get a better sex education from a 30-year-old pamphlet (that also reminds them to trust in God) than they can from our government is actually kind of depressing. Maybe they have a chapter on that too!

· A Boy Today…A Man Tomorrow (weirduniverse.net)

Guided Into Position With "The Expert Guide To Positions"

Lux Alptraum — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:10:56 EDT

After watching a few of her new Vivid-Ed releases, we're more convinced than ever that Tristan Taormino produces some of the best eduporn out there. The videos she's done for the line have been consistently smart and sexy, and do a great job of educating us and turning us on at the same time. But how much of that is due to Tristan's considerable charisma, and how much is the Vivid-Ed format itself? We had a chance to investigate that mystery this week with the latest Vivid-Ed release, "The Expert Guide to Positions": though it features Tristan as an onscreen educator, "Positions" was directed by Geoff Bean.

So how did it stack up? Our thoughts (and a preview clip) after the jump.

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While hot porn that also educates may be Tristan's signature style, it seems it's not the hallmark of all Vivid-Ed releases. Though there's a lot of good about this release, it falls a little flat when it comes to sheer hotness—ultimately registering as a little more ed than sexy. The performers are hot, and the information is good, but unlike Tristan's previous Expert Guides to blowjobs or anal sex it never quite feels like the kind of educational porn flick you'd want to jack off to. As the information rolls by, there's too much to absorb and take in; it's a little hard to just lie back and get into it when so much is being thrown at you.

But if you're more interested in a video that will guide you through various positions than some hot porn that will happen to teach you a little something along the way, then "Positions" may just be what you're looking for. With short scenes on 18 different positions, and detailed information about the benefits and shortcomings of each, "Positions" leaves no stone untouched. Have a long, thin penis, or a partner who likes shallow penetration? Try the Pancake. Want a girl-on-top position that's easy on the knees? Go with the Froggie.

Though this release wasn't quite what we'd hoped for, we're still happy to see Vivid-Ed working hard to make sex education sexy, or at least provide some helpful information through porn. For a lot of people, porn is already an important (if not their only) source of sex education, so it's good to know that Vivid-Ed is making sure they get some solid information along with their titillation. Now if they'd just put out the "Expert Guide To Gape Rimming," we'd be totally set.

· Vivid-Ed (vivid-ed.com)

· Buy "The Expert Guide To Positions" (adult.dvdempire.com)

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Previously: Tristan Taormino Gets Up Close And Personal With The G-Spot (Really!), Tristan Taormino Explains It All For You: "Expert Guide to Oral Sex Part 2", DVD: Tristan Taormino's "Expert Guide To Anal Sex"

"The Joy of Sex"—you know, that book...

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:39:12 EST

"The Joy of Sex"—you know, that book of naughty drawings your parents kept hidden under their mattress all those years ago—is being remade for the 21st Century, and will come out in a new edition later this year. Now a whole new generation of young people can be freaked out by what adults like to read. (afp.google.com + guardian.co.uk + wikipedia.org)