Plato has long been connected to love without sex – we even call it ‘Platonic love’. But denying sex was not really on the great thinker’s mind. Plato thought that love was found in the soul, not the body, so many thought he was anti-sex, but he celebrated eroticism and homosexuality. To him, the naked body [...]
Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken. - Isabel Allende
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One look at political sex scandals and speculation in news media today really makes you wonder about the influence of lust on world politics. From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s relationship with Eleanor and his mistress on to John F. Kennedy’s exploits and Bill Clinton’s notorious affairs, the impact of back-room romance on the foreign relations of [...]
Talk to Tippy for outrageously honest advice. Call it the second opinion we all wish we had. Unabashed and candid and insightful – trust Tippy for guidance with dating, relationship or sexual conundrums. Yes, you can Talk to Tippy. Dear Tippy, I’m embarrassed to ask this question but here goes. I noticed that when my [...]
The history of sex in the west has a mirror in the art-world of burlesque. Today, most see it as a bawdy comedy combined with a striptease finale. And its true that it comes from the Italian word ‘burlesco’ or ‘burla’, meaning a joke or mockery. But with so much to mock in Victorian England, [...]
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