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Posts Tagged ‘sexuality

Pro-Condom, Pro-Catholic?

3:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · sex · 1 Comment

12 Dec 2008

From Bianca Laureano there comes the news that the Catholic church and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health actually collaborated on a pro-condom, pro-choice, pro-Catholic ad! ::falls over dead:: Here it is:

Great job to all concerned, and thank you, Catholic Church, for finally centering the needs of the people!

Bettie Page: Rest In Peace

11:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts · Comments Off

12 Dec 2008

I know that those of us in the queer and sex-positive community are greatly saddened today to learn of the death of Bettie Page. Bettie Page was one of the first Playboy models, a dancer, and one of the first people who made “fetish” type sexuality (spanking, bondage, etc) “Ok” in the eyes of the mainstream. Of course, as the video shows, the stuff she did pales in comparison to the stuff today–but that makes me sorta sad actually. How beautiful is this stuff?

Dominican Sexuality caught on tape?

8:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Dominicans| sex · 4 Comments

10 Mar 2006

sexourbano.jpg I ran across a blog post talking very briefly about a documentary, produced by HBO, supposedly about the sex life of Dominicanos. The post said that it was a “montaje” (fake) and says (translation):

It’s not untrue that there is sexual frenzy in our society, but to me what is presented there seemed staged.

I watched the first part of the video, and I’m not sure what it says about Dominican sexuality (actually, I have some strong feelings about it with no relation to a culture — but I’ll keep those to myself for now), but apparently Dominican talk show host “Nuria” has a few things to say on her show tonight. We’ll stand by for her comments, but in the meantime, the Domincan Tourism secretary has something to add:

“The government’s secretary of tourism rejects the documentary presented by the American television network HBO which promotes the Dominican Republic as a sexual paradise, because the material is sensationalist and totally distorts the social and cultural reality of the Dominican people.”

I’m including a link to the video because I’d like to get our Dominicano readers’ take on what it says, if anything about your culture and your sexuality. Does it stereotype Dominican women? And to all readers: is it offensive?

“Sexo Urbano” on You Tube
(If you are offended by nudity, sexuality or adult content, please don’t bother to click)

Via / Remolacha


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