From Sirens, if governments are given the authority to ban body-covering religious clothing, are our short-shorts next? Julie F. Kay on the politics of sex. Dana Milbank on sex and the conservative. Scared Straight: The religious right's ex-gay movement is scouting local recruits. Even the Founding Fathers had to worry about gay-baiting: An excerpt from Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America. 

How We Love Now: Jewcy writers on the complications of modern romance. Mad About You: An article on modern day stalking, an old fashion passion. Research finds the truth: gentlemen, in fact, prefer brunettes. Vexed by Beauty: Whom next to blame for society’s infatuation with beguiling young women? Quit your bitching about those sky-high heels—they’re a privilege you can’t fully appreciate until you’ve sacrificed your femininity for your country. A review of An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality by Jill Fields. Test your Carnal Knowledge: A quick quiz to determine how keenly you're attuned to the science of sex - and whether that's a good thing. A review of The Ontology of Sex: A Critical Inquiry into the Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Categories by Carrie Hull.

Final Period: Is menstruation so terrible it needs to be “cured”? An interview with Lisa Jean Moore, author of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid. Your Gamete, Myself: Using donor eggs for in vitro fertilization is one of the fastest-growing infertility treatments today. But women struggle with many questions as a result of it. The Politics of Stillbirth: A new movement seeks to award special certificates to fetuses that are stillborn, but pro-choice advocates worry that this is yet another step toward fetal personhood that could endanger abortion rights. The Pregnancy Taboo: As a mother-to-be, Jody Santos is experiencing not unremitting joy but depression. Her situation isn't unique. A review of Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields.

Reader, don't marry him: No one ever quite managed to popularise the idea that marriage itself is unfeminist. Meet. Marry. Move On.: When you're looking for a soul mate, why let a spouse slow you down? There's a new emphasis in marriages on emotional togetherness, a standard some relationships just cannot meet. Good thing nobody bats an eye anymore when young, childless couples divorce. Dispatches from the Mommy Wars: Are full-time working moms losing the battle? If two people can agree, before they ever marry, on how they would divide their assets, they ought to also be able to make sane arrangements for dividing time with their children. Leave those kids alone: The idea that adults should be playing with their kids is a modern invention — and not necessarily a good one. A review of Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture by Jon Savage.