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5:00PM
DEC 17 2007
The sad demise of romantic love
From Alternet, a list of 2007's top 10 sex and relationships stories. Suburban swingers: On a quiet street in a Dallas suburb, dozens of guests have been meeting for sex in a private house — do they have a right to party? Life-long loving with a sexbot: Sexbots have been around forever, but they are getting smarter all the time. Next-Gen sex gets its jollies from Web 2.0. From The Weekly Standard, David Gelernter on instant sex and the sad demise of romantic love (and a response). Carol Platt Liebau's Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!) is the worst book in a recent spate of teen-sex-shockfests. Sex, love, and SSRIs: Can Prozac keep you from falling—and staying—in love? The power of love: Love is the best antidepressant—but many of our ideas about it are wrong. A review of The Book of Love: In Search of the Kamasutra by James McConnachie.
