http://www.year69.com/ Copyright © 2005 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:41:25 -0800 20 Subdreamer RSS Syndicator The percentage of Americans who consider children "very important" to a successful marriage has dropped sharply since 1990, and more now cite the sharing of household chores as pivotal, according to a sweeping new survey. The Pew Research Center survey on marriage and parenting found that children had fallen to eighth out of nine on a list of factors that people associate with successful marriages — well behind "sharing household chores," "good housing," "adequate income," a "happy sexual relationship" and "faithfulness." http://www.year69.com/home/p2_articleid/13 DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Home Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:11:03 -0800 Sex researchers are peculiar beasts. Armed with their tape measures, clipboards, surveys, and hidden cameras, they seek to provide a peephole from which to scrutinize that most private of spheres, human sexuality. What's most surprising is that we let them in—we're more than happy to unzip our pants and bare our private lives. Why do we do it? Maybe it's precisely because sex is so private that we're compelled to share. We know that without sex researchers to disseminate data about our sex lives, we'd be forced to rely upon furtive glances in the men's room, never sure of what to add or subtract to account for the angle; upon locker room stories, never sure how many grains of skeptical salt to apply; upon porn that only leaves us feeling depressed about ourselves. So cheer up, because most of what you think you know is probably wrong. Today, sex researchers step out from behind the curtain and share the real numbers on five areas of men's sexual health. The answers may surprise you. http://www.year69.com/tips/p2_articleid/12 Jay Dixit Tips Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:29:31 -0800 “Make love not war” may have been a popular slogan of the ’60s, but romance still figures prominently — and perhaps even more so — in today’s hit music, a new University of Florida study finds. The difference lies in the “raunch” factor. Proof that true love never dies shows up in the song lyrics of today’s generation, which match the romantic pantings from the songs of their baby boomer parents’ youth, said Chad Swiatowicz, who did the study for his master’s thesis in sociology at UF. http://www.year69.com/news/p2_articleid/11 physorg.com News Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:46:49 -0800 Here's the naked truth about nude recreation: The people who practice it aren't getting any younger. To draw 20- and 30-somethings, nudist groups and camps are trying everything from deep discounts on membership fees to a young ambassador program that encourages college and graduate students to talk to their peers about having fun in the buff. http://www.year69.com/news/p2_articleid/10 CARA RUBINSKY, Associated Press Writer News Mon, 14 May 2007 07:45:54 -0800 An adults-only sexual "theme park" has opened in London, promising to help visitors improve their sex lives. Amora, which promotes itself as an "love and relationships academy" is located on Piccadilly Circus across from the much-photographed statue of Eros, the Greek god of love. http://www.year69.com/news/p2_articleid/9 Year69 News Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:20:47 -0800