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Evangelical Preacher Urges Congregants to Have More Sex

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Addressing his congregation of 20,000, Rev. Ed Young urged his married followers to spice up their love life with some increased intimacy. "And when I say intimacy, I don't mean holding hands in the park or a back rub," the Texan evangelical preacher clarified. After all, Young reminded his flock, sex was God's idea in the first place.

More sex, Young has frequently argued, means that you "will perform better at work, leave a loving legacy for your children to follow and may even prevent an extramarital affair."

I think I kind of like this guy. As I've pointed out elsewhere, evangelical teens are more sexually active than almost any other religious group. This kind of open talk about hot sex in marriage is necessary if the church wants to keep teens committed to abstinence.

Young challenged his congregants to a "congregational copulation" (hot!): seven days in a row of lovemaking for the Lord. And the results, judging from the looks of Madeline and Rob Hulsey (pictured), were nothing short of miraculous. On the Sunday after the challenge was issued, Young's wife, wearing tight jeans and knee-high black boots, said that at the end of this "sexperiment," many of the congregants were "smiling."

As for single people, Young suggested eating chocolate cake. 'Cause that's sort of the same as physical intimacy with another human being....

Photo: New York Times

Evangelical Teens' Very Active Sex Lives

Sex After Baby: "Objects Shift During Flight"

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:24:00 GMT

For what could be viewed as such a serious topic -- getting it on after pushing it out (see? serious!) -- the moms at Momversation were on a holy tear of comedy goodness, tackling a touchy issue with hilarity and personal insight.

Really, if you're not watching Momversations already, you should have your head examined. Basically, it's an online video diary of some of the web's most popular writers dishing on everything from politics to birth choices to, this week, sex after the baby.

Babble's very own Rebecca Woolf gets the ball rolling, so to speak, with a frank discussion on what sex is like after the baby arrives.

Does it feel different? she wonders.

"Objects shift during flight," is the response.

This is a must-hear conversation.

What to Do When He Has a Headache

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:03:00 GMT

People love to complain about how good lovin' post-baby is as rare as the Bird of Paradise mating ritual...strange and very had to capture on film.

Time Magazine interviews Oprah regular and author of the Sex-Starved Wife, Michele Weiner Davis, about her tips for wives when he is the one who has a headache.

According to Ms. Weiner Davis, lower desire in men is America's best kept secret. As a result, many couples are ashamed and isolated and afraid to get help.

She recommends the following things in order to get him back on track:

1. Men - Cut back on alcohol and ramp up the exercise

2. Men - Get regular check-ups to rule out anything physiological.

3. Women - Don't let yourselves go. Controversial (is your face red yet? ) but according to Ms. Weiner Davis many men report a lack of sexual attraction to their wives due to their physical decline. No mention of the famously huge man-gut, but luckily women don't care at all about their husband's physicial appearance.

For more on the Time interview, go here.