Something so outrageous happened today that I had to share it immediately. If discussions of sex make you feel awkward and icky, stop reading immediately. You should probably also never read the newspaper in Nicaragua (spoiler alert).
Today, I picked up the morning paper (one of two national, well-read papers) as I am wont to do when, after making my way through the national news, international news, local news, sports, and business sections, I stumble across the insert. Typically this is entertainment, local interest, etc. but today was a little different. There, on the first page of the insert, were three things that you would never see in a Canadian newspaper insert, typed below in ascending weirdness (keep in mind that there is no age restriction at all to buying newspapers):
1. The title Sexuality and Health (with a cartoony heart above the "and")
2. A borderline pornographic image of, ahem, intimacy in what appears to be a shower in what appears to be a living room.
3. The article title "Anal Sex: The Other Side of Pleasure"
¡¡¡THIS IS A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER!!! That deserved all three upside down exclamation points.
It gets better. The article in question contained several near pornographic images and a series of tips. Then, thinking that I had made it to the end of the insert (other articles were about apple juice for arthritis, hand-washing, and one sexologist (Sue Johanssen-esque) segment), I arrived at the last page. What greeted me was another article title unlikely to make it in the Calgary Herald: "Do It Sitting Down: Get An Intense Orgasm". WHAT? Outrageous.
While I think that sexual health is most definitely an incredibly important topic to discuss and to "de-taboo", there seem to me to be better venues to do so. And more subtle titles. And less nipples in national papers.
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Let me be the first to say: Ew. Thank you for sharing.
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