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Category Archives: Sex
Arguments For Staying Faithful To Your Wife
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager gave advice to men on how to stay faithful. “If you have an affair, you’re hiding something from your wife. The more you hide from your spouse, the less close you are. The … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Dennis Prager, Marriage, Sex
Tagged adrenalin rush, Dennis Prager, Infidelity, male friends, sexual excitement, sexual variety
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Actress/Journalist Andrea Thompson
I was watching the third season of the TV show “24” when I came across actress Andrea Thompson. I remembered her many nude scenes. I remembered her going to work as an anchor for CNN Headline News in June 2001. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrea Thompson, Personal, Sex
Tagged alternate religion, Andrea Thompson, cnn, cnn headline news, journalism community, tv show 24
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Remembering Girls In Angwin, CA
One of the ways I classify places is whether or not I ever made it there. I only ever made it in LA, Sacramento, Orlando, Vancouver, Las Vegas and Big Sur (beside a cliff overlooking the ocean underneath a loving … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal, PUC, Sex
Tagged Facebook, fondling, holy sabbath, old acquaintance, pubic hair, smart mouth
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Another Teacher Bites The Dust
I had one teacher in elementary school who was a greater source of fantasy for me than any other woman in the world. How traumatic it would’ve been for me at age 14 if one of my beautiful teachers had … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged david starr jordan, david starr jordan middle school, eighth grade teacher, jordan middle school, lascivious acts with a child, lewd or lascivious acts
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Heshy Fried On Frum Sex Scandals
Read or watch the whole interview here. Here’s an excerpt: Heshy: “Everything offends someone. If you want to get offended, you get offended. In the frum community, it’s even worse. I did a show where I talked about my dating … Continue reading
Posted in Heshy Fried, Sex
Tagged heshy, monsey new york, reb moshe, rosh yeshiva, search engine tactics, shtender
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Why Doesn’t The Great Sin Of Pre-Marital Sex Get More Attention In Orthodox Life?
When I was growing up in Seventh-Day Adventist Christianity, the sin of fornication aka pre-marital sex received more attention than any other sin. It was the biggie. To do it, was to deny Christ and his love. I’ve never heard … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Personal, Rabbis, Sex
Tagged Dennis Prager, flag football league, monogamous heterosexual marriage, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, pre marital sex, saturday night fever, shabbos afternoon
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I’m Tired Of All These Public Outpourings Of Sensitivity To Gay Orthodox Jews
Why should gay Orthodox Jews get any more compassion than any other group within Orthodoxy who chooses to publicly deviate from their religion and simultaneously seek acceptance from it? Judaism unambiguously says that is it not allowed to have sex … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Personal, Sex
Tagged fellow journalists, foundational law, gay jews, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, public actions, religion judaism, sensitive treatment, traditional jews
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Heshy Fried Live In The Hovel!
Heshy Fried operates FrumSatire.net. I hung out with Heshy for four hours Sunday night. (My 2011 video interview with Heshy.) Things started out in the hovel and then moved to Haifa restaurant on Pico Blvd. Luke: “Heshy, when you were … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Heshy Fried, Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged camp moshava, classic kid, hebrew day school, heshy, high school equivalency, one of those guys, orthodox background, orthodox jewish community, providence hebrew day school, providence rhode island, skater girls, stand up comedian, west end avenue, yeshivish
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An Intellectual History Of The Sports Illustrated Bathing Suit Issue
This yearly edition of Sports Illustrated has played an important role in my life since 1978, when posters of Cheryl Tiegs in a white fishnet became ubiquitous. I didn’t know till then that there were beautiful women out there who … Continue reading
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Tagged cheryl tiegs, franz lidz, roman gladiators, sports illustrated bathing, sports illustrated model, veronica varekova
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What Price Do You Put On Virginity?
The Torah commands that a man who takes a woman’s virginity must either marry her or pay her father what her virginity is worth. Dennis Prager says we observe this law today — virginity is worth nothing, so we pay … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 shekels, claire gordon, Dennis Prager, professional soccer player, sexual initiation, torah commands
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