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Quinceañera with baby fever

Jennifer Givhan
In this Jan. 21, 2015, photo, a man takes a picture of a woman at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The idea that porn stars might have to wear protection in productions filmed in Nevada generated a buzz among some of the 25,000 attendees collecting autographs from porn stars posing in fishnet stockings and bustiers. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP Photo/John Locher)

Porn's benefits

Anna Pulley - Alternet
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Better Sex, Safer Sex

Rachel Krantz - The Fresh Toast
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Thor Benson - ATTN:
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Jenny Kutner
"Mean Girls"

Jenny Kutner
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Jenny Kutner
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HPV vaccine doesn't boost STIs

Jenny Kutner
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Does safe sex sell in books?

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Phil Robertson in "Duck Dynasty" (A&E/Karolina Wojtasik)

Jenny Kutner

Jenny Kutner
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Jenny Kutner
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Katie McDonough
South Dakota state Rep. Steve Hickey

Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
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11 sex tips from the experts

Katie McDonough
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I changed my mind on condoms

Nica Noelle

Katie McDonough

Katie McDonough
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

I can't turn off my thoughts

Cary Tennis

Katie McDonough

Katie McDonough

Kevin Charles Redmon - Pacific Standard
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Prachi Gupta