NOTE: Tomorrow (7/29/09) I’ll be on Bliss Radio (Better Sex Radio with Chrystal Bougon) talking about masturbation, female ejaculation and the difference between porn sex and real sex . Just call in at 888-327-0061 at 2PM EST/11AM PST to go live on air with me and Chrystal!

Other things I’d really like to talk about are all in this week’s Sex News Square Down. Yes, it’s back..I haven’t forgotten, I’ve just gotten preoccupied.

• In Japan, some men carry around pillows with pictures of young, Japanese anime girls and call it 2-D Love. Is it, for them, better than the real thing? (NY Times)
• “Men become intimate to have sex. Women have sex to become intimate.” A look at Rosemary Basson’s new study on which comes first, arousal or desire? (Psychology Today)
• A stressful relationship. Is the recession to blame? (Reuters)
• File under OMGWTF. In a study released last week, Markus Jokela, a researcher at the University of Helsinki, found beautiful women had up to 16% more children than their plainer counterparts. Has survival of the species come to this? (Times Online)