Betty Dodson with Carlin Ross

It may surprise you to know that even though I am on a quest to find more beautiful and humane examples of human sexuality within the media, when it comes to adult films I do considerably less watching than I do researching films and filmmakers.

Dr. Betty,

I fear that I am grossly misinformed about my body and perhaps the female anatomy in general, but alas, I think I'll ask my question anyway. At the age of 19, I've decided that it's time for me to penetrate my vagina, but for some reason, I can't get the little bugger open! I've been following your instructions--playing with myself, taking my time, exploring my nether regions--but it hasn't been working. As you can imagine, this is seriously frustrating!

Next time you dump a guy think twice - it may be wise to clear out his phone and delete every pic of you otherwise he'll have everything he needs to recreate you as a sex doll.

An Italian businessman missed his ex-girlfriend so much after she dumped him that he paid £12,000 to recreate her as a realistic sex doll.  The 50-year-old man put together a collection of photos of his ex for Italian adult toymaker Diego Bortolin to work on.

The best part - he had the doll made with bigger boobs and a bigger ass:

From time to time I'll kick around the idea of leaving behind the glamorous world of the modern supermarket to live the carefree life of someone who works for tips. Why on earth would I do something like that, you ask? Well, I already spend my days being nice to assholes, and my wage isn't even BASED on that. Why let all that faux-amiability just go to waste? Damnit, man, there are people starving for that stuff in, what, New Jersey?

Not long ago I played a round of "I gotta get the heck outta here" and decided to let my fingers do the walking all over the world wide web to see what was being offered in the restaurant biz. It's like the internet intuitively knew that I love all things cheesy and USA (all the way!), and returned solid gold (lamé).

Behold, Hooters Girl, a site actually owned by Hooters of America, Inc.

Paul Krugman takes us through the Republican game plan to take back at least one house in Congress. What's interesting is that the people venting their rage at Obama are the rich and powerful:

Tea Partiers are relatively affluent, and nobody is angrier these days than the very, very rich. Wall Street has turned on Mr. Obama with a vengeance: last month Steve Schwarzman, the billionaire chairman of the Blackstone Group, the private equity giant, compared proposals to end tax loopholes for hedge fund managers with the Nazi invasion of Poland.

Underwire announced the "return" one of my childhood icons, Tank Girl.  In November, she returns in a new series called Bad Wind Rising. The trailer prepares us for what looks like a traditionally awesome adventure.

But, in stores right now is Tank Girl: Skidmarks, a miniseries that compiles issues from Britain's Judge Dredd Magazine. The original Tank Girl series was created by Alan Martin (also illustrator for Skidmarks) and Jamie Hewlett, who went on to become the famous artist behind the Gorillaz.

Dear Dr. Betty,

I recently had some interesting discussions about pornography and web censorship with somebody who is generally very liberal (and a neo-pagan) but also an Alice Schwarzer/Dworkin-type feminist and says pornography is absolutely never justifiable, among other things because sexuality is something sacred and not meant to be sold in her opinion. In my opinion anything goes as long as no one gets hurt and everything happens out of free will; therefore not all pornography is objectionable. I was wondering which arguments in favour of pornography you would use in that kind of discussion?

thanks guys! I'm 23 (live in scotland) and have always found it easy to orgasm but they are always quite short (I found out i have been having 'tension orgasms'). I can have a lot of them in a row but i was looking for something more fulfilling.

I watched loads of your podcasts on youtube and you said to relax, then ride the wave... holy shit! It was amazing! I was smiling loads as I was building up to the second orgasm. this was about ten, minutes ago - I just had to tell you right away. I'm going to keep up new technique, its great. I can't wait to show my boyfriend, he will totally get off on it!

thanks again, keep up the good work!

This is an ad for the Fowin "sexual efficiency" erectile dysfunction penis ring.  It's a cock ring for sagging erections.  I love the wedding portrait and the sweaty fruit coupled with the tagline "get her back".  via Copyranter

One Night Stand from Jack Tew on Vimeo.

Hello Ms. Dodson,

I've turned 19 at the beginning of this month. About 3 weeks ago, I met this new girl. We haven't had sex yet, so this will be the best time for me to ask this...My penis size is of pretty good proportions. It's 7 1/2" long and almost 6" around. Would this size hurt the average woman during intercourse?

I once dated a guy who was a 35 year old virgin. He had learned what little he knew about sex from pornography which, in theory, seemed totally endearing and somewhat hot. In practice, though, it left a lot to be desired. And it took a long, long time to get to the practice. You know, because of the whole "virgin" thing. When we finally got to it (my suggestion, naturally), I ended up the sadclown in a 3 ring shit circus.

We headed upstairs in his parents' house, which was where he lived (hey! how 'bout them stereotypes?), for my first glimpse of his bedroom.

I love a breast cancer awareness ad that isn't afraid to show a nipple and lend some humor to something so serious.  Pop that zit! via Copyranter