<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Measurection Feed]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb</link><language>none</language><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:14:01 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:14:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>FusionBB 3.1 Alpha 4 (www.fusionbb.com)</generator><item><title><![CDATA[New Off Broadway Play about Men with Small Penises]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/260342</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/260342</guid><description><![CDATA[  <a href="http://www.theirishcurse.com" title="www.theirishcurse.com" target="_blank">www.theirishcurse.com</a> <br />
 <img src='http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1268213537-IrishCurseLogo.jpg' width='600' height='418' /> <br />
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Size matters to the Irish-American guys who meet every Wednesday night in a support group…for men with very small penises. This raucously honest new comedy tackles the male obsession with body image, masculinity, and sex.  It examines the fundamental question on the minds of men since the beginning of time…“how do I measure up to the next guy?”  The cast includes Dan Butler known for his role on the TV series Frasier and Austin Peck from Days of Our Lives along with Roderick Hill ("Butley"), Scott Jaeck (ER) and Brian Leahy.<br />
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<span style='color:green'><strong>Three Easy Ways To Get Your $37.50 Tickets (reg. $59)</strong></span><br />
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1- Visit <a href="http://www.SohoPlayhouse.com" title="www.SohoPlayhouse.com" target="_blank">www.SohoPlayhouse.com</a> and use code <strong>HHC37</strong><br />
2- Call (212) 691-1555 and mention code <strong>HHC37</strong><br />
3- Bring a print out of this offer to the SoHo Playhouse box office at 15 Vandam Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. <br />
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Restrictions: Subject to availability.  Not valid for prior purchases or in combination with any other offer.  Valid for all performances.  Limit 6 tickets per customer.  Offer may be revoked at any time.   Offer valid through 5/30/10.<br />
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<em>Scheduled run: March 17, 2010 – May 30, 2010</em><br />
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 ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Penis Size Study]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/260260</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/260260</guid><description><![CDATA[<b><font size="+3">New Penis Size Study</font><br />
By RodEnuf</b><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1266493323-Condomania_Logo.jpg" align="right" hspace=4>Condom retailer Condomania, has recently completed a statistical analysis of data derived from their sale of <a href="http://secure.condomania.com/TheyFit/" target="_blank"><u>TheyFit</u></a> custom sized condoms to over 27,000 men in 70 countries.  Each TheyFit customer uses a FitKit to measure both the length and the girth of his penis right down to the millimeter.  Since he uses these measurements to select the condom size that will give him the safest and most comfortable fit, a guy with a small penis has no reason to lie.<br />
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<b>So, how big are we?</b><br />
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Penis sizes chart almost a perfect bell curve: 25% of the male population is under 5" in length, 50% are between 5" and 6" in length and 25% are longer than 6" in length, according to Condomania.  Among the 20 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas, New Orleans has the biggest average length and Dallas/Fort Worth has the smallest.  The state with the highest average is New Hampshire, the one with the smallest is Wyoming.<br />
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You can read more about the study results in the article <a href="http://secure.condomania.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FAQ-RANKINGS" target="_blank"><u>Which states & cities have the largest penises?</u></a> on the Condomania web site.<br />
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<br />
Famous Failures</b><br />
<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT4Fu-XDygw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT4Fu-XDygw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object></center><br />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Sex for Climate Summit Delegates]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259957</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259957</guid><description><![CDATA[<font size="+3"><b>Danish Prostitutes Offer Free Sex<br />
to Climate Summit Delegates</font><br />
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<font size="+1">Offer a response to warning by Copenhagen mayor not to "buy sex"</i></font></b><br />
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<i>Posted on <a href="http://business.avn.com/articles/36925.html" target="_blank">Adult Video News</a> Dec 7th 2009 12:06PM by Tom Hymes</i><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1260610659-Denmark.gif" hspace=5 vspace=2 align="left"><b>COPENHAGEN —</b> Despite the fact that prostitution is legal and regulated in Denmark, Ritt Bjerregaard, the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, has sent postcards to 160 hotels in the city requesting that delegates to this week’s United Nations climate summit refrain from purchasing sex. The response by the country’s sex worker association was immediate: produce a postcard, prove you’re a delegate, and you can have sex with our beautiful prostitutes for free.<br />
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"All delegates who come to Copenhagen for the world climate summit will be able to use the postcards for payment after making a request on our website," Susanne Moeller, a spokesperson for the Danish association for the defense of sex workers, said. "We do not expect many delegates (to make use of the offer), but we want to protest what we consider discrimination." Moeller added that the offer is good for the duration of the climate talks.<br />
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The city also sent letters to hotel managers asking them to take measures to prevent prostitutes from meeting clients in the establishments. The postcards, which are to be distributed to hotel guests, read "Be sustainable: Don't buy sex."<br />
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One wonders precisely what is unsustainable about purchased sex, and also how the city, in light of why the delegates are there in the first place, justifies sacrificing all of those trees cut down to make the postcards. Also, since sex is the original life-sustaining activity, shouldn't the city encourage the practice rather than the opposite? And if the country went to the trouble of legalizing prostitution, for whom did they legalize it if not visitors to the city?<br />
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Lastly, if the delegates to the summit are there to literally save the world from extinction, don't we all want them to be as physically satisfied as possible, and thus able to fully focus on the work at hand? Why is it that the city doesn't get that but the sex workers do?<br />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:41:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Luck Happen]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259787</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259787</guid><description><![CDATA[<i>The following first appeared in the November, 2009, Newsletter of <a href="http://www.apollonetwork.com/" target="_blank">Apollo Network</a>, the original site for older gay men.  It is reprinted here with the permission of its author, Ron, who operates that site with his partner Hector.  It contains valuable information for Measurection members.   —Alan G—</i><br />
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<center><font size="+3"><b>Making Luck Happen</b></font><br /></center>
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1257555923-four-leaf_clover.jpg" align="right" hspace=4 vspace=4>Where do you put yourself, among the lucky or unlucky people? By luck we are not talking about winning the lottery or getting laid, just every day luck in life.<br />
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A Brit by the name of Richard Wiseman has studied and written (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401359418/measurectio09-20" target="_blank">The Luck Factor</a>) on the subject of luck, and he has found that people who say they are lucky have four similar traits. Not surprisingly, people say they are not lucky have the opposite four traits. According to Wiseman, practicing these four traits will immeasurably improve your luck.  Here are the four traits of people who say they are lucky:<br />
<ol>
<li>They maximize opportunities and chances. They are quick to notice, create, and act on these opportunities. (In controlled tests, people who put themselves in the lucky group found bait money on the sidewalks while those who said they were unlucky stepped over the money without seeing it.)</li>
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<li>Lucky people are very intuitive and do things like meditation to improve their intuitive abilities. (Reading self help books also helps.)</li>
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<li>Lucky people expect to be lucky, thus scripting themselves to be lucky. They go to work or to a party anticipating a positive outcome.</li>
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<li>Lucky people have an attitude that allows them to turn bad luck into good luck.</li>
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Next time you think or say that some people have all the luck, think about making your own luck instead and practice the four above things that lucky people practice.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:13:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First there were Metrosexuals, now there are Metrotextuals]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259779</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259779</guid><description><![CDATA[<b><font size="+2">First, Metrosexuals; now, Metrotextuals</font><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1257381550-guy_texting.JPG" hspace=4 vspace=4 align="left">LONDON (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5A246320091103" target="_blank">Reuters</a>) -</b> Men have become so openly affectionate with each other using mobile technology they've taken to signing off text messages to male friends with a kiss (x), giving rise to a new generation dubbed "Metrotextuals."<br />
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New research from mobile phone firm T-Mobile reveals nearly a quarter of men (22 percent) regularly include a kiss on texts to their male mates, T-Mobile said in an emailed statement.<br />
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"Metrotextuality" is most widespread among 18-24 year old males with three quarters (75 percent) regularly sealing texts with a kiss and 48 percent admitting that the practice has become commonplace amongst their group of friends.<br />
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Nearly a quarter of this age group (23 percent) even appreciate an "x' in a text exchange from people that aren't close friends.<br />
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But it's not just younger men that have become Metrotextuals -- one in 10 men over 55 often completes a text to another male with a kiss, according to the poll.<br />
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The research also revealed there's a certain etiquette within metrotextuality. A lower case "x' is the preferred sign-off for most (52 percent) compared to 17 percent for a bolder upper case X), with one in three sharing the love in a big way with multiple lower case kisses (xxx).<br />
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Clinical psychologist, Ron Bracey, said that men have traditionally been reluctant to share their emotions with friends and tended to keep their feelings bottled up.<br />
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"However, the advent of mobile phones and social media means more communication is done non-verbally, and through this it seems men can more easily share their feelings with others -- especially their male friends," Bracey said in the statement.<br />
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Confirmed Metrotextual Nick Kirkham, aged 25, who works in insurance, said he and his friends have been sending kisses to each other for years.<br />
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"In fact, apart from my boss or a work client, there's no one I wouldn't send a kiss on text to," he said.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Spice Up Your Sex Life]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259625</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259625</guid><description><![CDATA[<center><font size=+2><b>How to Spice Up Your Sex Life</b></font></center><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1255836251-July_5_2009_027a.jpg" hspace=4 align="left">
Get a motorbike.<br />
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Seriously!!<br />
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Steve has bought himself a motorbike.  And his sexy level went up a couple points.  Then he bought himself some leathers.  Ratcheted another couple of notches up the hotness scale (and considering he was already high up there... you can imagine how smokin' he is now!).<br />
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It's so awesome... He decided that this year he was going to do it. Get his motorbike license.  I was going to do it with him, and the plan was that we were going to buy our bikes next year, and take the course.  But then I saw how much coordination it takes to work all the tiddly bits on a bike.  And I decided that I was perfectly content to be the bitch on the back, lol.<br />
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So off he went, bought himself a bike, got himself licensed and somehow in all that, developed a sense of I don't know what, but DAMN is it sexy!<br />
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I can actually tell when he's going for a ride.  His shoulders go back, the chest comes out, the stomach sucks in, and he has an actual swagger.  I'll take one look at him and say "goin' for a ride, huh?" and he'll be suprised that I know.  LOL<br />
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The best part?  The leather.  Mmmmmmmm, nothing like the hot smell of leather on a sexy beast!!  And I mean both the bike AND the man!<br />
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Dee<br />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:14:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling with 'Toys']]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259495</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259495</guid><description><![CDATA[<i>From <a href="http://business.avn.com/articles/" target="_blank">Adult Video News</a></i><br />
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<b><font size="+2">Tips for Traveling with 'Toys'</font><br />
<font size="+1"><i>Article offers practical advice</i></font><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1253917522-TravelTips.jpg" align="left" hspace=5 vspace=2>LOS ANGELES —</b> While owning pleasure items like vibrators, dildos and more aren't the taboo they once were, packing those items for a weekend getaway or extended vacation might take a little extra thought and care.<br />
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<a href="http://www.holidays-reviews.com/travelling-with-toys/" target="_blank">Holidays-Reviews.com</a>, a travel-based website, recently published an article offering tips on how to pack those precious toys to avoid any hassle at the airport.<br />
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Remove the batteries: Even if your vibe or other powered item might not be that easy to turn on, as luggage shifts it could happen. How much fun will be it having to explain to security officials that the buzzing is not an incendiary device, but rather your "little friend"?<br />
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Use plastic bags: Pack your items in your luggage, but in their own sealable plastic bags or containers. That way, if your luggage is searched, you don’t have to worry about making sure you packed the toy cleaner to.<br />
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Check your vibe: Pack any pleasure items in your checked luggage. It could save you from an embarrassing situation in the security line.<br />
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Know the law: Not only are there restrictions on sexual products in some countries (Thailand has a ban on "obscene items"), but there are some rules in a couple of American states, too. When in doubt, do a quick Google check of what the laws are in the state or country you are travelling to.<br />
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For more tips and information, visit <a href="http://www.holidays-reviews.com/travelling-with-toys/" target="_blank">Holidays-Reviews.com</a>.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:47:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regular Use of Pot Inhibits Male Orgasms]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259334</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/259334</guid><description><![CDATA[<b><font size="+2">Regular Use of Pot Inhibits Male Orgasms, Study Says</font><br />
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By Tom Hymes - <a href="http://business.avn.com/articles/" target="_blank"> Adult Video News</a><br />
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<img src="http://www.measurection.com/fbbuploads/1251850974-PotLeaf-Chest.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=3 align="left">Melbourne, Australia —</b> A new study conducted by a team at La Trobe University in Melbourne has found that regular marijuana usage can lead to decreased sexual performance in men, including an inability to orgasm.<br />
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The research team analyzed data collected as part of a 2005 telephone survey of 8,656 Australians of both genders between the ages of 16 to 64. Overall, 8.7 percent of respondents said they had gotten high in the last year, with twice as many men (11.2 percent) admitting to marijuana use as women (6.1 percent). Results are revealed that respondents under 36 were more likely to smoke marijuana than older participants.<br />
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For males who smoked weed daily, the results indicated they were four times less likely to reach orgasm. However, many of the correlations between marijuana use and sexual performance were made after accounting for factors such as age, tobacco and alcohol use, and occupation.<br />
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According to Sharon Johnson, an epidemiologist at the University of Missouri St. Louis, who also has found associations between drug use and sexual problems, the new study does not establish a cause-effect relationship between marijuana and sexual performance.<br />
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"There is a more complicated relationship out there somewhere," she said.<br />
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<b><i>See the rest of the article</i> <a href="http://business.avn.com/articles/36172.html?sitesection_category_id=legal" target="_blank"> HERE</a>.</b><br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:31:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah Leads in Online Porn Consumption]]></title><link>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/258275</link><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://www.measurection.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/258275</guid><description><![CDATA[ <strong><font size='+2'>Utah: Online Porn Capital of America?</font><br />
<font size='+1'><em>Harvard researcher reveals the most avid consumers of Internet pornography</em></font><br />
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By Dan Tynan, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/160566/" title="www.pcworld.com/article/160566/" target="_blank">Computerworld</a></strong><br />
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For most of my life I have lived in the cauldrons of sin - first New York, then California. These Bluer than Blue states are the source of most of our society's ills, or so we are constantly told.<br />
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When it comes to online smut, though, it appears I've been living in the wrong places. Thanks to Harvard researcher Ben Edelman, we now know the most avid consumers of Internet pornography live in the heartland -- the "real America," I believe someone once called it.<br />
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Edelman, a lawyer-geek who made his bones hunting down spyware and adware firms, has published a report titled <a href="http://people.hbs.edu/bedelman/papers/redlightstates.pdf" title="people.hbs.edu/bedelman/papers/redlightstates.pdf" target="_blank">"Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?" (PDF)</a> in the ponderous sounding <em>Journal of Economic Perspectives</em>.<br />
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For his report Edelman analyzed subscriber data from an unnamed "top 10 seller of online adult entertainment," broken down by ZIP codes, demographic data, and the speeds of users' Internet connections.<br />
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One key finding: The biggest consumers of online adult entertainment live in the great state of Utah. An average of 5.47 people per 1000 broadband subscribers pay for porn in Orrin Hatch's home state. (Utah also leads in porn consumption among the general population and dial-up users, in case you're wondering.)<br />
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It must have been all those Osmonds Gone Wild videos that sent them over the edge.<br />
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Close behind Utah with just over five porn subscribers per thousand is Sarah Palin's Alaska. California and New York, on the other hand, average between 2.4 and 2.9 subscriptions per 1000 broadband users, smack dab in the middle of the pack. Overall, eight of Edelman's top 10 porn-consuming states voted for McCain last fall, while six of the least smut-crazed states went for Obama.<br />
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It appears the Red states are also the Red Light states.<br />
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<strong><em>- <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/160566/" title="www.pcworld.com/article/160566/" target="_blank">MORE</a> -</em></strong> ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:03:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>