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From today’s b, the paper

purity rings a bit tarnished
Paging the Jonas Brothers. WebMD reports that, according to a new study, teens who take virginity pledges are no less sexually active than other demographically similar teens. Pledgers and matched non-pledgers did not differ in rates of premarital sex, sexually transmitted diseases or oral and anal sex. The results, published in the journal Pediatrics, also suggest that those who make virginity pledges are less likely to protect themselves against pregnancy or disease when they do have sex.

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From today’s b, the paper

Promiscuous Brits, wherever you are
Americans have gotten a lot from Britain, notably independence, mincemeat and now David Beckham’s foot. But there’s one thing Brits have on us: promiscuous sex.

The Times in London reports that in an international index measuring one-night stands, total numbers of partners and attitudes to casual sex (yes, there is such a thing), Britain comes out ahead of any big western industrial nation, above, in order, Germany, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Australia.

The United States ranks below all of those countries, at No. 6.

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We know a lot of our readers like to talk about sex, whether its with their friends, their romantic partners, the mailman, Father Johnson in the confessional booth, etc., etc. You get our drift. But something has got to be off-limits, right?

When it comes to talking to your friends and/or sexual and romantic partners, what is one thing you absolutely refuse to talk about? Or is nothing taboo anymore?