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Poll shows rise in premarital sex in Ira …

razib — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:26:55 +0000

Poll shows rise in premarital sex in Iran:

A survey by the national youth organization found that more than one in four men aged 19 to 29 had experienced sex before marriage. About 13% of such cases resulted in unwanted pregnancies that led to abortions. Sex outside marriage and abortion are outlawed under Iran’s Islamic legal code, the report said.

The survey also revealed that the average marrying age had risen to 40 for men and 35 for women, a blow to the government’s goal of promoting marriage to shore up society’s Islamic foundations

during a bbc documentary on the youth scene in iran the reporter “stumbled” onto an orgy in a dry swimming pool at a party in north tehran.

MMW Weekly Rundown 12/12/08

Fatemeh — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:55:12 +0000

This week on MMW, we criticized a Muslim magazine’s use of bodies, examined the way Muslim women fare in Bollywood movies, discussed gender segregation in Australian mosques, wondered about lingerie’s connection to sexual empowerment for Muslim women, profiled Princess Hijab’s advertising activism, and linked up a storm.

Young UK women more promiscuous than men …

razib — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:58:42 +0000

Young UK women more promiscuous than men: survey:

The study of 2,000 women in the UK, commissioned by More magazine, found that by the age of 21, women have had an average of nine sexual partners; two more than their male partner.

It also found a quarter of young women have slept with more than 10 partners in the first five years since losing their virginity, compared with 20 per cent of young men.

For sale: My virginity (it’s for grad s …

razib — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:57:51 +0000

For sale: My virginity (it’s for grad school). as they say, capitalist transactions between consenting adults….

Fatemeh — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:48:06 +0000

This week on MMW, we looked at Mona Abu Sulayman’s interview with Riz Khan, tried to figure out what all the fuss was about in Pakistan, pitted the LA Times against the BBC for more sexist coverage of Egyptian harassment, and reviewed the Egyptian film Her Man, which has sex! in it. We also put together a dashing link list.

Prostitution in the Islamic nation of Pa …

aasem — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:29:51 +0000

Prostitution in the Islamic nation of Pakistan, once relegated to dark alleys and small red-light districts, is now seeping into many neighborhoods of country’s urban centers.

Remember that old joke, where three mull …

aziz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:39:00 +0000

Remember that old joke, where three mullahs are sitting outside when a beautiful woman glides past? Mullah 1: “alhamdolillah”. Mullah 2: “astagfirullah”. Mullah 3: “inshallah”.

I immediately thought of that joke when I saw this:

click to ahem, enlarge.

(via Ali Eteraz. who else?)

ali e. mentioned how he doesn’t follow …

razib — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:39:33 +0000

ali e. mentioned how he doesn’t follow the links. well, i’m fixin’ to change that. here are links to fotos of women from muslim-majority nations participating in miss universe, as well as those from muslim backgrounds in non-muslim majority nations. warning, bikini foto on page. albania, canada, egypt, germany, indonesia, kazakhstan, kosovo and turkey.

muse — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:07:36 +0000

And you thought you were having a dry spell. They haven’t had sex in 85 million years.