The world’s first penis transplant has been a success, yay! We also hear that Facebook are planning to launch their own dating app (less yay). We all learnt what incels were this month which was a scary journey to say the least but it did spark this week’s debate on whether sex is a human right. Finally, we discuss what on earth people are talking about when they say someone is “good in bed”.
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The world’s first penis and scrotum transplant has been a success, which is obviosuly great news.
Facebook are planning to launch a new dating app – although Grindr apparently aren’t convinced.
What are incels and what the hell is the “redistribution of sex”? – Ross Douthat explores it in an opinion piece for the New York Times. Meanwhile here is Amia Srinivasan’s essay on the subject of the human right to sex.
And here’s VICE’s article on how disabled people have sex.
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