Anthro 145 Fall 2002

Prof. Varisco

 

last update 9/12/02

Warning: Some of these sites contain controversial, explicit and pornographic material. The listing here is not an endorsement of any site nor its contents, but is intended to help in analysis of internet sites relevant to studying gender and sexuality. If you find any non-working links, please let me know. Also please suggest new links for this page.

GUIDELINES FOR WEB CRITIQUE

 

BACKGROUND:

The guidelines for your A14 5 Web Critique are given below. You must write a report of about 6 pages, WHICH IS DUE NO LATER THAN DEC 13. I will be in my office (205E Davison) from 9:00-11;30 am and 1-3 pm on Friday, Dec. 13. You may hand in or e-mail to me a draft at any time up through Nov. 26 for comments without a grade. I will try to return my comments by the next class period.

 

 

CRITERIA: (Keep in mind the following points in critiquing the sites.)

 

• What can you learn about the person or group that put the site together? Are you able to tell if it is a reputable person or mainstream organization? Are the names of the writers or creators indicated and do they solicit feedback? Try to contact an email address for feedback and indicate what happens.

 

• Who is the site directed to? Is it trying to convert you to an idea? Do you think it has a commercial interest (trying to get money from you)?

 

• What do you find the most useful aspect of the site? How user-friendly is it?

 

• From your perspective, do you find any bias, misleading or erroneous information on the site? Do you find information that contradicts or confirms what you have learned in class? If so, what is the response of the site webmasters if you are able to send your comments or criticism?

 

• Find something specific on the site that relates to the course material or discussion. Discuss what you find and relate it directly to examples from the course or class discussion.

 

GRADING: 10 points

 

a. relates material to class readings, films and lectures

(1) adequate (2) impressive

b. draws attention to relevance of anthropological views

(1) adequate (2) impressive

c, "critical" assessment of site and its content

(1) adequate (2) impressive

d. clarity and coherent explanation of points made

(1) adequate (2) impressive

e. level of effort

(1) adequate (2) impressive

 

 

DIRECTIONS: (Complete all three parts of the critique, keeping in mind the points mentioned above. I suggest you start work on this early in the term and revise as you think needed.)

 

 

1. Critique any two of the following sites. Explain how the author uses or fails to use ethnographic data and anthropological modes of interpretation. Relate to the course material.

  

• Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial

http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/kintitle.html  

 

•THE MEDICINE MAN HAD A DELUSION Peter G.

http://www.male-initiation.net/origins.html#start

 

• The Strange Case of Circumcision in South Korea

http://www.circumstitions.com/Korea.html

 

• Polyamoury

http://www.darkrose.com/poly.html

 

2. Select any two websites below and relate to what your learned about the Mead/Freeman controversy.

 

• Margaret Mead (AMNH Site)

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Margaret_Mead/mead.html

 

• Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture (Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/field-samoa.html

 

• Derek Freeman: Reflections of a Heretic

http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/cpnss/darwin/evo/freeman.htm

 

• The Margaret Mead Centennial

http://www.mead2001.org/changing-samoa.htm

 

3. Cybersex, Pornography and Gender on the Net. [Choose one option of A, B or C.]

 

A: Is Porn Evil? First. read the webpage by Gallagher.

 

• The Greatest Threat to the Church Today (Gallagher)

http://www.purelifeministries.org/archives/U0201/plm05-threat.htm

 

Now, choose one or both of the following websites and compare and contrast the opposing views on pornography. Consider the sex of the person of the person writing each piece.

 

• A Feminist Defense of Pornography (McElroy)

http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/mcelroy_17_4.html [No pictures on this site.]

 

• Pornography Defense http://www.friesian.com/porno.htm

 

 

B. Is there a difference in the way "porn" is directed at males and females? Go to the site below and explore some of its links; this is a Swedish mega-list of free porn sites (mainly the free portions before they want a credit card). Find examples of gendered porn, i.e., sites that are almost totally directed at men and sites almost totally for women. Do you notice any differences on these two kinds of sites? How do these relate to the evolution of mate choice? Warning: There is some very explicit material on some of these sites. Note: Here is a good chance to practice your Swedish..

 

• Fat Fred http://www.fatfred.com/meny/  

 

 

C. Play at least one of the following video or simulation games. What do you find out about gender roles?

 

• Hentai ~ SimGirl http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=50364

 

• Spear Britney http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=5223

 

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Search Sites (for various links)

 

Anthropology of the World Wide Web http://www.anthro.net/

 

Gender and Sexuality http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu:80/gender/

 

Gender and Sexuality (Anthropology) http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/anthrogend.html

 

Gender Related Electronic Forums http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html

 

International Women's Tribune Centre http://www.iwtc.org/

 

Internet Women's History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

 

Jane's Guide (mainly erotica with reviews) http://www.janesguide.com/index.html

Sex Links http://www.public.asu.edu/~ide4bubu/sexlinks/main.html

 

Sexualite http://www.ivic.qc.ca/dames/sexu.html

 

UNDP Gender Virtual Library http://gender.undp.sk/

women.com http://www.women.com/

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Stereotypes

Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Archetypes http://www.friesian.com/gender.htm

Taking ADvantage You and Me, Babe: Sex and Advertising [Richard F. Taflinger] http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/sex.html

 

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AIDS

AIDS http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/CH05.HTM#b5-AIDS%20AND%20HIV%20INFECTION [From Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia]

AIDS & Anthropology http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au/danny/anthropology/anthro-l/archive/february-1995/0007.html

AIDS and Anthropology Bibliography Resource Center http://puffin.creighton.edu/aarg/bibliography/

Commission on AIDS Research and Education Homepage http://www.aaanet.org/committees/commissions/aids

The Great Fellatio Debate: How Safe Is Oral Sex? http://www.thebody.com/schoofs/fellatio.html [Village Voice article]

 

Regulating Romance: The Poetics and Politics of Youth Sexuality in Uganda's Time of AIDS (Shanti Parikh) http://www.pubhealth.ku.dk/gender-aids/parikh.htm

 

 

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Archeology

Gender in Archaeology [Cheryl Claassen, Appalachian State University ] http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/anthro/ebooks/gender/ch01.html

ANALYSIS

 

Cybersex: Eroticism Without Bodies: Douglas Groothuis http://www.fehq.org/public/cybersex.htm

 

Cybersex Amongst Multiple-Selves and Cyborgs in the Narrow-Bandwidth Space of America Online Chat Rooms [Robin B. Hamman ] http://www.socio.demon.co.uk/Cyborgasms.html

 

Cybersex Etiquette http://www.e-my.net.my/kl/lorryman/cybersex.htm

 

ONLINE SEXUAL ADDICTION QUESTIONNAIRE (OSA-Q) http://www.onlinesexaddict.com/osaq.html

 

EROTICA AND PORN EXAMPLES [Warning: These can be offensive.]

 

 

Cheerleaders for Reproduction http://desires.com/1.3/Sex/docs/cheerleaders.html

 

Playboy http://www.playboy.com/ [official website]

 

Pays http://www.xpays.com/index.html [This is a web server for porno sites.]

 

Sexy Anna's HomePage http://www.algonet.se/~whufc/huvude.html [Relatively free porn site.]

 

The Surprise! Collection http://home.epix.net/~jlferri/surprise.html [Webpage devoted to photos of female breasts sent in by women.]

 

Tom of Finland Foundation http://www.eroticarts.com/foundation/welcome.html [site dedicated to erotic art]

 

GAMES

 

Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity http://www.gamezone.com/gamesell/p14416.asp [computer simulation game]

 

Cherry Blossoms [Mail Order Brides] http://www.cherry-blossoms.com

Mail-Order Brides http://www.mailorderbrides.com/

Safer Dating http://www.saferdating.com/

Anthap http://anthap.oakland.edu/

GenderStats http://genderstats.worldbank.org/menu.asp (World Bank Database)

SIYANDA (Search Site) http://www.siyanda.org/

WIDNET http://www.focusintl.com/widnet.htm

Association for Feminist Anthropology http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/

Feminist Anthropology http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/fem.htm and http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/ant.html

Feminist Theory Website http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html

A LOOK AT SHERRY ORTNER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY (Bratton ) http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/ortner.htm

Mapping Gender (Weiss) http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a8700288/mapping.html

GENERAL

CIRCUMCISION, T. 0. BEIDELMAN ( from THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION, 1987) http://www.male-initiation.net/library/surround/eliade.html

FEMALE

Discussions of Female Circumcision http://h-net2.msu.edu/~africa/sources/clitorodectomy.html

Female Anatomy & Clitoral Circumcision http://www.circlist.com/femalecirc/anatfemale.html [Discusses methods cross-culturally.]

Female Circumcision and Infibulation in Africa (David M. Westley ) http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/4/index.html [Bibliography]

FGM: Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm#a1

FGM Education and Networking Project http://www.fgmnetwork.org/

Fighting for their Rites http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~king/Preprints/book/orsin/rites/rite.htm

In Ethiopia, women say no to female genital mutilation (Tesfay) http://www.unicef.org/features/feat176.htm

MALE

Circumcision, South Korean Style http://147.46.43.65/~circum/English/index.htm

Circumcision Online News http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2754/

The Cycle of Abuse: Faces of Circumcision http://www.noharmm.org/CAcycle.htm [Anti-circumcision site with graphic photos of ritual circumcision].

Doctors Opposing Circumcision http://faculty.washington.edu/gcd/DOC/ [Anti-circumcision site.]

Male Genital Response http://www.sexuality.org/l/sex/manstim.html

QUEENSLAND LAW REFORM COMMISSION, CIRCUMCISION OF MALE INFANTS RESEARCH PAPER http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/QLRC [Detailed report on circumcision among Australian aborigines].

CHRISTIANITY & HOMOSEXUALITY http://hometown.aol.com/dodgeboyzz/ [Alternative Christian site]

The Homosexual Tradition in China http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/gaytexts.html

The Journal of Human Sexuality http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/

Les Bigay http://www.altsex.org/lesbigay.html

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York http://www.gaycenter.org/

My Queer Career: Coming Out as a 'Researcher' in Japan (Sharon Chalmers ) http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue7/chalmers.html

Neurological Preference: LeVay's Study of Sexual Orientation (Elizabeth A. Wilson) http://128.220.50.88/journals/substance/v029/29.1wilson.html

Queer Resources Directory http://www.qrd.org/qrd/

THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN MATING: TRADE-OFFS AND STRATEGIC PLURALISM (Steven W. Gangestad, Jeffry A. Simpson) http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.gangestad.html

 

Gavrilets, S., Arnqvist, G., & Friberg, U. (2001). The evolution of female mate choice by sexual conflict. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 268, 531 -- 539. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gavrila/PAPS/sexual.pdf [Paper viewable as PDF file]

 

The Evolution Game http://webusers.siba.fi/~sboswell//evg/index.html [Board game about evolution]

 

Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer (Leda Cosmides & John Tooby) http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html

 

Hominid Species http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html

 

The Human Behavior and Evolution Society http://www.hbes.com/

 

Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/

 

Bergstrom, C. T., & Real, L. A. (2000). Towards a theory of mutual mate choice: Lessons from two-sided matching. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2, 493-508. http://octavia.zoology.washington.edu/signalling/matching.pdf [Paper viewable as PDF file]

  

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Humor

And Adam Knew Eve (R. L. Ecker) http://www.hobrad.com/and.htm

 

Christian Pornography: O Come All Ye Filthy!(Poppy Dixon) http://www.jesus21.com/poppydixon/sex/christian_porn.html

 

Christians are Saving Homosexuals http://www.postfun.com/pfp/features/98/sep/cash.html

 

 

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Incest

Exogamy and Incest Prohibitions http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/marriage/incest.html

 

Incest Awareness Foundation http://members.tripod.com/~IncestAware/frames.html

Incest in Indo-European Folktales http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/incest.html

 

 

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Kinship and Marriage

 

AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF A FIJIAN VILLAGE (Michelle Nason) http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/fiji99/nason/mneth1.htm

 

Austronesian Kinship Page http://geocities.com/athens/aegean/3891/

 

COAST SALISH TRANSFORMATION STORIES: KINSHIP, PLACE AND ABORIGINAL RIGHTS AND TITLE IN CANADA (Brian Thom) http://home.istar.ca/%7Ebthom/transform.htm

 

Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/kintitle.html

 

SEX AND MARRIAGE: An Introduction to The Cultural Rules Regulating Sexual Access and Marriage (Dennis O'Neil) http://anthro.palomar.edu/marriage/default.htm

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Language and Vulgarity

 

Against the Theory of "Sexist Language" (Kelley L. Ross) http://www.friesian.com/language.htm

 

Deviants' Dictionary http://www.queernet.org/deviant/

 

Ferri Tales [for slang terms for body parts]http://home.epix.net/~jlferri/

 

Glossary of Sexual Terms http://eserver.org/gender/sex-glossary.txt

 

Maledicta http://www.sonic.net/maledicta/

 

Roger's Profanisaurus http://www.viz.co.uk/swear/swear.htm

 

Sexist Language and Assumptions http://www.bartleby.com/64/5.html [ American Heritage® Book of English Usage]

Malinowski

Bronislaw Malinowski 1884 - 1942 http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/klmno/malinowski_bronislaw.html

 

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Anthro/Anth206/malinowski.htm

 

AN AGREEABLE MAN (Hortense Powdermaker) http://www.nybooks.com/articles/11916

Anthropological and Ethnological texts on Masculinity in Southern Europe (1995) (Dieter Haller ) http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0920cyt/txm.htm

Him/Her: discourses of masculinity in a Brazilian magazine, 1969-1972. [M. Monteiro] http://www.artnet.com.br/~marko/him.html

The Men's Bibliography http://www.anu.edu.au/~a112465/mensbiblio/mensbibliomenu.html

Understanding Male Masculinity http://www.sexuality.org/l/sex/dsmansex.html

VINTAGE MALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS 1947 - 1958 http://www.junglered.com/

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Mead Controversy

The correspondence between Margaret Mead and Franz Boas exchanged during Mead's  1925-26 Samoan research project (and related material) http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/sociology/mead/

  

Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman: Bibliography of a Controversy (John Laurie) http://www.angelfire.com/sk/jrlaurie/meadmar2.html

 

The Margaret Mead Centennial http://www.mead2001.org/

  

RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE TURMOIL OF ADOLESCENCE : A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE : Pierre R. Dasen http://www.unige.ch/fapse/SSE/teachers/dasen/Worldpsy4.html

  

Women's Voices: Quotations from Women: Margaret Mead http://womenshistory.about.com/homework/womenshistory/library/qu/blqumead.htm

 

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Music and Performance

 

Heard but not seen: music among the Aissawa women of Oujda, Morocco (Tony Langlois) http://www.muspe.unibo.it/period/MA/index/number4/langlois/lang0.htm

 

Staging the Slut: Hyper-Sexuality in Performance [Kim Nicolini] [focus on coiurtney Love] http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu:80/bs/20/Nicolini.html

 

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Nudity and Body Adornment

American Association for Nude Recreation http://www.aanr.com/

Being and Nakedness http://www.mbay.net/~cgd/naturism/bnhome.htm

The Bible, Society and Nudity A study of social nudity from a Biblical and secular perspective. (Jeff Rockel ) http://my.execpc.com/~jrockel/sbs/bsn/index.html [Alternative Christian view]

CyberNude http://www.cybernude.com/

Exposing Nudism & Naturism's Dirty Little Secrets http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/ [Anti-naturalist site]

The Function of Body Modification and Ornamentation in Two Polynesian and Two Amazonian Cultures [Theresa Wall] http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~tawF95/bodmodpap.html

International Naturists Association http://clothesfree.com/ [A megasite, including "Nudes in the News"]

Ponderosa Sun Club http://ponderosasunclub.com/sun-club.htm [Hosts annual nudist beauty pageant for males and females]

Primates

The Bonobo Conservation Initiative http://www.bonobo.org/

 

"Bonobo Sex and Society" [Frans B. M. de Waal] http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html

The Chimpanzee Zone http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mckee/chimp.html

 

Discovering Chimps http://cbs.umn.edu/chimp/

 

Gorilla Home Page http://larch.ukc.ac.uk:2001/gorillas

 

Great Apes in the Wild (WWF) http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/species/greatapes/index.htm

 

Max Plank Institute, Dept. of Primatoloty http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/slices1/frontforest3.html [Describes ongoing research projects]

 

The Primate Network http://www.oz.net/~primate/

 

The Primate Gallery http://www.selu.com/~bio/PrimateGallery/main.html

 

Primate Mating Systems http://www.wwnorton.com/college/anthro/bioanth/ch7/welcome.htm

 

Prime Mates [Small] http://www.nervemag.com/Small/bonobo/bonobo.html

 

Sex, reproduction, parenting in the evolution of primates http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jel/512/primate98.html#Heading

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Religion and Sex

Body Electric http://www.bodyelectric.org/ [A New Age institute with commerical aspects.]

Christian Kissing for an Emotionally Constipated Nation [Jeffrey S. Akeley] http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu:80/bs/20/Akeley.html [Serious spoof on conservative Christian attitudes]

The Essemian Sanctuary of the Darkside Goddess http://www.darkside-goddess.org/ [Someone provide me with a label for this kind of site...]

The Language of Canaan and the Grammar of Feminism (Vernard Eller) http://www.hccentral.com/eller6/ [Conservative Christian defense of Bible and attack on feminism].

"Free Love": On Neo-Pagan Sexual Ethics http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4102/freelove.htm

"The Love Teachings of Kama Sutra" http://www.tantra.com/kamasutr.html#KS1 [This is on a commerical site.]

The Religious Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing http://www.religionproject.org/

The Sacred Purpose of Orgasm http://www.inannareturns.com/orgasm.htm [New Age site]

Sacred Space Institute http://www.lovewithoutlimits.com/ [Note: this is a commerical site.]

GENERAL

Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/BEGIN.HTM [Online access to a major resource on all aspects of sexuiality.]

Go Ask Alice (Columbia University) http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat6.html

NOTES ON TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SEXUAL CUSTOMS & BELIEFS Peter G. http://www.angelfire.com/in2/africansex/

ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES

A DISCOURSE-CENTERED APPROACH TO HUMAN SEXUALITY (PEGGY REEVES SANDAY) http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~psanday/rutgersa.html

GENDER AND ACCUMULATION IN NSO' (Mitzi Goheen) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Chilver/Paideuma/paideuma-Introdu-5.html [STUDY BASED ON RESEARCH IN CAMEROON].

Out of Africa: Images of women in anthropology and popular culture (Aleksandar Boskovi) http://www.gape.org/sasa/outofafrica.htm#_edn1

PURE RELATIONSHIPS: THE SEARCH FOR LOVE AMONG HUNGARIAN ACADEMIC WOMEN (MAJ OLSEN) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antroost/files/postkom/olsen-art.html

EDUCATION

Sex Education Coalition http://www.sexedcoalition.org/

The Sex Institute (Noonan) http://www.SexQuest.com/

SIECUS (Sex Education) http://www.siecus.org/

METHODS

The Art of Oral Sex http://www.sexuality.org/l/incoming/ghaos.html

"Guide to Getting It On" http://www.goofyfootpress.com/main.html

A Guide to Sex Toys http://www.sexuality.org/sextoys.html

Polyamory at Loving More http://www.lovemore.com/aboutpoly.html [Site about relationships where an adult intimately loves more than one other adult.]

"Satisfaction Guaranteed for Women" http://www.tantra.com/multi.html

The Sex Manual for Puritans (Vernard Eller) http://www.hccentral.com/eller13/index.html [Conservative Christian spin]

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS

A Ciritical Dictionary of Sexuality http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/CDS.HTM

Dr. Ruth Westheimer's Web Site http://cgi.pathfinder.com/drruth/

The Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality http://www.ejhs.org/

Sexuality Dictionary http://www.bettersex.com/sexdata/topics.asp (Brief articles summing up research on all aspects of sexuality)

Loving More http://www.lovemore.com/lmfaq.htm

Sexuality Data Base http://www.intimacyinstitute.com/sex_data/index.html

SURVEYS

Britons more adventurous about lesbianism, bondage and spanking (Dr David Delvin) http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/special_reports/sexsurvey.htm

,Mysteries of the Opposite Sex Survey http://www.imponderables.com/cgi-bin/questions.pl?gender=mf

Oral Sex Survey http://www.queendom.com/sex-files/oralsex/oralsurvey.html

The Relationship Basic 3 Survey http://relationshipbasic3.com/

The Roar Survey http://www.erotica-uk.com/sexsurvey.htm

Sex in Music Survey http://www.bigbaer.com/missy_elliot_get_ur_freak_on.htm

The Sex Survey http://www.coolquizzes.com/surveys/sex.html

Sex Survey (Survey.net) http://www.survey.net/sv-sex.htm

Sexy Facts http://www.queendom.com/mindgames/quizdom/quiz98.html

Sexual Intimacy Quotient Quiz http://www.bettersex.com/siq/default.asp

 ANDROLOGY http://www.andrology.com/main05.htm

The Berdache Spirit [Wendy Susan Parker] http://www.nu-woman.com/berdache.htm

Born Eunuchs Home Page http://www.well.com/user/aquarius/