Moms and Smartphones - in Bed?

(Thanks to Digital Trends)

In these modern times, people and their phones are seldom parted. Sometimes, prying the smartphone out of somebody's hand is like trying to get a rattle away from a baby.

You'd think that there were some areas where the phone might be put away, though. Wouldn't you? I don't know, like maybe taking a shower. I'm waiting for the first waterproof smartphone so you can access Facebook or Twitter while you clean yourself (Congressmen will not be allowed these phones).

Another area that you would think would be off-limits for phone use would be sex.

But to 12% of "Millenial Moms" (i.e. moms aged 18-35), you would be totally wrong. In fact, you would be so wrong that they would look at you and wonder what you've been smoking.

Yes, according to a Meredith's Parenting Network study (h/t: Yahoo News), 12% of these Millenial Moms admit to using their smartphones while having sex.

I will pause here while you picture that.

I know I want to see that Facebook status update!

Is eating a popsicle at work sexual harassment?

Women eating a banana (or a popsicle) very slowly and seductively has been a staple of "guy" comedy movies for years. Usually, the scene is set to some suggestive music and the guy's eyes are almost popping out of their sockets.

But does that mean that women can't eat these kinds of food at work?

Depends on whether you're part of the Association of Finnish Lawyers, I guess.

They've recently put out a video that basically says that yes, it can be sexual harassment of the men in the office if a woman is eating a popsicle at work.

The video is a bit...exaggerated to make their point, though.



According to the Daily Mail (whenever I'm citing the Daily Mail, you know the story's going to be strange), the Association is "calling for new sexual harassment laws to include women who eat ‘too provocatively’ in public."

Call of Duty - responsible for a baby non-boom?

I've seen a lot of Call of Duty articles recently due to the recent launch of Black Ops (I haven't read that many, but I've seen them).

There is one that did make me just stop and stare for a minute.

Did you know that Call of Duty is keeping people from having sex?

According to The Sun in the UK, that's definitely happening.

Explicit Sex in Books - a Turn Off?

I'm currently reading Eve of Darkness (The Marked: Book 1), by S.J. Day, and enjoying it for the most part. It's a book I received from Curled Up With a Good Book, the site I review books for, so I won't be able to post the review until it's up. Unless the ending is a complete cop-out, though, it's going to get a decent (though not outstanding) review.

This is the first time in a long while (probably since The Queen's Bastard) that I've read a book that has had explicit sex in it. And it's the most explicit sex I've read in a long time even before that.

One question it brings to mind. Does knowing a book have explicit sex make it more or less likely that you'll read it? Or will it turn you off completely, making you avoid it totally despite the fact that the subject matter might be something you're interested in? This particular book is an urban fantasy, where a one-night stand with one of the original brothers gives Evangeline Hollis the "Mark of Cain," causing her to become one of "the Marked," those sinners who have been tasked by Heaven to deal with the demons who walk the earth in a rather final way. They are given superhuman powers to enable them to do this.

But that's beside the point. What are your thoughts? And if you read Romance novels, then I know the way you lean, though I'd still love to hear your thoughts.