Raise your hand if you thought gaming systems like Wii and Kinect would lead to virtual sex games.

If your hand is down, you need to read this blog more. Think about it, when your body is the controller, it isn't going to take long for game designers (who I personally believe are closet freaks) to do something that makes your man parts and lady bits happy.

From the folks who created "3D SexVilla," "Fetish 3D" and "3D Slut," comes the first official prototype of a game that lets players use Microsoft's new motion sensing gadget to get down and dirty.

"The Kinect Controller is astonishing new technology that allows users to experience cybersex like never before!" Brad Abram, VP of Business Development for adult gaming company ThriXXX, enthused in a press release. “It’s novel, sexy, social, age-spanning, crazy, and a rush to have virtual control at this level.”

The folks at ThriXXX posted a video of their game (still a work in progress) on YouTube Wednesday. The video was then yanked by YouTube for violating the site's policy on nudity and sexual content.

Of course the folks at Microsoft aren't endorsing the game. According to MSNBC:

Microsoft has largely embraced this non-threatening experimentation. But one can imagine, the company might not be so easy going when it comes to having its family friendly game controller sullied by these adult pursuits.

Which means, if this game is a hit and it probably will be, Microsoft will happily take the money.

The ThriXXX press release says the software is in early alpha stage testing but claims it will be ready for launch in 2011.

I don't mean to be stereotypical, but asking men not to have sex in order to make a political statement will work about as well as teaching abstinence in sex ed and expecting teenagers not to try sex anyway.

Still, that hasn't stopped a Ugandan politician from trying.

A Ugandan opposition politician on Thursday urged his male supporters to go on sex strike until their wives promise not to vote for the ruling party in upcoming national elections.Most analysts believe the February poll will return long-running President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party to power.

"You say you are opposition supporters but your wives are still voting for the NRM," Stanley Kalembaye told a group of men at a town hall meeting, part of which was screened on the East African country's NTV television channel.

"I suggest you tell them you will deny them conjugal rights until they change parties."

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, who is running for mayor in the southwestern Mbarara town, said the men should explain to their wives that NRM rule had led to unemployment and lack of growth.

Sex and sexuality has been used to make political statements all over the world. PETA gets naked because that's the only way they're going to get any real attention. But asking a man to stop having sex? That's not going to work.

"They should try to explain the situation to their wives who may not hear about it when they are home with the children," Kalembaye told Reuters.

"But if they are frustrated their wives don't understand, they may deny sex."

Sex strikes have been used as political weapons in African countries before -- but they are more usually organized by women against men.

Thousands of Kenyan women claimed to deny their husbands sex last year in a bid to end post election strife and a group of Liberian women did the same in a campaign that many say played a role in ending that country's lengthy civil war.

What Kalembaye should realize is that when wives start withholding sex, change happens.

Of all the sick and twisted things that people make up about the vagina, this has to be up there with the grossest.

It's called The Blue Waffle Disease.

So, here we go:

- itching and the vagina inflammation

- vaginal discharge different than usual. It is different in color, smell and quantity.

- The vaginal area may have partial color changes. Some spots may be lighter, like a discoloration.

- Blue or purple colored vaginal area Now, all the mentioned above looks pretty similar to “vaginitis”, which may occur for different reasons, and the main would be lowered immunity and/or mechanical damages inside the vagina, that came from the lack of lubrication or use of unsuitable objects while masturbating. Keep in mind that vaginitis goes away by itself, spontaneously, just like it came, in the first place.

Have you ever seen blue or purple secretions from your vagina? What are you — a Smurf? If you've seen the pictures, which are too gross for me to post here (feel free to Google it), then you probably want to go and take a shower. But this is a fake disorder.

'Blue Waffle Disease' is a vaginal infection of mythic proportions. Images of this fictional disease started appearing on the internet on March 18, 2010. The gross and graphic nature of the images distracted readers from the actual symptoms of vaginitis, a malady unique to women.

Vaginitis manifests itself through itching and inflammation of the vagina. The normal vaginal discharge becomes clumpy and may have a strong smell. Bacteria grow normally in every woman's vagina, helping to maintain vaginal health by normalizing an acid pH and keeping potentially bad bacteria from multiplying. In the case of vaginitis there is an abnormal discharge, itching that may be mild or severe, and a burning feeling in the vulva.

Vaginitis may be caused by lowered resistance to disease due to stress or poor diet. The use of underwear that does not 'breathe' and the use of 'feminine hygiene sprays' can also cause vaginitis. Usually the condition goes away of its own accord. A visit to the doctor may be necessary in chronic cases.

Other causes (according to Our Bodies Ourselves) are "taking birth control pills, other hormones, or antibiotics; diabetes or a pre-diabetic condition; cuts, abrasions, and other irritations in the vagina (from childbirth, intercourse without enough lubrication, tampons, or using an instrument in the vagina medically or for masturbation). [Women] can also get infections during sex with a partner who has [infections]. Chronic vaginal infections may be a sign of serious medical problems such as HIV infection and diabetes."

In conclusion, if someone tells you to Google "Blue Waffle" be prepared to get grossed out.

A popular rapper has a song called "Becky" and he's not talking about his love for a chick named Rebecca, he's talking about getting oral sex — or head as Prince and the kids say.

Hip-hop stations played this song by Plies in heavy rotation. Kids downloaded it from iTunes in droves. Everybody wanted that "Becky." So, this study, which says oral sex often precedes intercourse for teens, is surprising to who? Uninformed parents? People who don't listen to the radio? Republicans who wanted to impeach former President Bill Clinton?

Among students who had their first experience with oral sex in ninth grade, all but 9% had had vaginal sex by the end of 11th grade, the study found. Eighty percent of teens who had not had oral sex by the end of 11th grade also had not had vaginal sex.

Most teens said they had intercourse within or after the same six-month period as their first experience with oral sex. Teens largely tended to have oral sex before vaginal sex, rather than the opposite. The study revealed no differences in sexual progression between genders or races.

The question that I'd like the answer to is, why has oral sex become accepted with the teen set? If you're over 30, you remember in high school that being known as the girl who "went down" wasn't a badge of honor. And let's be honest, having oral sex as a teenager is kind of gross — particularly if you're dealing with teen boys. They aren't known as being the cleanest.

Also, we never hear about boys performing oral sex on girls they date.

Sex education programs often ignore the role of oral sex in teens' sexual behavior, instead focusing on abstaining from intercourse and safer sex practices, according to Halpern-Felsher. The study's "findings highlight the need for health care providers, health educators and parents to include discussions of oral sex within a comprehensive sexual education curriculum," she said, adding, "Teens often do not consider oral sex to be sex, and thus might discount these messages as not applying or relevant to their own behaviors."

It's time for sex education programs in schools to take their morals out of the curriculum and teach teens the dangers, pleasures and responsibilities of all types of sex. They're already doing it; we need to make sure they're being safe.

We all hate office parties. I know I have a co-worker who would rather dig her teeth out of her mouth with a rusted butter knife than attend the yearly Christmas bash at one of my jobs. But what recently happened at a hotel in Oregon was just plain gross.

A hotel employee in Eugene, Ore., is suing her boss after she had a company get together and employees were encouraged to play ring toss on her husband's penis. But wait there's more.

The husband danced nude and masturbated publicly, and guests guessed the size and circumference of his penis, and his wife handed out sex toys as prizes for correct guesses.

Jessica Webber sued the Markum Inn in Federal Court, alleging civil rights violations, sexual harassment, hostile workplace and constructive termination.

She says she worked for 3 years at the hotel owned by Ward and Julie Frederick until their outlandish behavior forced her to quit.

Webber says that in December 2008 Julie Frederick showed her a letter from her husband, "promising to fulfill any sexual fantasy."

Mrs. Frederick often "talked about her sexual fantasies and asked plaintiff and other employees for advice or suggestions," according to the complaint.

On April 18, 2009, she says, the Fredericks threw a private party at the hotel on a day when Webber was scheduled to work until 11 p.m. She claims Mrs. Frederick told employees she had hired a male stripper to perform, as a "practice run" for a bachelorette party.

The Fredericks invited female employees, customers and friends to the party, according to the complaint.

Webber says that during her shift, "Mrs. Frederick handed out a questionnaire to plaintiff and others with questions relating to the genitalia of the male stripper and Mr. Frederick, including questions regarding the size and circumference of Mr. Frederick's penis. Mrs. Frederick also showed plaintiff a bag of adult sex toys that she intended to hand out as gifts at the party for correctly answered questions."

This party isn't even appropriate for your closest girlfriends. I've been to some wild Pleasure parties, bachelorette parties and drunken house parties and not one involved a ring toss on someone's penis. At times, I rail about how sexually repressed we are as a society, but this is beyond bad taste. You can't force sex on someone in the workplace. There's nothing fun or funny about subjecting your employees, or your husband for that matter, to such a degrading event. I hope this woman wins her lawsuit.

There's been a lot of discussion about sexuality around Charlotte these days. There's the Let Love Reign exhibit, which puts a local face on the same-sex marriage debate; it's on display on a billboard and the Gil Gallery in Uptown.

I was quite surprised, however, that Matthews, a quaint and conservative area of Mecklenburg County, would be home to this event:

Is Homosexuality America’s Greatest Moral Crisis?

Debate Tonight: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dr. Michael Brown Debate the Issue of Homosexuality in our Country, in Light of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Current Cultural Events

Charlotte, N.C.—The capriciousness regarding a potential ban on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy has incited controversy among the Obama Administration, District Judges and U.S. Citizens. The policy, which has been active for 17 years, prohibits homosexuals in the military from discussing or acting on their sexual orientation, as well as forbids military officers from investigating or questioning the orientation of any soldier. This limitation and Mr. Obama’s failed promise to overturn it, in addition to the ever-present issue of homosexual marriage, has created uproar among civil rights activists and gays throughout the country.

In response to the culturally crucial and extremely controversial issue of homosexual rights in America, Southern Evangelical Seminary will be hosting a debate between international best-selling author and speaker Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dr. Michael Brown, host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio broadcast, on the issue of homosexuality in our country, as it relates to current cultural issues such as “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the perpetual issue of homosexual marriage. The experts will examine the question—is homosexuality America’s greatest moral crisis?

WHAT: Debate: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach vs. Dr. Michael Brown—“Is Homosexuality America’s Greatest Moral Crisis?”

WHERE: Southern Evangelical Seminary

3000 Tilley Morris Road

Matthews, NC 28105

WHEN: Monday, November 1, 7:00 pm ET

WHO: Southern Evangelical Seminary

Normally, I stay out of politics. For one, I ruined my chances of running for office when I was in college. Two, who I vote for is my business and three, if they don't have a sex tape, I don't care.

That being said, I still have to say this, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James is a real piece of work. He's said bigoted things, he's attacked gays and lesbians and obviously hates art. Charlotte's Arts and Science Council has been under attack by James for years. So, it is no surprise that an upcoming Channel 9 (WSOC) news story got his tighty whities in a bunch.

Here's what James e-mailed today:

Charlotte art project connects to porno movie

Statement from Arts and Science Council Below

No info on movie referenced in barcode in public art

I-phone App evidently scans art barcode and then links to movie

All in red letters to get everyone's attention. To James's credit, he did enclose a message from the ASC president, which basically says Channel 9 is going too far with this story and the artist was not putting porn on a public art project — and no public money was used.

ASC is disappointed that, based on the facts, WSOC is creating a story that would drive traffic to this adult purchasing site, which is clearly not endorsed or supported by ASC. We are also disappointed that the integrity of the artist, Zack Northington, who obviously could not see into the future, could be called into question in this story. Based on the facts as we know them, he could not have anticipated that someday a component of his artwork could be used to navigate adult content over the internet.

Here's my question: Who hops out of their car, off the bus or light rail, takes an iPhone and scans a piece of art? You, sir, may not be a porn freak (and I'm sure if we went through that handy dandy iPhone of yours there would be porn) but you're still a freak.

If Charlotte is going to grow out of i's Mayberry Mentality, we're going to have ban the Barney Fifes from the Apple store and vote James off the Board of County Commissioners. If only someone would grow a pair and run against him.

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When I think about all of the "celebrity" sex tapes I've suffered through in the past — Kim K. and Ray J, Tommy Lee and the Baywatch chick, and Colin Farrell and the Playboy bunny with the sex addiction — I am so disappointed that I won't get a chance to see John Edwards' tape.

Let me take you back to the fuckery that led to the allegations that Edwards and his side piece/baby mama, Rielle Hunter had taped their act of "love."

Hunter worked for Edwards' political action committee in 2006, shooting behind-the-scenes video as the Democrat prepared to launch his second White House campaign. Edwards acknowledged earlier this year that he fathered a child with Hunter. He and Elizabeth Edwards have separated after more than 30 years of marriage.

While running for president, Edwards and Hunter thought it would be a great idea to make a sex tape. After all, in this digital age, who would ever find out? (Please recognize the sarcasm in that statement.) Well, somehow — perhaps because she was renting a home from him — former Edwards aide Andrew Young found the alleged tape.

Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter is suing to reclaim materials, including the video, saying they were taken from a box of her personal belongings. Young, who has said he helped keep Hunter in hiding during the 2008 presidential campaign, contends the tape was found amid trash that Hunter left behind in a home that he was renting.

Which brings us to a judge (Boo, Mr. Judge, boo: Where were you when Ms. Kardashian needed you to save us from that boring sex tape?), ruling that:

"If it should come to this court's attention that it's being exploited for any reason in the media, I won't hesitate to use the court's contempt authority. Money is not a punishment here, so we would be talking about time," Fox said, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. "This is not grist for the media mill."

It's pure morbid curiosity that makes me want to see the Edwards sex tape. Does he allow his lover to touch his $400 hair? Do they do something straight out of a porn magazine or some new age love making? Sick that I want to know this, I know. But really, why keep it a secret? Imagine if Edwards had been elected president or even been President Barack Obama's choice for VP. Could you imagine how the Tea Party and the G.O.P would be fighting to have the contents of this tape plastered all over Fox News?

Oh well, I guess we will never know what Johnny is working with.

Nearly two decades ago, an accusation of sexual harassment was big news. But it didn't derail anyone's career, just ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. After all, it was his confirmation hearing that brought sexual harassment into our living rooms everyday. And the testimony of Professor Anita Hill was more compelling than the Young and The Restless.

But, Thomas was confirmed as a justice, Hill was believed by some, thought of as a liar by other. She wrote a book, she moved on. Thomas sits on the bench, like a bump on a log, making decisions that don't matter and erode the rights of women (which shows me that Anita Hill was telling the truth). And 20 years have passed. Hill is a professor at Brandies University and we haven't heard from her since her book was released in the 1990s.

And then Virginia Thomas picked up the phone. Ginni, as she called herself in the voice mail she left Hill, is the wife of Clarence Thomas. She wants Hill to apologize to her husband. Really? Really?

"I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day," Thomas said.

Maybe "Ginni" ought to get on the phone to rape victims next and ask then to apologize to the brute who raped them. Better yet, she should take a job with the Catholic Church and call all of the victims of the priests who touched them and demand an apology to the priests.

Hill had the best response to Virgina Thomas's foolishness:

In her statement, Hill said, "I certainly thought the call was inappropriate."

I'm going to step out on a limb here and translate that: "*itch Please."

And Hill isn't going to apologize and she should not. Virgina Thomas should apologize for being so stupid and insensitive.

Much like he his when it's time to make a ruling from the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas is totally silent on the issue.

Now there is an online petition seeking an apology to Hill from Clarence Thomas. So far, more than 8,000 people have signed it.

Virginia Thomas is asking the wrong person to apologize. Demand Clarence Thomas apologize to Anita Hill.

Virginia Thomas is a well known Tea Party activist who founded a shadowy right-wing organization in the wake of Citizens United.⁴ Her agenda in approaching Anita Hill with her outrageous request is unclear. But it's yet another example of brazen attempts by Tea Party adherents to rewrite history and claim victimhood for the powerful even as they launch attack after attack on minority groups -- be they women, gays, African Americans, or immigrants.

We shouldn't ignore this bizarre incident. We should accept Virginia Thomas' challenge and defend history as we know it.