Finally, scientists have “explained” low libido in women, solving one of the greatest mysteries of civilization, and it turns out, we only have our brains to blame.

According to the study (yes, another study) by Wayne State University in Detroit, women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) are in fact suffering from a legitimate disorder and not whining about symptoms they just made up. Researchers sat a variety of women down in front of televised images and monitored their brain activity via MRI scans. Subjects with libido issues showed different brain activity than those with healthy sex drives.

Researcher Dr Michael Diamond said of the findings, "Being able to identify physiological changes, to me, provides significant evidence that it's a true disorder as opposed to a societal construct. The study provides a physical basis suggesting that it is a true physiological disorder.” Well, good. Women deeply troubled by their lack of desire now can enjoy a sense of legitimacy. But, we have to wonder—did the researchers have truly altruistic intent, or did they just want to sit around watching porn all day?

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Porn has a hard life around the world. Afghanistan has just shut down 17 Internet cafes in the city of Kabul because they allow surfers access to “immoral websites;” China has just demanded 47 websites to remove erotic novels or face total shutdown; and the Turkish publisher of Guillaume Apollinaire’s The Exploits of a Young Don Juan faces possible jail time in his home country—but there’s a small light a the end of that tunnel. The International Publishers Association (IPA) has given the Turkish publisher its Freedom to Publish award.

Irfan Sanci, who runs Turkish publishing house Sel, currently faces up to nine years in prison for publishing what Turkish officials call a banned book. There are 70 other authors on trial for the words they have written in the country, mostly for defamation of the Turkish government. Sanci will be presented with the IPA award on Nov. 2, which coincides with the date of his next court hearing.

Sanci told The Guardian newspaper, “I am being punished in my own country but am also getting an international award. This is tragic.”

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Everyone’s waiting with bated breath for the hit TV show Glee to air their Rocky Horror Picture Show episode—and many fans of the 1975 cult classic are a little miffed, because Dr. Frank-N-Furter will be played by a girl.

Glee music producer Adam Anders told PopEater, “They're up in arms about that. But, really, why can't a girl be the transvestite?” Well, for one, she’d have to dress up as a boy, not as a boy dressed up as a girl, because then she’s just dressing like a girl—and that does not a transvestite make.

But, Anders went on to say that Glee “is about inclusion,” which was a major theme of the original Rocky Horror, so maybe the kids are alright. Still, wouldn’t it have been cooler to see John Stamos as the “sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania?”