Paul Abramson

A Cancer on the Office

Blackjack With Pedophiles: Why Gambling on Our Ability to Stop Sex Offenders Isn't the Way to Go

By Dr. Paul Abramson and L.J. Williamson Riot Act is a semi-regular column that challenges conventional wisdom in controversial issues In 2008, a 35-year-old LAUSD teacher got one of his fifth-grade students alone in the classroom at lunchtime, and convinced the 10-year-old boy to masturbate him t ... More >>

Condoms Still Suck, No Matter What Joycelyn Elders Thinks (She's on Trojan's Payroll)

By Dr. Paul R. Abramson & L.J. WilliamsonThe good news: Joycelyn Elders, former surgeon general of the United States, reads L.A. Weekly!The bad news: She's pissed at us. We made Dr. Elders mad because we said that condoms suck.Maybe if we hadn't said anything, no one would have noticed. Maybe inste ... More >>

Safety in Rubbers

By Dr. Paul R. Abramson & L.J. WilliamsonThe good news: Joycelyn Elders, former surgeon general of the United States, reads L.A. Weekly!The bad news: She's pissed at us. We made Dr. Elders mad because we said that condoms suck.Maybe if we hadn't said anything, no one would have noticed. Maybe inste ... More >>

Condoms Suck

We're spending billions to develop an HIV vaccine. Why not also focus on building a better condom?

A Woman Who Paints Pictures of Penises

Paul Abramson, the UCLA psychology professor who helped spearhead our sex issue (on newsstands tomorrow), has a YouTube channel called Hellflowers in L.A., in which he examines various fascinating characters in our fair city. After the jump, check out one of his videos, on a woman who creates paint ... More >>

LA Weekly's Top 11 News Stories of 2011

And here we thought 2010 was a sexy one for Los Angeles. Our most popular news stories in 2011 make last year's fare -- alleged John Travolta sightings at a gay spa, Vegas broads who sell sex to make rent -- look wholesome by comparison. Los Angeles was a blur of nude pics and racy murders these la ... More >>

Constitutional Right to Sex

And here we thought 2010 was a sexy one for Los Angeles. Our most popular news stories in 2011 make last year's fare -- alleged John Travolta sightings at a gay spa, Vegas broads who sell sex to make rent -- look wholesome by comparison. Los Angeles was a blur of nude pics and racy murders these la ... More >>

Give Sodomy a Chance

Sexual rights are protected by the Constitution, if only the U.S. Supreme Court would open its eyes

Sex and This City

What are Angelenos looking for when out on the town? Sex, a hug, a relationship, more sex

UCLA Sex Survey Results: Threesomes, Celebrity Affairs, Masturbation, and How to Prevent Nude Photos of You Turning Up on Facebook

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Pundits of Punk

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Writes Fiction?

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Paul Abramson: The Sexpert

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ...

... written by and for straight women