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Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO and baked potato Roger Ailes is unusually public, says the Chicago Tribune, which could severely impact when and how Ailes will leave the network. Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle defended Ailes, saying, "He's a champion of women... I've talked to 30, at least, fellow colleagues at Fox, and not one of them said anything inappropriate was ever said or transpired." Guilfoyle continued, "Roger isn't inappropriate at all. And he almost always gives useful tips during his morning blowjob."

A topless photo and alleged "sex tape" of the Virgin Islands Democratic Senate nominee Stacey Plaskett circulated the internet this week, before being taken down. Political pundits are saying that this shouldn't affect the upcoming election, however, due to the fact that most of her fellow Congresspeople she'd be working with don't know where the Virgin Islands are.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement Monday, imploring pediatricians to initiate more thorough conversations with their young adult patients about sex. The Academy would like to see pediatricians across the country talking to their patients about contraceptives, as well as how to have responsible sex, and healthy relationships. Pediatricians speculate that this method should prove to be more useful than Becky telling you about that one time when she walked into her parents' bedroom and she was just looking for some money to buy jelly beans but they were doing something weird and she got a stomach ache.

Meanwhile in Europe, Sweden's Public Health Agency is launching a 3-year study into Swedes' sex lives. The goal of the study is to better understand what people find enjoyable, rather than just focusing on social sexual issues, like veneral diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and rape. Said their Health Minister Gabriel Wikstrom, "How can we change attitudes when so many people, from parents to teachers to senior officials, are so obviously uncomfortable when talking about sex?" Surveys conducted by Swedish tabloids show that Swedes are having less sex, and the study also aims to discover if that's the case, and if so, why. Some Swedes speculate that it may be because everybody's so damn blond and everything is so damn perfect so what's the point anymore.