The slang “natural born freak” is gaining some expert evidence.  Like to be tied up, rode hard, and left wet…or do that to your lover? Well, some scientific theories are swirling that sadomasochism, whether you’re the dom or the sub, is innate. You’re born wanting to get it on with whips, handcuffs, paddles, gags, and leather or for those S&M vegans, pleather.  While sadomasochistic sex has been portrayed in marriage manuals dating all the way back to ancient India, the roots of the desire are still being debated. In 1948, when renowned sex researcher, Alfred Kinsey, claimed nearly 50% of people like to be bitten during sex, scientists were shocked (or at least pretended to be). Ever since, the studies have been pouring in and people have been putting out, telling their deep, dark, dungeony secrets. Sure, some psychoanalysts think that S&M stems from fears of castrations or early childhood shame, but others have a new idea about the sex play. Vivienne Parry, a self-proclaimed S&M loving columnist with a science background [No relation!—Editor], has done her homework and thinks that just like homosexuality, it’s in your genes if you like to get kinky. That it is in fact nature over nurture. Sounds like people are even more bound to bondage than they imagined! [Times]

Remember Tila Tequila?  As MTV’s A Shot at Love serves up a second round, I’m reflecting on season one, when I first fell for Tila.  A bisexual bachelorette sitting pretty on the fence? So my thing. And you know what?  I believed in Tila Tequila.  Right up until the finale, when she gushed to the winner, “In the end, I chose a man…I can be your wifey!”  Wait…wifey?! We’re supposed to be progressing here.  Bicurious experimentation is practically a right of passage for college women – and that’s ballin’ for sexual liberation.  In fact, according to a study by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, same-sex sexual encounters between women have nearly tripled in the last decade. What’s the full scoop?  Campus Confidential takes you undercover(s)!