What is the latest word from the sexual frontier? It may be “retreat.” Though there is little likelihood that things will ever go back to where they were 30 years ago, the signs are that the sexual avant-garde—those who practice “swinging,” group sex, open marriage, bisexuality and the odder forms of experiment—is in decline. Penthouse Executive Editor Jim Goode says that swinging “has died a natural death.” Feminists report that the faddish experimenting with lesbianism and masturbation by women heterosexuals as a kind of militant withdrawal from normal sex with men is now over. Read More...
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Rob Lowe Rob Lowe consistently rocked the mullet throughout the mid and late '80s. It was part of his bad boy persona in Hollywood's iconic "Brat Pack." Ron Galella - Getty Images ADVERTISEMENT
Andre Agassi The tennis champion's impressive mullet was almost as famous as his domination on the tennis court in the '80s. Bob Martin - Getty Images Scarlett Johansson It seemed like the mullet was maybe in for a full-blown comeback in 2003 when Scarlett Johansson arrived at the 18th Annual IFP Independent Spirit Awards with a very interesting hairstyle. Read More...