In 2009, after a controversy involving the Saddleback Church, the column defined "saddlebacking" as "the phenomenon of Christian teens engaging in unprotected anal sex in order to preserve their virginities".
The season one story arc was inspired by the sex advice column Savage Love, written by Dan Savage.
I Love Lucy | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Love | The Love Boat | Walter Savage Landor | From Russia with Love (film) | Shakespeare in Love | Savage Islands | Michael Savage | Courtney Love | Big Love | Adam Savage | The Love Bug | John Savage | Thomas Love Peacock | Love's Labour's Lost | Love Parade | Love and Rockets | Love, American Style | Love Actually | love | From Russia with Love | Savage, Maryland | Love Story | Dan Savage | Burning Love | A Love Supreme | What's Love Got to Do with It | New York, I Love You | Mike Love |
She was seen as breaking new ground in the public discussion of sex and sexuality, later to be joined by other sex columnists such as Candace Bushnell, who wrote the column "Sex and the City" for The New York Observer; and Dan Savage, creator of the syndicated column Savage Love.