Sex Advice With An Edge
By Jesse Singal The concept of “sex addiction” has become deeply embedded in our culture — people toss the term around pretty easily, and it’s the subject of TV shows, documentaries, and a profitable cottage industry of treatment centers. The problem is, as Science of Us has noted before, the scientific evidence for sex addiction …
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Myths about LGBTQ sexual health need debunking – and healthcare professionals are part of the problem By Phoebe-Jane Boyd “Use a condom, the pill, or get an IUD – avoid pregnancy” was the drill from sexual health practitioners who came to speak at my comprehensive school in Kent. There wasn’t much detail or thought beyond, …
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By Zoey Miller [H]ow to Touch a Woman: Everything You Need to Know About the Female Orgasm Are you wanting to become a better lover? Do you want to make a woman go wild? Is your ultimate goal to please a woman and drive her to the best orgasm she’s ever had? If you want …
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By YManager [E]ver heard of the term gay-for-pay? What about MSM? People are slowly coming to terms with the fact that straight is not the only sexual orientation there is out there, and sexuality while often conflated with gender is not the same thing. It has taken public marches and private protests and the lives …
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Most people assume getting saucy under the sheets it just for the young, but what about the young at heart? By Ashley Macleod and Marita McCabe [S]exuality encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction and what we think, feel and believe about them. It has been a research focus …
By Nara Schoenberg [F]or many writers, it would have been an occasion to celebrate: Hazel McClay’s book group had chosen to read an anthology containing an essay that McClay herself had written. But McClay’s essay was about being happy in a low-sex relationship, a sensitive topic in a culture where intense desire is widely celebrated. …
Scientists think they know how to cure your problem – and it’s all down to chocolate By Victoria Allen A ‘chocolate hormone’ could help to get couples in the mood for sex and fall more deeply in love. [K]isspeptin, which is named after a chocolate snack, is the hormone in the brain which kickstarts puberty. …
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By Eric Vilas-Boas [T]oday in news that may leave you joyous, exuberant, and otherwise rapt with passion: All the numbers point to Americans having lots and lots more sex than they used to — at least according to this infographic produced by sex psychologist Dr. Justin Lehmiller, based off research reported to the General Social Survey. …
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By Dante Noe Raquel II [T]he act of intimate sex has been evolving over millions of years as an apparatus to deliver sperm to eggs and initiate pregnancy. Currently, we look at the social and mental aspects of health benefits that are a importance of consenting sexual relationships, or the pursuit of them. Sex Brings …
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Look for Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE! The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli 4. The Trouble With Threesomes Health Risks Sex between two people can provide a host of infections and diseases; sex among three people triples those odds. A threesome is riskier than sex …
Look for Part 1 HERE! The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli So, why are we so intrigued by threesomes when at least two of the same gender must participate? 2. The Object Of Simultaneous Desire The idea of being simultaneously loved and adored by two males, two …
The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli [M]ost men have fantasized about it, and most women have been propositioned for it: a threesome. A ménage à trois has appeal for several reasons, including the allure of being the center of sexual pleasure, while pleasing others at the same …
By LISA DAMOUR Parents play a key role in shaping sexual decision-making among adolescents — especially for girls. A 2016 review of more than three decades of research found that teenagers who communicated with their parents about sex used safer sexual practices. Likewise, new research from Dutch investigators who studied nearly 3,000 teenagers found that …
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All you need is a pen and paper By Kashmira Gander Writhing about naked, covered in sweat: sex is one of the most uninhibited things you can do with another person. So it’s sort of odd that a lot of us are so terrible at talking about it. And whether a relationship is in those heady …
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More people are dating in middle age, but are they looking after their sexual health? By Alana Kirk [W]ith more middle-aged people dating, or starting new relationships than ever before, are we taking enough care and consideration of our sexual health? When we think of the faces behind recent statistics that are showing a rise …
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