Sex Advice With An Edge
— What is it and how does it work? by Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito Sex surrogate therapy is a three-way therapeutic relationship to help a person feel more comfortable with sex, sensuality, and sexuality. It involves working with a licensed therapist and a surrogate partner to manage potential issues with intimacy. Also known as surrogate-assisted therapy …
And is it just another word for “bisexual?” By Anna Iovine If you identify as straight but are open to queer experiences, you’re not alone. You may be called “heteroflexible,” a portmanteau that signals being “mostly straight” with a flexibility towards same-sex attraction. What does heteroflexibility mean? There’s not an objective definition of heteroflexibility. In …
— Everything You Need To Know When you think of a dom and sub relationship, your mind might immediately go to Fifty Shades of Grey, but there’s so much more to it than what we usually see in pop culture. A dom-sub relationship is more than the whips, ropes, and role play. By Stephanie Barnes …
Defining the terms and risks that come with unconventional relationships By Michelle Talsma Everson Chris Deaton and Elisha Thompson have been together over a dozen years and share a home lined with photos of family and friends in the college town of Tempe, Ariz., where they both work at Arizona State University. Both are graduate …
By Kelly Gonsalves Sometimes, you want sex that goes beyond the physical: sex that’s full of powerful emotions, simultaneously intense and tender, almost spiritual. Not just two bodies intertwining, but also two souls. Sexual romance is the experience of expressing feelings of love, passion, and care through erotic touch. So, to have more romantic sex, …
Some pundits say that talking with little kids about sex and gender primes them to be taken advantage of. Sex-ed researchers say that the opposite is true. By Olga Khazan If you ask some (okay, many) conservative pundits, Democrats are “grooming” children. As in, grooming them to be abused by pedophiles. Some Republicans have even …
I finally stopped hiding my fat body in bed. By Lauren Gordon My husband and I have been together since I was 18, and I’ve only had sex with him. Sex with my husband now that we’re in our 30s is way better than when we were in our 20s. Accepting my body as it …
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— And how can it help? by Beth Sissons Spanking therapy uses spanking as a form of release. People may choose to take part in spanking therapy to release stress and responsibility, explore power roles, or work through negative emotions or trauma. However, there is limited scientific research on spanking therapy and its effectiveness. People …
Studies of transgender kids are revealing fascinating insights about gender in the brain By Kristina R. Olson The TransYouth Project is an ongoing research study following more than 300 transgender and gender-nonconforming kids for 20 years to learn how their gender identity develops. Results so far show that trans children have just as firm a …
Talking about sex is going to be awkward, but it doesn’t have to be weird. By Christian Dashiell If having the sex talk with your kid feels overwhelming, chances are that the idea of having multiple sex talks will induce a full-on panic. But one of the biggest mistakes parents can make when it comes …
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Actionable steps to help you get in the mood. By Rachel Thompson Rifling through a chest of drawers, I found an old photograph that I’d hidden in the hope I’d never again have to set eyes on it. It was taken 15 years ago on a beach in France, and I was wearing a bikini. …
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By Natasha Weiss We talk a lot about foreplay and what happens during sex, but what we don’t talk about enough is what happens after. Aftercare is a broad term for how you and your partner support each other and check-in after you’ve had sex. Sex can ramp us up and leave us with all …
By Natalie Morris Open relationships are all about freedom – but that doesn’t mean you don’t also have to set some ground rules. Entering into an open relationship, or opening up an existing relationship, is not a decision that should be made lightly. It takes some serious consideration, and part of that should probably include …
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By ELIZABETH KIEFER Once upon a time, that time being 1982, there was sex. And then, suddenly, there was sex. The difference? A teensy half-inch ribbed nub on the upper front wall of your vagina. Scientists—and magazines (hi) and books and sex-toy companies and movies and TV shows and your roommates and your sex-ed teacher—reported …
Gender exists on a spectrum, with several gender identities to choose from There’s so much diversity in how we identify ourselves and the way we express love for one another. Just as there are different kinds of love, we can become sexually and romantically attracted to our partners in different ways (if we experience sexual …
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