Sex Advice With An Edge
By Briana Beaver “Can you even have sex?” Scooting back on my massage table, I brace myself against the wall. Taken aback by the abrupt question, I consider my response. “Yes, I can.” The truth is I am embarrassed to admit I’ve had this conversation with a few men. Having a physical disability and related …
by Emma Sandler Sexual wellness and feminine health have become dominating topics within the broader beauty and wellness industries, but Gen Z’s response to these products and its marketing is still undetermined. According to Pew Research Center, there are approximately 67 million Gen Zers in the U.S., of which 35% are older than 18. As …
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By Thom Waite For people who aren’t particularly open when it comes to sex and sexuality, BDSM can be difficult to understand, even though previous reports suggest that its practitioners tend to have better sex. Now, a new study suggests that the pleasure associated with BDSM is also scientifically provable. Published in The Journal of …
By Julia Naftulin Cuckolding is a sexual fetish where a person like to watch or listen while their partner has sex with someone else. The term recently cropped up in mainstream media when former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. resigned from his role after his business partner told Reuters Falwell had partaken in the …
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From Erotic To Romantic By Kesiena Boom, M.S. Foreplay is traditionally defined as the physically and emotionally intimate acts that two people engage in to turn themselves on before having sexual intercourse. But these days, the concept of foreplay can seem a little antiquated and heteronormative as society moves toward a more expansive view of …
— Even When You Are by Melissa Fabello As a proud (and loud about it) bisexual woman, I often find young queer (or questioning) women in my online inboxes — mostly asking if bisexual is the right label for them to use and describe their experiences of attraction. Most commonly, I’m asked if bisexual identity …
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By Christina Tesoro Who is your authentic sexual self? It’s a question rarely posed, and difficult to answer. As a therapist who specializes in holistic sex education and pleasure-focused care, I often find that this is the question many of my clients are desperate to answer. The impact of being in the dark about our …
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When the pandemic hit, couples found themselves worrying about getting sick, losing income, teaching their children at home while working full time (or worrying full time about sending them to school). It hardly makes a perfect recipe for sex. The stress has been too much for one Texas couple in their mid-40s with two children, …
A cheat sheet for making that dreaded conversation a little less awkward, and a lot more effective. By Charles Duhigg According to experts, if your son is 12, he’s probably seen porn. Have you talked about this with him yet? Do you know what to say? Journalist Peggy Orenstein has interviewed more than 100 teenage …
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By AnnaMarie Houlis When we talk about orgasms, it covers a wide range of conversations. After all, orgasms manifest differently for everyone — they may feel different, come through different sensations, last for different durations and affect us in a wealth of different ways. In fact, they may even derive from different pleasure points. And …
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By Mary Grace Garis Sex therapist and cognitive scientist Nan Wise, PhD, author of Good Sex Matters, has been exploring sex from all angles since becoming a psychotherapist in the 1980s (she became a certified sex therapist in 2008). And through it all, one common sexual problem keeps coming up in her work. “As a …
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Sex and relationship therapist knows from experience, open relationships can be pathway to happiness By: Jen Zoratti Before she literally wrote a book on open relationships, Winnipeg sex and relationship therapist Susan Wenzel was in a monogamous marriage with her husband Denys. That is, until, he came to her wanting to discuss opening their marriage. …
For starters, know that this is a couple problem… not a you problem. By Steph Auteri My husband’s idea of a fantastic evening is to “Netflix and chill.” My idea of a fantastic evening is to pull on palazzo-style lounge pants, crawl into bed by 9 p.m., and read until I pass out. I could …
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By Jera Brown When cartoonist Sharon Rosenzweig was 45 and going through a divorce, she felt the pressure to meet someone new right away. “By the time I’m in my fifties,” she remembers thinking, “I’m going to be so old, I won’t even be interested in sex anymore.” She had this idea that menopause would …
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What The Research Tells Us By Kelly Gonsalves If you’re married and not very happy with your sex life at the moment, it’s normal to wonder about…well, what’s normal. Here’s what we know about how often married couples have sex, according to research and experts. But first an important note: “It’s important to know that …
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