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By Natalie Morris For total beginners. the world of BDSM can seem incredibly intimidating and miles out of your comfort zone – but there simple ways to ease yourself into it, if you’re curious. If you only have the vaguest sense of what BDSM actually is, you might ask yourself a number of questions before …
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— What Makes It Different & Where To Find It by Alex Shea There are a lot of issues with mainstream porn: It tends to be totally centered on what’s hot for men, can often depict women in a degrading or dehumanizing way, and isn’t always made or shared in a way that’s fair or …
by Susan Hardwick-Smith, MD When it comes to midlife and sexuality, what are the stories that need to be challenged if we want to be among the sexually woke? Inasmuch as these stories are causing harm or are not true, what might be a healthier way to view the same situation? As an example, let …
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By Julia Naftulin Talking about STIs with a new sexual partner can feel uncomfortable because it’s not something we were taught to do, but the conversation is essential for your health. First consider what type of confirmation you need from your partner, whether it’s their word or written documentation. Then, be straightforward in asking. You …
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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 …
Bisexual people have poorer mental, physical and sexual health than either heterosexuals or homosexuals. We explore why. by Suryatapa Mukherjee Bisexual+ people often feel like the protagonist of the Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken. It feels like we are standing at a fork in the road, with two paths before us, one leading …
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– or at all by Paisley Gilmour We often hear terms like ‘blue balls’ and ‘sexual frustration’ – but what are the real physical and mental effects of a dry spell? In our sex-obsessed society, people who don’t have sex ever or for a very long time are often seen as abnormal or unusual. For …
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By Áine Aventin Parents and children need to be able to discuss sex – but often they avoid these conversations. As part of our sex education research, we spoke to UK teenagers about why they don’t talk to their parents about sex. Visions of excruciating embarrassment topped the list. We also spoke to parents who …
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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 Kells McPhillips BDSM is a tidy acronym for a broad range of sexual preferences that relate to physical control, usually broken into six components, “bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism,” according to Ali Hebert and Angela Weaver, professors in the department of psychology at St. Francis Xavier University, writing in …
— 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 Matthew Solan If you believe those upbeat, seductive advertisements, men only need to pop a pill to awaken their dormant sex life. Whether the problem is erectile dysfunction (ED) — the inability to maintain an erection for sex — or low libido, ED medications appear to be the quickest and easiest solution. While these …
By Bilal Qureshi As 2019 drew to a close, Merriam-Webster declared the pronoun “they,” reconfigured as a non-binary gender identifier, its “word of the year.” The authoritative choice to cement a once-contentious usage affirmed the expansion of both the language and the politics of gender and sexuality in recent years. As of this summer, the …
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Audio erotica and mindfulness could be the answer By Alex Peters Sexual wellness app Ferly is promoting female pleasure through mindfulness For Dr Anna Hushlak it’s not about getting off, it’s about how you get there. That’s why she, along with co-founder Billie Quinlan, created Ferly, a safe space for women to help us get …
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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