Sex Advice With An Edge
by Kelly Gonsalves Amid everything that’s happened this year, it’s possible sex wasn’t your top priority. But here at mbg, we believe intimacy can be a reprieve from the chaos—a source of much-needed relaxation, self-care, and pleasure. Below, here are some of the best tidbits of advice we received from our sexuality experts this year …
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These two terms mean very different things. By Jessica Migala Bisexuality is a sexual identity most people are at least a little familiar with. But what about the term bi-curious—is this a separate identity as well, or is it part of being bisexual? How do you know if you’re bi-curious, anyway? Because the word can …
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With all its stress and uncertainty, this year hasn’t exactly been a banner year for intimacy. But that can change. By Meaghan O’Connell Melissa Petro is a 40-year-old writer who lives in New York with her husband of four years and two children. She and her husband switch off between working and kid duty. According …
Including the most common myths about polyamory and best practices for entering into a polyamorous agreement. By Maressa Brown If you’ve spent even a few minutes on a dating app these days, chances are you’ve encountered profiles that disclose some form of consensual non-monogamy. More and more, people are finding that they prefer to connect …
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— And Why That’s So Important by Gabrielle Smith When the sex positivity movement reached the internet in the mid-aughts, it upended mainstream conversations about sex. Suddenly, health experts and sex educators had a platform to fill the massive gaps in knowledge left by abstinence education and culturally held stigmas. Fast-forward to now and the …
A First-Timer’s Guide to Getting Hard By Adrienne Santos-Longhurst Got questions about erections? Like why do they happen, and usually at the most random times? Or what the heck is dribbling out of it? And what’s up with raging semis? Keep reading, because we’re answering all of your burning questions here. (Not that your boner …
Here’s How to Talk About It. I teach sex ed. In light of a recent report on exploitation of children on the site Pornhub, I have some talking points for parents. By Shafia Zaloom The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s recent report on videos of child sexual abuse on the website Pornhub may have …
When Emma Firth had a sexual awakening, she was surprised to find an inner calm By Kate Moyle For me, a rather happy respite in this s**t show of a year was, unexpectedly, meeting someone and connecting with them sexually. When the pandemic hit in March, establishing a routine was the most prescribed self-care tonic …
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Book shows how heterosexuals can learn from LGBT people to have better relationships By Holly Ober The tragedy of heterosexuality isn’t that men are heterosexual. It’s that they’re not heterosexual enough. That’s according to UC Riverside professor of gender and sexuality studies Jane Ward, whose new book, “The Tragedy of Heterosexuality,” examines marriage manuals, self-help …
Your questions answered by sex-positive pros. By Ali Pantony For most millennials, the words ‘sex education’ probably conjure up images of clinical vulva diagrams, scaremongering STI leaflets, entirely heteronormative textbooks and absolutely tons of bananas encased in condoms. Basically, you know that bit in Mean Girls when the PE teacher tells the class that if …
“Kink Helped My Mental Health.” By Yasmin Lajoie Two years ago, 38-year-old Alice* suddenly went profoundly deaf. She lost her job, her boyfriend dumped her and the relentless tinnitus she experienced led her to have suicidal thoughts. “Before I went deaf, I was stable,” she tells me. “I had trauma but I could live with …
By Marcos Benhamu When Oliver* and his wife opened their 20-year marriage in 2017, a few things had changed since he was last on the dating scene. “I am older, I am a bit tubby around the edges. I can look back at my old pictures and think, ‘Oh my God! I used to be …
— Sex Bots, Virtual Reality, And Smart Sex Toys By Bernard Marr Now that we have intelligent lightbulbs, doorbells, refrigerators, and more, it was only a matter of time before our most primal and intimate lives became smarter through artificial intelligence. Since sextech was allowed to exhibit at CES 2020 among the health and wellness …
People Whose Gender Presentation Defies Expectations By Elizabeth Boskey, PhD A person is considered to be gender non-conforming if their appearance or behavior is not what would be expected for someone else with their same gender or sex. Not every person who is gender non-conforming is transgender or gender diverse, although the two groups are …
—and How To Overcome It By Morgan Mandriota I recently uncovered, in therapy, that I have a shame-based fear of having casual sex; I’ve breathed in toxic sex-shaming messaging from a young age, dating back to middle school, when my dad and I had “the talk.” He walked into my bedroom, told me not to …
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