30 Ideas To Spice Up Sexual Foreplay —

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 …

Why some women ignore sexual discomfort and settle for bad sex

By Kellie Scott Amelia*, 38, recently told her long-term boyfriend she experiences pain during sex. He asked, “Why didn’t you tell me before?” “I did tell him the times it was unbearable … but there were times where the pain wasn’t ‘that bad’ so I endured it,” Amelia says. “His question made me question myself …

8 tips to have better and more intense orgasms

By Ava English To have a better orgasm, stimulate your c-spot, p-spot, or g-spot. To have a more intense orgasm, try edging or kegel exercises. There’s no evidence that masturbating or watching porn less frequently can improve your orgasm. Regardless of what you call it — climaxing, coming, or finishing — orgasms are often considered …

9 Ways Non-Monogamous People Are Dealing With the Pandemic

Communication, communication, communication. By Gabrielle Smith So. This pandemic thing sucks. We’ve been asked to sacrifice a lot for our personal safety and the collective good, like shrinking down our IRL social circles and quieting our social calendars. But that’s okay! It’s clearly all for a very important reason. Even so, there’s no denying the …

How Sex and Masturbation Are Changing in Quarantine

  By Sandra Song Quarantine has changed our everyday existences, from the workplace to how we consume content to the way we go out and interact with others. The question, however, of ways self-isolation is affecting our sex lives has remained speculative thus far. Because while people have joked about a post-pandemic baby boom and …

12 Video Chat Sex Tips From Women In Long Distance Relationships

By Gabrielle Kassel Thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, pretty much everything you used to do in person—work, happy hour, doc appointments, weddings—have all moved to Zoom, Google Hangouts, and Facetime. But sex? Yep. That too. Katie, 29, a New York-based publicist is one of the unlucky lovebirds who has unexpectedly found herself in a …

Negotiating Safe Socializing Has a Lot in Common With Negotiating Safe Sex

By April Dembosky Ina Park has been in a monogamous marriage for more than 15 years, but she feels like she’s been having one safe sex conversation after another these days. Like, after she and some close friends spent time together without masks on, forcing her to later ask: “Are you seeing other people?” Then, …

Sex, Social Distancing and the Fall Semester

By Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan A recent behind-the-scenes look at the University of Kentucky’s deliberations about the fall semester revealed detailed plans for housing, dining and classes but contained only an oblique reference to students’ social and sexual lives: “Even if administrators could enforce the rules on campus … what about after hours?” The …

Vibrators had a long history as medical quackery before feminists rebranded them as sex toys

By Kim Adams In the contemporary moment of sex-positive feminism, praises for the orgasmic capacity of the vibrator abound. “They’re all-encompassing, a blanket of electricity, that’ll course through your veins, producing orgasms you didn’t know you were physically capable of having,” wrote Erica Moen in her web comic “Oh Joy Sex Toy.” Vibrators today go …

Gay Couples Can Teach Straight People a Thing or Two About Arguing

Same-sex couples, on average, resolve conflict more constructively than different-sex couples, and with less animosity, studies have shown. By Christina Caron Elana Arian and Julia Cadrain, a same-sex couple in Brooklyn, recently fought about a hat. OK, it wasn’t really about the hat. (It never is.) Cadrain likes things tidy. Really tidy. To the point …

25 Ways to Make Your Long Distance Relationship Last

Physical distance shouldn’t be a barrier to happiness.   By Nicol Natale Long distance relationships are challenging. Although you may have strong feelings for your partner, prolonged periods of time apart and a lack of physical intimacy can put any couple’s bond to the test. Deciding to commit to a long-distance relationship is an important …

Futurists predict what your sex life may look like after the pandemic

By Anna Iovine The macro effects of the coronavirus impact are undeniable: Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, mass unemployment, life seemingly suspended in midair. But the pandemic’s impacts have also rippled down to the minutiae of daily life, like social media behavior and messages on dating apps. Uncertainty is now an inescapable presence. As …