Sex Advice With An Edge
— She’s ‘Boysober’ The comedian Hope Woodard is spreading the word about her yearlong break from sex and dating. One fan calls it “this year’s hottest mental health craze.” By Marisa Charpentier A flock of mostly 20-somethings gathered on Tuesday night in a chapel-like building in Brooklyn to hear about a subject that has been …
— They used to ask much different sex advice questions in the ’90s. By Rich Juzwiak Ah, the early ’90s: a simpler time. It was before reality TV revolutionized the entitlement of the masses who want to get attention and money for just … existing, before 9/11 and the safety theater of the TSA, before …
— It turns out every part of the narrative we’re taught about how desire works is not merely wrong, but wrongheaded By Emily Nagoski When I first began having long(ish)-term sexual relationships during my college years I believed an old-fashioned narrative about how desire works. We’re told it’s all passion and “spark” early in a …
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— Not all long-term relationships require sex or romantic love. By Beth Ashley Modern relationships continually evolve. Many of us are shaping our relationships in non-traditional ways, moulding them to suit our personal preferences, desires, goals and situations rather than adapting ourselves to traditional relationship styles. For some people, this looks like polyamory or open …
— Experts Say Yes. You may find yourself facing physical changes and emotional challenges, but you can overcome them. By Abby McCoy, RN If you’ve recently gone through lifesaving breast cancer treatment, you may be looking forward to better days ahead. But as you try to get back to “normal life,” you might notice a …
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— STD cases have risen among adults age 65 and older. Should you get screened? By Trisha Pasricha, MD Adults have sex at every age, so it follows that STDs can spread at every age. But my older patients who have new sexual partners are sometimes bewildered when I ask if they want to get …
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— I have no moral objection to infidelity. For me, sex is just sex. By Kate Bailey He and I had been friends in graduate school in New Orleans for seven months when we had sex for the first time. He was engaged at the time to someone else who lived in a different state. …
— Then Her Own Fell Apart. The sex educator Emily Nagoski’s new book on maintaining intimacy in long-term relationships began at home. By Catherine Pearson A decade ago, as the sex educator Emily Nagoski was researching and writing her first book, “Come as You Are” — a soon-to-be best seller exploring the science of women’s …
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— Observe a sexual opposite day. Pretend someone is filming you. Use a lot more lube. By Amy Rose Spiegel It’s somehow already the middle of January, when we’re all totally exhausted by the premise that we need to eat, exercise, clean, or otherwise behave more virtuously all goddamn year long. As you think about …
By Wendy Wisner A prostate massage involves stimulating and massaging the prostate gland with a finger or sex toy for either sexual release or to treat a medical condition like prostatitis, an enlarged prostate, urinary hesitancy, or erectile dysfunction. 1 The prostate gland is a small, walnut-shaped organ located just below the bladder and in …
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— What every man should know Most people know the fundamental sportsmanship rule: hitting below the belt is illegal. The groin is highly sensitive, and a strike here can cause severe injury. While a man’s sexuality is off-limits for low blows, that doesn’t mean it’s off-limits for discussion with your doctor. Too bad most men …
— When pets affect human relationships From prophetic pooches to clingy cats, Guardian readers share tales of how pets have influenced their love lives, for better and worse By Doosie Morris While humans have kept domesticated animals for tens of thousands of years, there’s no evidence that anyone was ever driven out of a cave …
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— 9 Tips For Women Got any evening plans? By Sophie Gallagher For many women, having one orgasm during sex can be an uphill battle, so the idea of achieving multiple orgasms might seem like the stuff of fiction. But sex expert Tracey Cox said women are more than able to have multiples. “Because women …
— Making it through the festive month of December is harder than it seems. By Gina Cherelus Philip von Hahn, a 30-year-old tech investor on the Upper East Side, attended a holiday party on Sunday night to take his mind off the recent dissolution of his three-year relationship. “We’ve been weighing it for the past …
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By Dennis Thompson Men are more open to having more people in their committed relationship than women, a new study has found One-third of men in the United Kingdom are open to the idea of having more than one wife or longterm girlfriend However, only 11% of women would want someone else in their relationship …
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