Sex Advice With An Edge
An anonymous professor shares guidance on what to do for yourself if your child or another person close to you is sexually assaulted. By Dr. Anonymous March 2020 was an awful month. In most places, it was the beginning of lockdowns in response to COVID-19. For me, it was also when my 17-year-old daughter told …
For some couples, having different nonsexual intimacy preferences can be a strain on the relationship. Here’s how to meet in the middle. By Allison Hope Hugs. Back rubs. Cuddling. Holding hands. There are many ways in which we show our love for our significant others, and we all need and want different amounts of emotional …
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Explicit erotic art was common in ancient Greece and Rome. Sex is ubiquitous in the black-figure and red-figure vases of Athens in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The Romans were also surrounded by sex. By Craig Barker LP Hartley’s saying “the past is foreign” is rarely held more firmly than in the field of …
Experts say couples can emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever by learning from the past and looking toward the future. By Jancee Dunn As we emerge, blinking, from our pandemic seclusion, all of us have, in ways great and small, changed. So, too, have our relationships. “During this time, couples may have been spending …
It can be done. By Kendall Keith Monogamous relationships are challenging enough in their own right, but not everyone finds them to be compatible with who they are intrinsically. There’s often a moral stigma centered around ethical non-monogamy (ENM) or consensual non-monogamy (CNM), and with that comes a disconnect and generalized misconception of what it …
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Some people are taking their friendships to the next level by saying “I do” to marriages without sex. By Danielle Braff First came blood brothers, best friends who would solidify their bond by cutting themselves and swapping a bit of blood. Then came the tiny house besties, friends moving into adjoining tiny homes. (“Bestie Row” …
— Examples & How To Practice By Kesiena Boom, M.S. In 2020, viewing monogamy as the only way to successfully conduct a relationship seems a little passé. Growing numbers of people are living nonmonogamous lifestyles. In fact, a 2017 study found at least one in five people have engaged in some form of consensual non-monogamy …
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— Why Is It So Hard To Know What To Call A Significant Other? By Olivia Harrison Because of a congenital heart defect, I have an annual checkup with a cardiologist. This yearly visit to the hospital — involving numerous tests, conversations about future surgeries, and a waiting room filled with babies who have only …
Opening things up is more complicated than hot sex with lots of partners. It’s also going to involve some intense conversations, and having the right words can be a big help. By Sophie Saint Thomas Open relationships are becoming incredibly mainstream—more and more people are recognizing that monogamy only works for some people, and there’s …
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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 …
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 …
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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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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It may, paradoxically, be precisely because they believe cuckoldry is so bad By Justin Lehmiller In the wake of allegations that he spent years watching his wife have sex with another man, Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned this week from his post as president of Liberty University. Falwell has denied the specifics of those allegations, but …
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BY Leslie Dorrough Smith Jerry Falwell Jr. may well be wishing that a photo with his underwear showing and his arm around the waist of a woman not his wife was the worst of his problems. That snapshot kick-started a round of speculation into the prominent evangelical leader’s personal life that has cost him his …
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