The conventional wisdom is that for both men and women, sexuality is like men’s hair. With age, it recedes and eventually disappears. The conventional wisdom contains a germ of truth. Aging brings sexual changes, frequently…

We live in a sexual culture focused on intercourse. To many Americans “sex,” means intercourse—with the man able to raise and maintain a firm erection and the woman’s vagina naturally well-lubricated enough for comfortable accommodation…

When sex problems meet the stage of life, men and women are often out of synch. Sex problems can develop at any age, but most women suffer their most challenging difficulties before age 30, while…

In March 1998 when Viagra was first approved, Maryland anesthesiologist Ken Haslam, M.D. (Cal B.S. 1956) was 64, single, and dating. “I was meeting lots of women. It was exciting. And for me, new relationships…

Oral sex is ubiquitous in pornography—especially fellatio. Porn actors—both men and women—can’t get enough of giving head, and receiving it. As a result, pornography has introduced many people to oral sex, shown them the basics…

Problems with ejaculation and orgasm — difficulty with release, or an inability to have orgasms or ejaculate at all—are men’s hidden sex issue. Erectile dysfunction is all over the media, and premature ejaculation (rapid, involuntary…

One lover dumps the other. Soon after, according to conventional wisdom, both are likely to jump into bed with new lovers, often strangers. “Dumpers,” many people assume, may have “rebound” sex to get over the…

Since the 1980s, the proportion of celibate young adults has almost tripled. In 2012 when the Tinder app debuted, it made young adult hook-ups so easy that journalists from the New York Times to Vanity…

In many men, sexual myths contribute to normal middle-age erection balkiness and to more serious erectile dysfunction (ED). Here are the most erection-deflating myths—and the truth about these issues: Myth: Erection is something men “achieve.”…

Disabilities never preclude great sex. With the will, there’s always a way. In the 1978 Academy-award-winning film Coming Home, a paraplegic Vietnam veteran (John Voight) is a bitter, depressed wreck—until a chance reunion with an…