Birth control effectiveness is calculated in a manner that’s not intuitive If a contraceptive method is 90 percent effective, some people believe they it fails 10 percent of the time, that they’re fated to get…
There are at least two dozen excellent sexuality radio shows and podcasts, but my personal favorite is “Love, Lust and Laughter” hosted by Seattle sex therapist Diana Wiley, Ph.D., who happens to be an old…
Most singles over age 50 think they’re no longer at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In 2009, AARP asked older singles how committed they felt to condoms. Only one in five said they used…
What do ginseng, chocolate, oysters, coffee, alcohol, powdered rhinoceros tusk, a ground up Mediterranean beetle, and the bark of a certain West African tree all have in common? They are just a few of the…
As post-sex cuddling increases so does sexual and relationship satisfaction. Ah, afterglow, the relaxed, dreamy post-coital period when many lovers feel close. But a better term might be after-cuddling. Recent research shows that cuddling is a…
Psychologists have identified three reasons why people have sex: procreation, sexual pleasure, and to strengthen the bonds of relationships. But University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered more reasons—234 more. Psychologists Cindy Meston and…
In most states, adolescents can legally have sex at 16. It used to be younger. In 1970 at age twenty, I fell in love with a seventeen-year-old girl. Decades later, we’re still together, with two…
Michael Castleman Has Recipes For Renewing Ardor By Corrie M. Anders, The Noe Valley Voice A Noe Valley author has written a new self-help book that may be the ideal complement to that box of…
I had a great discussion with Dr.Justin Lehmiller on his Sex and Psychology Podcast. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.
Quick, easy, private Kegel exercises add pleasure to orgasm In 1948, Los Angeles urologist Arnold Kegel, M.D., (Kay-gell) was treating women suffering from stress incontinence, embarrassing urine leakage triggered by coughs, sneezes, and laughter. He…