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…
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Many people have difficulty having orgasms, especially during partner sex. Only 25 percent of women are consistently orgasmic during intercourse. An estimated 5 to 10 percent of men have trouble with orgasm. Their lovers often…
Drugs to treat PE help only a minority of men last as long as they’d like Rapid, involuntary “premature” ejaculation (PE) is men’s #1 sex problem. Erectile dysfunction gets much more publicity, but few men…
Could sex raise men’s risk for prostate cancer? That disturbing possibility has been raised by several studies over the past 10 years. Prostate cancer is to men what breast cancer is to women. It currently…
I was recently a guest on Diana Wiley’s podcast “Love, Lust and Laughter.” We discussed my new book, couple desire differences, and the advantages and disadvantages for couple intimacy of sheltering in place. Diana Wiley,…
After the first oral contraceptive was approved in 1960, The Pill quickly became the world’s most popular birth control method. More than 100 million women worldwide have used it, and among American women age 18…
Ever since Pfizer’s erection-boosting drug, Viagra, was approved 1998, the drug companies have been working overtime to develop treatments for women’s sexual issues, notably, low libido. In a few studies, some women reported restored libido…
Vasectomy is quicker, cheaper, and easier, but women get sterilized more often. Voluntary sterilization—not the Pill or condoms—is the most popular birth control method in the U.S. Among couples using contraception, around 25 percent use…
Most alleged sex addicts aren’t compulsive or addicted, just misinformed. Sexual compulsivity or out-of-control sexual behavior has been documented. So has being sexually turned on by bees—melissaphilia. Like melissaphilia, true sexual compulsivity is rare. It…
Consensual non-monogamy participation is growing, especially among young adults. Guess how many North American couples grant each other permission to: Occasionally step out and play sexually with others (hall passes, sex clubs). Engage in partner…
