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…
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…
Stress causes many sex problems. Mindfulness relieves them by reducing stress. Great sex and meditation have a good deal in common. Both involve taking breaks from daily routines and responsibilities. Both include deep diaphragmatic breathing….
Please respond: I am a prevention education specialist for an agency that serves survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Oregon – I am writing because I am deeply concerned with your article/response to a…
After 40, medication use becomes quite common. Three drugs are notorious for causing sex problems: alcohol, antidepressants, and blood pressure medications (antihypertensives). But they are just the tip of the iceberg of drug-induced sexual side…
Remote sex offers distant lovers intimate connection. But does it work for you? Circumstances force many lovers to spend extended time apart—school, family obligations, business travel, military deployment, whatever. For those so inclined, phone sex—including…
In both genders, orgasm difficulties are fairly common—and almost always curable In partner sex, some people—both men and women—take quite a while to work their way up to orgasm. Sometimes, it’s situational. If you’re drunk,…
Most studies show that the Pill decreases women’s sexual desire and function. In the U.S. in 2018, birth control pills were the most popular form of contraception, used by almost 10 million women. The Pill…
Contrary to popular belief, sex before athletics doesn’t hurt performance. Athletic folklore abounds with tales of coaches forbidding sex the night before big games. The prohibition is largely based on the belief that sex is…
Since it was first reported in modern sex research in the early 1980s, controversy has surrounded female ejaculation. But recent research—most of it conducted in Slovakia in Eastern Europe—strengthens the case for female ejaculation, and…
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…